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Ottawa Quarry: 95 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Ottawa, Franklin County, KS  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1401590

Ottawa Quarry has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
15
Years on record
1996–2009
Latest incident
Feb 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
95
citations
12
significant & substantial
$12,409
proposed penalties
$11,917
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $492 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
56
inspections on record
860
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: 860 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Ottawa Quarry has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
93 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $808 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-09.
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.
12.6%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
12.6%
reasonably likely or greater
51.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 8.4% low, 91.6% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
5 citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 60%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 20%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 20%
67%
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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
54%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $808 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 2014-06-23.
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
CENT 2010-106M Settlement Manning 2010 $1K → $309
CENT 2014-0441 Dismissal Lesnick 2015 $285 → $285
CENT 2014-0399 Settlement Bulluck 2014 $190 → $114
CENT 2011-217M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $138 → $100
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
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: 2025-08-05
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
31
samples
21
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz14
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg10
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz7
Show the individual readings (31)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-08-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2025-08-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-01-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Building Repair/Maint.
2017-01-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-09-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-09-08 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.42 10 0.04 Truck Driver
2010-09-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2010-09-08 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2008-05-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 1.75 0.13 Truck Driver
2008-05-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 2.02 0.14 Crusher Oper/Worker
2008-05-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 1.7 0.18 Crusher Oper/Worker
2008-05-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 1.63 0.09 Truck Driver
2008-05-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.45 10 0.05 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-07-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2006-07-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.51 2.06 0.25 Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-07-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 1.82 0.19 Truck Driver
2006-07-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-03-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 1.63 0.18 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-03-10 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 10 0.01 Truck Driver
2004-03-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 1.14 0.22 Blaster, Powder Gang
2004-03-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 1.39 0.12 Drill Operator, Rotary
2004-03-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.39 2.4 0.16 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-09-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.6 1.9 0.32 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-09-17 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 10 0.02 Truck Driver
2003-09-17 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.3 10 0.03 Drill Operator, Rotary
2003-09-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 2.09 0.12 Truck Driver
2003-09-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-05-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2002-05-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.67 1.38 0.49 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-05-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 10 0.01 Truck Driver
2002-05-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.39 1.95 0.20 Truck Driver
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.

Ottawa Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2021.

Injury rate, 2021
ⓘ 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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.87 and the all-US-mining average was 2.19 cases per 100 workers.
In Kansas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.65 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
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2017 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2016 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2015 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2014 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2013 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2012 * 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.
Ownership history
  1. Fogle Quarry Company Inc 1995 to 1998
  2. Martin Marietta Aggregates 1998 to 2005
  3. Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. 2005 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 4
2025 4
2024 4
2023 4
2022 3
2021 10
2020 9
2019 12
2018 16
2017 15
2016 13
2015 13
2014 13
2013 13
2012 14
2011 21
2010 23
2009 26
2008 26
2007 38
2006 29
2005 29
2004 27
2003 31
2002 30
2001 29
2000 26
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Ottawa Quarry sits in Franklin County, Kansas, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Franklin County, Kansas · Population 25,994
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$72,142
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
2026 Q2 2,114 4 2 1892.1
2026 Q1 2,078 2 0 962.5
2025 Q4 1,924 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,807 2 0 1106.8
2025 Q2 2,134 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,916 1 0 521.9
2024 Q4 1,305 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,606 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,532 2 0 1305.5
2024 Q1 1,463 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,586 2 1 1261.0
2023 Q3 1,454 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,753 3 1 1711.4
2023 Q1 1,638 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,322 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,418 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,403 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,012 4 0 1988.1
2021 Q4 4,110 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 7,416 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 7,064 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 5,519 3 0 543.6
2020 Q4 8,245 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 5,071 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 4,648 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 3,586 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 4,463 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,415 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 5,676 2 0 352.4
2019 Q1 4,329 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,039 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,703 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 7,814 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,617 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 6,283 1 0 159.2
2017 Q3 6,989 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 6,641 1 1 150.6
2017 Q1 4,043 1 0 247.3
2016 Q4 5,327 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 10,573 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 7,750 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 5,102 1 0 196.0
2015 Q4 9,845 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 9,317 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 8,203 2 0 243.8
2015 Q1 5,318 3 0 564.1
2014 Q4 7,739 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 7,795 1 0 128.3
2014 Q2 7,338 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 5,635 2 1 354.9
2013 Q4 5,700 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 6,956 1 0 143.8
2013 Q2 6,638 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 4,874 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 5,904 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 6,694 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 7,020 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 5,550 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 6,190 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 11,964 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 6,866 2 0 291.3
2011 Q1 2,445 1 0 409.0
2010 Q4 13,639 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 12,151 5 0 411.5
2010 Q2 11,524 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 3,688 2 0 542.3
2009 Q4 11,668 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 17,245 7 2 405.9
2009 Q2 15,038 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 9,662 3 0 310.5
2008 Q4 13,453 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 13,240 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 13,557 1 0 73.8
2008 Q1 5,876 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 12,945 2 0 154.5
2007 Q3 21,539 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 22,454 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 11,945 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 10,334 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 14,858 3 0 201.9
2006 Q2 17,975 2 0 111.3
2006 Q1 18,695 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 18,272 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 20,639 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 16,218 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 13,568 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 15,112 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 14,919 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 13,786 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 14,589 2 0 137.1
2003 Q4 14,282 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 19,213 6 1 312.3
2003 Q2 15,608 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 12,362 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 14,613 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 19,064 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 20,212 3 0 148.4
2002 Q1 15,802 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 20,284 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 21,799 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 18,310 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 15,723 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 15,837 2 0 126.3
2000 Q3 14,630 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 15,693 4 0 254.9
2000 Q1 14,355 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

