Mining Incidents

NORTHERN KANSAS ROCK INC: 3 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Northern Kansas Rock Inc · Surface
Controlled by Harold Goebel
Phillipsburg, Phillips County, KS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1401488

NORTHERN KANSAS ROCK INC has $301 in proposed MSHA penalties and $191 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1989
Latest incident
Jan 1989
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
3
citations
0
significant & substantial
$301
proposed penalties
$110
paid to date
37% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $191 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
5
inspections on record
50
inspection hours
n/a
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: 50 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

NORTHERN KANSAS ROCK INC has $301 in proposed MSHA penalties and $191 outstanding across 1 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.
$301
proposed penalties
$301
current assessed
$110
paid to date
$191
outstanding
3 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-07-16.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
33.3%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
100.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 66.7% moderate, 33.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
CENT20000162M Settlement Zielinski 2000 $1K → $1K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Bohl Construction Inc 1985 to 1994
  2. Northern Kansas Rock Inc 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2003 0
2002 2
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

NORTHERN KANSAS ROCK INC sits in Phillips 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.
Phillips County, Kansas · Population 4,874
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$61,235
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
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 720 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 720 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 840 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,000 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
Show 6 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q2 960 2 0 2083.3
2001 Q1 500 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,000 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,000 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,000 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,200 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1989 · 1 incident

January 25, 1989 KS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Bohl Construction Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL WAS CLEARING ICE OFF PULLEY WHICH WAS STUCK WHEN FREED PULLEY ENGAGED CATCHING RIGHT ARM OF SAID EMPL.