Mining Incidents

Onaga Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Onaga, Pottawatomie County, KS  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1401583

Onaga Quarry has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $298 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1999–2003
Latest incident
Sep 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
95
citations
38
significant & substantial
$19,930
proposed penalties
$18,293
paid to date
92% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,637 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
52
inspections on record
621
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: 621 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Onaga Quarry has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $298 outstanding across 3 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.
$20K
proposed penalties
$19K
current assessed
$18K
paid to date
$298
outstanding
94 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-07-29.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 1,936 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,360 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,551 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,775 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,787 2 0 417.8
2024 Q2 825 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,225 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 8,152 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 7,420 1 1 134.8
2023 Q1 3,921 1 0 255.0
2022 Q4 6 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 7,010 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 5,320 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,927 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 112 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 5,873 1 0 170.3
2021 Q2 9,189 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 3,836 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 4,215 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 10,566 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 12,887 3 2 232.8
2020 Q1 6,938 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 8,184 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 5,943 3 0 504.8
2019 Q2 1,267 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,399 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 4,176 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,893 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 5,541 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 4,954 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,558 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,760 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 6,142 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 3,722 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,892 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 7,751 1 0 129.0
2016 Q2 3,765 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 4,125 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,572 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 6,187 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 7,396 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 3,150 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,614 2 2 553.4
2014 Q3 3,533 6 2 1698.3
2014 Q2 4,580 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 4,116 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 5,735 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 6,779 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 5,012 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,297 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 5,579 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 5,120 1 0 195.3
2012 Q2 6,186 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 5,664 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 4,758 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 7,514 3 2 399.3
2011 Q2 16 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 51 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,677 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,671 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 5,078 4 1 787.7
2010 Q1 2,970 3 2 1010.1
2009 Q4 3,812 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 4,072 3 2 736.7
2009 Q2 3,390 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,937 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,896 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,096 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 5,167 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 4,490 4 0 890.9
2007 Q4 2,675 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 5,045 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,390 16 8 4719.8
2007 Q1 3,991 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,954 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,373 9 0 3792.7
2006 Q2 5,263 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,348 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,173 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,999 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,325 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 4,384 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,885 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,976 12 7 3018.1
2004 Q2 2,596 7 4 2696.5
2004 Q1 1,607 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,142 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,425 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,533 2 0 789.6
2003 Q1 1,206 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,440 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,234 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,815 11 5 3907.6
2002 Q1 3,020 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,169 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,094 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,157 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,366 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,858 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,796 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,362 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 6,047 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2003 · 1 incident

September 8, 2003 KS · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
N R Hamm Quarry LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

OVER A TWO MONTH TIME PERIOD THE EMPLOYEE'S ARM STARTED TO HURT. HE NOTIFIED US ON 9-8-03 AND THEN WENT TO A DOCTOR. UPPER ARM OR SHOULDER STRAIN.

2002 · 1 incident

July 17, 2002 KS · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
N R Hamm Quarry LLC · Struck by falling object

TAKING WEDGES OUT OF HAMMER MILL, WAS HOLDING ON TO WEDGE WHILE OTHER EMPLOYEE HIT WEDGE. WEDGE DROPPED ON EMPLOYEE'S HAND.

1999 · 1 incident

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