Mining Incidents

Otterville Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Otterville, Cooper County, MO  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2302496

Otterville Quarry has $45K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2017
Latest incident
Jul 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
85
citations
19
significant & substantial
$44,813
proposed penalties
$30,962
paid to date
69% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $13,851 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
33
inspections on record
444
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: 444 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Otterville Quarry has $45K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$45K
proposed penalties
$31K
current assessed
$31K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
83 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-05.
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 2,716 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,718 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,721 2 1 537.5
2025 Q1 2,325 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,695 6 2 2226.3
2024 Q3 3,691 2 1 541.9
2024 Q2 3,434 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,777 2 1 720.2
Show 32 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 3,291 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,643 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,721 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,408 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,726 2 0 733.7
2022 Q3 3,365 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,787 10 1 2640.6
2022 Q1 3,071 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3,312 2 1 603.9
2021 Q3 2,466 3 0 1216.5
2021 Q2 2,785 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,654 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 3,021 10 1 3310.2
2020 Q3 3,844 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,695 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 3,001 4 1 1332.9
2019 Q4 3,621 8 0 2209.3
2019 Q3 3,168 4 0 1262.6
2019 Q2 2,765 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,012 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,033 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,228 5 2 2244.2
2018 Q2 2,847 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,663 1 0 375.5
2017 Q4 2,683 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,920 7 2 2397.3
2017 Q2 3,394 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 3,020 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,233 11 4 3402.4
2016 Q3 4,025 3 1 745.3
2016 Q2 2,527 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,958 3 1 1532.2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2017 · 1 incident

July 20, 2017 MO · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor ELECTRICAL
Higgins Materials, LLC · Contact with electrical current

Mine Foreman received severe electrical shock while welding on primary impactor. EE received burns on chest and mouth.

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