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PALO QUARRY: 81 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Lincoln, Benton County, MO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2302197

PALO QUARRY has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $233 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2005–2007
Latest incident
Apr 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
81
citations
23
significant & substantial
$10,146
proposed penalties
$9,913
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $233 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Capital Materials LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
73
inspections on record
1,024
inspection hours
7.9
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.
81 citations across 1,024 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

PALO QUARRY has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $233 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$233
outstanding
81 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $109 in penalties contested before the Commission, $109 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-10-05.
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.
28.4%
significant & substantial
3.8%
high negligence or reckless
27.5%
reasonably likely or greater
60.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 23.8% low, 72.5% moderate, 3.8% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$109 proposed, $109 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 2005-12-14.
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 2006-74M Settlement Lesnick 2006 $109 → $109
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: 2022-10-05, 3 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
46
samples
21
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg19
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz15
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz11
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (46)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2022-10-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 Backhoe Operator
2022-10-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-10-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2022-10-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-01-25 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 10 0.02 Mucking Mach. Operator
2022-01-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 Cleanup Man
2022-01-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 Truck Driver
2020-07-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2020-07-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2020-07-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-10-20 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 10 0.02 Truck Driver
2015-10-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-10-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2015-10-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.96 0.14 Bulldozer Operator
2014-04-16 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 10 0.01 Truck Driver
2014-04-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2014-04-16 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-04-16 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.25 10 0.03 Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-12-19 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 10 0.01 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-12-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 2.79 0.14 Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-12-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 1.45 0.17 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2012-12-19 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.46 10 0.05 Truck Driver
2012-12-19 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 10 0.02 Scale Man
2010-04-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2010-04-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-04-08 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-04-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Shovel Operator
2008-06-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2008-06-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2008-06-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-07-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2007-07-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2006-08-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 10 0.02 Backhoe Operator
2006-08-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-08-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2006-08-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 10 0.02 Truck Driver
2006-08-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 10 0.02 Mechanic
2005-05-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-05-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2004-06-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 1.96 0.14 Supervisor, Co. Official
2004-06-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 2.21 0.17 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-06-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 1.55 0.16 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-06-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.61 1.52 0.40 Truck Driver
2002-06-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.53 2.47 0.21 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-06-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.39 0.46 Cleanup Man
2002-06-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.45 2.02 0.22 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.
Ownership history
  1. Smasal Aggregates 1999 to 2005
  2. Smasal Aggregates and Asphalt, LLC 2005 to 2018
  3. Capital Materials LLC 2018 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2022 8
2021 8
2020 9
2019 8
2018 7
2017 7
2016 6
2015 6
2014 6
2013 5
2012 6
2011 5
2010 5
2009 5
2008 5
2007 7
2006 8
2005 6
2004 4
2003 3
2002 11
2001 11
2000 10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

PALO QUARRY sits in Benton County, Missouri, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Benton County, Missouri · Population 19,887
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$52,200
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
2022 Q4 3,638 1 0 274.9
2022 Q3 3,569 3 1 840.6
2022 Q2 3,470 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 3,496 1 0 286.0
2021 Q4 2,627 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,648 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,177 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 4,823 1 0 207.3
Show 84 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2020 Q4 4,475 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 5,166 2 0 387.1
2020 Q2 3,876 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 3,612 1 0 276.9
2019 Q4 3,397 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3,641 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 4,131 3 0 726.2
2019 Q1 3,848 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,329 2 0 858.7
2018 Q3 4,826 8 4 1657.7
2018 Q2 4,773 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 4,002 5 2 1249.4
2017 Q4 4,189 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,066 1 1 245.9
2017 Q2 4,110 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 4,020 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,625 1 0 275.9
2016 Q3 4,335 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,028 1 0 248.3
2016 Q1 3,524 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,212 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,958 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,038 3 1 742.9
2015 Q1 2,651 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,416 2 0 585.5
2014 Q3 3,743 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,623 1 0 276.0
2014 Q1 2,821 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,256 1 0 307.1
2013 Q3 3,744 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,816 2 0 524.1
2013 Q1 1,640 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,774 2 2 721.0
2012 Q3 3,342 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,584 2 1 558.0
2012 Q1 3,266 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,975 2 0 672.3
2011 Q3 3,376 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,483 4 1 1148.4
2011 Q1 2,099 2 1 952.8
2010 Q4 3,106 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,316 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,017 2 0 662.9
2010 Q1 2,033 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,371 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,980 1 0 335.6
2009 Q2 2,539 1 0 393.9
2009 Q1 2,514 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,760 1 0 362.3
2008 Q3 3,100 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,945 7 2 2376.9
2008 Q1 2,387 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,414 1 0 292.9
2007 Q3 3,720 1 0 268.8
2007 Q2 3,477 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,587 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,691 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,585 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,311 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,607 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,143 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,001 1 0 249.9
2005 Q2 3,857 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 157 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 917 4 3 4362.1
2004 Q3 1,660 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,758 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 356 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,175 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,010 2 0 1980.2
2003 Q2 917 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,191 3 1 2518.9
2002 Q4 2,095 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,052 1 1 487.3
2002 Q2 6,306 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,932 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 5,374 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,287 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,493 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 3,237 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 5,720 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,471 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,234 1 0 236.2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2007 · 1 incident

April 4, 2007 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Smasal Aggregates and Asphalt, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee came down from ladder using 3 points of contact. After putting both feet on the ground she turned quickly and complained of pain in her right knee.

2005 · 1 incident

September 8, 2005 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Smasal Aggregates and Asphalt, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was holding grease gun in both hands. He lifted arms to reach above shoulder level and felt twinge in back of neck. Grease gun weight is approx 10 lbs.