15 on file

2009 · 1 incident

February 13, 2009 KS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was attempting to cut a piece of belting that had wrapped around the rotor and breaker bar under the crusher. Utility knife slipped and caused a laceration to his left middle finger.

2003 · 2 incidents

September 21, 2003 KS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Martin Marietta Aggregates · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE HAS A STS: STANDARD THRESHOLD SHIFT. HEARING LOSS.

July 7, 2003 KS · Metal/Non-Metal
Martin Marietta Aggregates · -

EE WAS ASSISTING WITH PLANT CLEAN UP. THE EE WAS REMOVING A ROCK FROM THE CATWALK WHEN HE FELT A POP IN HIS RIGHT BICEP.

2002 · 1 incident

April 23, 2002 KS · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Fall from machine

EE STATED HE WAS STARTING HIS EQUIPMENT PRIOR TOTHE START OF HIS SHIFT WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE LADDER OF HIS VEHICLE. THE EE STATED HE STRAINEDHIS LEFT SHOULDER.

2001 · 2 incidents

August 31, 2001 KS · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE PERFORMING MAINTENANCE THE EMPLOYEE CUT HIS LEFT LEG.

March 20, 2001 KS · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Struck against a moving object

WHILE DUMPING A LOAD OF MATERIAL THE LOAD SHIFTED JARRING THE VEHICLE. THE JARRING ACTION OF THEVEHICLE HURT THE EE'S BACK.

2000 · 2 incidents

October 11, 2000 KS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Struck by falling object

WHILE PERFORMING MAINTENANCE, THE EMPLOYEE DROPPED A PULLEY WHICH STRUCK HIM ON THE LEG.

July 18, 2000 KS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Struck against stationary object

THE EE TWISTED HIS KNEE ON A ROCK ON 7-18-2000. THE EE'S INJURY BECAME REPORTABLE 9ON 9-11-00 AS A RESULT OF A SURGERY PROCEDURE TO THE KNEE.

1998 · 1 incident

October 29, 1998 KS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE PERFORMING MAINTENANCE A EE HAD THE PRY BAR HE USING SLIP AND INJURE HIS THUMB.

1997 · 3 incidents

September 22, 1997 KS · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Fogle Quarry Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CUTTING RUSTY METAL WITH ACETYLENE TORCH, A METAL FLAKE POPPED INTO RIGHT EYE STICKING ON CORNEA. FLAKE REMOVED. CORNEAL ABRAISION. NO PERMENT DAMAMGE. EE WAS WEARING EYE PROTECTION. EYE DROPS ONLY TREATMENT PLUS REMOVAL OF FOREIGN BADOY.

May 17, 1997 KS · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fogle Quarry Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHILE UNBOLTING A PIECE OF TWISTED GALVANIZED METAL DAMAGED FROM TOO CLOSE TOLERANCES ON CONVEYOR TAIL PULLEY GUARD IN SHOP DINGER CONTACTED A SHARP OIECE OF MATAL CAUSING A LACERATION. RIGHT HAND MIDDLE FINGER. 4 SUTURES.

May 13, 1997 KS · Metal/Non-Metal rock driller HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fogle Quarry Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A STORAGE CONTAINER FOREAR PLUGS OUT OF AN OLD LEATHER GLOVE, EMPS PERSONAL 3" POCKET KNIFE FILED TO LOCK OPEN CAUSING IT TO FOLD AND CUT RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER REQUIRING 3 SUTURES. NO PERMANENT DAMAGE.

1996 · 3 incidents

September 24, 1996 KS · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Fogle Quarry Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE HAD RUST FLY INTO EYE WHILE USING AIR IMPACT WRENCH.LEFT EYE WAS IRRIATED AND CORNEA ABRASION FROM EMBEDDED RSUT.RUST REMOVED AND NO PERMANENT DAMAGE-RX EYE DROPS WERE USED.

June 18, 1996 KS · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fogle Quarry Company Inc · Fall from machine

WHILE GETTING OFF OF TEREX ARTICULATED TRUCK ( CLIMBING DOWN LADDER), HE TURNED, MISSED STEP, AND FELL TO GROUND APPROX 4 FT, LANDING WRONG ON RT FOOT. CONTUSION/SPRAIN TO RT FOOT. PUT ON REST RICTED DUTY.

April 2, 1996 KS · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fogle Quarry Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A 12" METAL PIPE SECTION WITH A DOG, HE STRAINED HIS UPPER TO MID BACK. DIAGNOSIS WAS A HIGH BACK STRAIN, MILD.