North Marion Quarry #27116 has $55K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
13
Years on record
1988–2006
Latest incident
May 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
72
citations
11
significant & substantial
$55,260
proposed penalties
$27,260
paid to date
49% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $28,000 gap.
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘThis rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 728 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
North Marion Quarry #27116 has $55K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
ⓘDifferences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$55K
proposed penalties
$27K
current assessed
$27K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
70 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $48K in penalties contested before the Commission, $20K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-12-21.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
4citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
Settled
3 · 75%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 25%
75%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
57%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$50K proposed, $21K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2009-08-18.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Health sampling
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘMany samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2009-06-10, 17 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
9
samples
7
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz4
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (9)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2009-06-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2009-06-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-02-10
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.13
10
0.01
Truck Driver
2004-02-10
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.14
10
0.01
Utility Man
2004-02-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.45
1.4
0.32
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-02-10
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.53
10
0.05
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-02-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.24
2
0.12
Truck Driver
2003-04-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.36
1.57
0.23
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-04-03
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.56
10
0.06
Front-end Loader Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
North Marion Quarry #27116 recorded 9.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2006.
Injury rate, 2006
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
9.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.41 and the all-US-mining average was 3.91 cases per 100 workers.
In Kansas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.86 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2006 *
9.00
0.00
0.000
2005 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2004 *
5.82
5.82
0.000
2003 *
10.60
5.30
5.299
2002 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2001 *
6.92
0.00
0.000
2000 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2010
4
2009
5
2008
6
2007
7
2006
10
2005
20
2004
20
2003
18
2002
15
2001
14
2000
13
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
North Marion Quarry #27116 sits in Marion County, Kansas, where the Census mining category is 0.8% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Marion County, Kansas · Population 11,795
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$63,438
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘCitations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2010 Q3
1,122
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
2,415
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
1,920
1
0
520.8
2009 Q4
2,294
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
2,667
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
2,490
3
0
1204.8
2009 Q1
2,833
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
3,501
3
0
856.9
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2008 Q3
3,585
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
3,769
3
1
796.0
2008 Q1
3,430
3
0
874.6
2007 Q4
3,174
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
3,935
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
3,828
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
2,818
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
4,454
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
3,807
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
5,331
4
0
750.3
2006 Q1
8,637
12
4
1389.4
2005 Q4
10,018
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
12,297
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
11,463
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
8,547
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
10,473
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
8,639
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
7,610
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
7,627
4
0
524.5
2003 Q4
8,817
7
1
793.9
2003 Q3
13,785
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
8,373
19
2
2269.2
2003 Q1
6,767
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
6,360
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
8,239
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
9,990
3
0
300.3
2002 Q1
7,927
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
9,146
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
9,234
8
3
866.4
2001 Q2
8,993
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
1,546
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
4,898
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
6,905
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
7,166
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
6,446
1
0
155.1
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
April 21, 2003KS · Metal/Non-Metalweighman, scale personFatality · POWERED HAULAGE
THE EMPLOYEE WAS PINNNED BETWEEN THE FRONT BUMPER OF A PICKUP AND A FILING CABINET. THE PICKUP WAS DRIVEN BY THE PLANT MANAGER WHILE HAVING A SEIZURE. THE EE DIED AS A RESULT OF HER INJURI ES.
Reportable incidents
12 on file (excluding fatalities above)
2006 · 1 incident
May 10, 2006KS · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee was cutting new conveyor belt to install on Pug Mill Conveyor. Knife slipped causing a laceration to the R. H. Index Finger. Laceration required four stitches.
EE HAD FINISHED SPLICING A BELT AND WAS CLIMBING DOWN OFF A CONVEYOR. AS HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN HE CUT HIS WRIST ON A GUARD AS HE WALKED BY IT, 6 STITCHES.
CONTRACTOR WAS FOUND CRAWLING ON THE GROUND NEXT TO A TRACTOR TRAILER. IT APPEARS HE HAD A STROKE.
January 6, 1997KS · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
1-6-97, WHILE DISCONNECTING A WATER PUMP A EMPLOYE STUMPED OVER A LADDER ON THE GROUND, HE ROLLED PART WAY DOWN A 10' BANK,HURTING HIS THIGH, ARM AND HEA DON ROCKS. HE REFUSED MEDICAL ATTENTO N. ON 1-2-97, HE WENT TO A DR AND IT WAS FOUND HIS ARM WAS BROKEN.
1996 · 2 incidents
August 22, 1996KS · Metal/Non-Metalprep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WHILE HOLDIGN A COIL SPRING TO PUT UNDER A SCREENIG UNIT, THE SAFETY CHAIN HOLDING THE UNIT UP BROKE ALLOWING THE SCREEN BASKET TO LOWER, COMPRESSING THE SPRING, BREAKING THE EMPLOYEES LEFT IN DEX FINGER. THE BONE IN THE FINGER WAS BROKEN OR CHIPPED ONLY ON THE SIDE.
May 1, 1996KS · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING TO SEE IF HIS BIN WAS CLEANING OUT AFTER EACH LOAD. ON THE WAY DOWN THE STAIRS HE STUMBLED ON THE FOURTH STEP FROM THE BOTTOM, LANDING ON HIS RIGHT WRIST AS HE FELL. THIS HAS STRAINED THE LIGAMENTS IN HIS RIGHT ARM.
1993 · 1 incident
August 30, 1993KS · Metal/Non-Metalclerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of salesOTHER
AS EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO SCALE HOUSE A STRONG GUST OF WIND BLEW A SIGN OVER HITTING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE HEAD. SHE SUFFERED A 2 STITCH CUT.
1990 · 1 incident
May 8, 1990KS · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
THE INJURED EMPLOYEE AND A HELRPER WERE REMOVING THE LINERS FROM INSIDE A HAMMER MILL THEY DROVE A PRY BAR BETWEEN A LINER AND THE WALL AND IT BECAME WEDGED THE HELPER THEN HIT DOWNON THE BA BAR CAUSING THE BAR TO FLY OUT AND STRIKE THE INJURED EMPLOYEE IN THE FACE