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: 586 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Peculiar Mine has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
32 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $750 in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-04-23.
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.
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.
1citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 100%
0%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
100%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$750 proposed, $0 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2007-08-07.
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.
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: 2007-06-06, 19 years ago
20%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
11
samples
10
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz102 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (11)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2005-01-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.12
0.79
1.42
Truck Driver
2005-01-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.12
0.84
1.33
Laborer, Bullgang
2007-06-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.3
1.07
0.28
Truck Driver
2007-06-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.76
0.83
0.92
Bulldozer Operator
2005-02-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.51
1.78
0.29
Truck Driver
2005-01-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
0.99
0.13
Drill Operator, Rotary
2005-01-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.78
0.92
0.85
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-08-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2004-08-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.91
0.92
0.99
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-08-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.48
1.88
0.26
Truck Driver
2004-08-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
0.98
0.14
Drill Operator, Rotary
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.
Peculiar Mine recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2007.
Injury rate, 2007
ⓘ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
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.30 and the all-US-mining average was 3.77 cases per 100 workers.
In Missouri, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.76 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
2007 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2006 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2005 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2004 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2003 *
11.51
7.68
0.000
2002 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2001 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2000 *
6.13
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2008
12
2007
24
2006
25
2005
22
2004
21
2003
25
2002
29
2001
30
2000
29
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Peculiar Mine sits in Cass 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.
Cass County, Missouri · Population 109,393
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$87,413
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
2008 Q3
7,376
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
7,931
4
1
504.4
2008 Q1
8,449
2
1
236.7
2007 Q4
8,062
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
7,909
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
15,397
2
0
129.9
2007 Q1
15,039
1
1
66.5
2006 Q4
16,049
0
0
0.0
Show 27 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2006 Q3
16,406
1
1
61.0
2006 Q2
15,784
2
1
126.7
2006 Q1
15,138
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
15,886
1
0
62.9
2005 Q3
16,340
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
15,317
2
0
130.6
2005 Q1
12,807
2
2
156.2
2004 Q4
14,076
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
14,629
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
12,308
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
12,661
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
12,821
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
15,444
3
0
194.3
2003 Q2
12,938
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
10,909
3
2
275.0
2002 Q4
12,289
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
18,124
1
0
55.2
2002 Q2
21,597
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
18,107
2
1
110.5
2001 Q4
23,514
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
22,747
2
0
87.9
2001 Q2
21,569
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
19,105
1
0
52.3
2000 Q4
18,665
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
17,209
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
15,401
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
13,947
6
3
430.2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
16 on file
2003 · 3 incidents
July 25, 2003MO · Metal/Non-Metalquality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistantHANDLING OF MATERIALS
On July 15th 2003 the employee was cleaning up around the shop area. July 16th the employee came to work and complained of back soreness. On Aug 20 the employee stated he could not work anymore because of his back pain. This became a lost time injury on Aug 20, 2003.
May 12, 2003MO · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
THE EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OVER A STEEL BEAM , THAT MOVED AS HE STEPPED ACROSS IT. THE MOVEMENT CAUSED ANOTHER BEAM TO MOVE WHICH CUT THE EMPLOYEE ON HIS LOWER RIGHT LEG.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING THE LADDER ON HIS COMPANY VEHICLE. THE EMPLOYEE HAS HIS HANDS ON THE HANDRAIL AND ONE FOOT ON THE BOTTOM STEP. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO KNOCK MUD OFF HIS BOOTS, WHEN HE L OST HIS BALANCE AND FELL BACKWARDS ON TO THE GROUND.
May 19, 1999MO · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
AN EMPLOYEE WAS ROLLING A BIG ROCK OUT OF HIS VEHICLES PATH SO THAT HE COULD BACK HIS TRUCK UP AND DUMP HIS LOAD. THE EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.
1998 · 2 incidents
September 16, 1998MO · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE SUFFERED AN AS YET UNDIAGNOSED INJURY TO A VERTEBRAE IN HIS NECK. AT THIS POINT WE KNOW HE SAYS THE WEAR & TEAR OF THE EQUIPMENT OVER TIME CAUSED THIS.
1991 · 2 incidents
September 6, 1991MO · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING CONCRETE OVER SOME ELECTRICAL CONDUIT IN A TRENCH AT THE POINT WHERE THE CONDUIT CAME OUT OF THE GROUND. THE FORM HE WAS POSITIONING FELL ONTO HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER CUTTIN G IT.
September 4, 1991MO · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS