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PLANT #1: 42 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by David K Willard
Lebanon, Laclede County, MO  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2301176

PLANT #1 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1986–2002
Latest incident
Jun 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
42
citations
8
significant & substantial
$4,329
proposed penalties
$4,329
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Willard Quarries Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
42
inspections on record
538
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: 538 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

PLANT #1 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
42 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-10-07.
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.
19.0%
significant & substantial
2.4%
high negligence or reckless
19.0%
reasonably likely or greater
64.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 14.3% low, 83.3% moderate, 2.4% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2025-10-07
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
26
samples
7
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg18
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (26)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-10-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2025-10-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-05-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2021-05-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2021-05-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-05-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2015-04-14 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.24 10 0.02 Truck Driver
2015-04-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2015-04-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-04-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2015-04-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-06-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-06-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-06-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2012-06-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2009-01-08 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.58 10 0.06 Truck Driver
2009-01-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 1.45 0.19 Truck Driver
2009-01-08 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 10 0.02 Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc.
2009-01-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-07-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-07-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.41 1.06 0.39 Truck Driver
2003-07-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2003-07-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-07-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 1.48 0.17 Truck Driver
2003-07-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-07-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 1.03 0.19 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.

PLANT #1 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2024.

Injury rate, 2024
ⓘ 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 1.77 and the all-US-mining average was 2.08 cases per 100 workers.
In Missouri, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.74 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
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2006 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2004 * 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. Willard Quarries Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 10
2025 9
2024 12
2023 10
2022 15
2021 10
2020 15
2019 12
2018 9
2017 11
2016 13
2015 12
2014 6
2013 9
2012 10
2011 8
2010 12
2009 8
2008 12
2007 14
2006 16
2005 7
2004 10
2003 9
2002 12
2001 10
2000 16
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

PLANT #1 sits in Laclede County, Missouri, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Laclede County, Missouri · Population 36,245
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$50,825
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 6,468 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,877 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,908 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 8,647 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 7,047 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,708 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,881 1 0 257.7
2024 Q3 9,171 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 6,770 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,682 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,895 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 8,077 2 0 247.6
2023 Q2 9,213 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,709 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,442 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 8,084 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 8,595 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 5,139 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,169 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 7,348 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 6,065 1 0 164.9
2021 Q1 1,819 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 5,333 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 8,550 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 8,686 3 0 345.4
2020 Q1 2,662 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,647 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 7,103 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 8,178 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 5,185 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,332 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,566 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 7,919 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 7,484 1 0 133.6
2017 Q4 5,934 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,540 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,454 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 8,160 1 1 122.5
2016 Q4 5,172 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,625 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,991 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 8,988 1 0 111.3
2015 Q4 6,414 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,698 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 8,750 3 0 342.9
2015 Q1 2,891 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,067 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,912 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 6,214 1 0 160.9
2014 Q1 1,746 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,019 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 6,102 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,792 2 0 417.4
2013 Q1 1,573 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,789 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 6,728 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 4,313 1 0 231.9
2012 Q1 1,648 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,716 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,053 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 6,874 1 0 145.5
2011 Q1 1,855 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 5,415 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 4,030 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 7,585 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,497 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 4,227 2 1 473.1
2009 Q3 1,581 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,623 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 5,143 5 2 972.2
2008 Q4 5,968 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,370 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 5,007 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 7,164 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 5,289 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,060 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 5,939 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 5,221 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,763 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 6,868 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,565 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 7,761 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,799 2 0 1111.7
2005 Q3 2,068 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 7,866 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,777 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 8,338 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,856 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 8,188 3 1 366.4
2004 Q1 1,679 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 8,058 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,690 10 3 5917.2
2003 Q2 7,951 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,447 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,588 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 7,940 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 7,304 1 0 136.9
2002 Q1 2,475 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,914 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 7,631 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 7,438 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,969 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,712 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 5,417 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,296 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 6,930 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2002 · 1 incident

June 12, 2002 MO · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Willard Quarries Inc · Struck by falling object

EE STATES: I WAS ON THE BACK OF A TRUCK & A STACK OF BAGS STARTED TO FALL & I INSTINCTLY TRIED TO STOP THEM WITH MY LEFT & FELT A POP IN MY ELBOW.

1994 · 1 incident

August 5, 1994 MO · Metal/Non-Metal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator MACHINERY
Willard Quarries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE HAS DEVELOPED A HERNIATED DISC. OVER THE YEARS. DR FEEL ITS FROM THE DRILLING. WENT TO DR ON 8-5-94. HAD SURGERY 11-15-94.

1991 · 1 incident

December 4, 1991 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Willard Quarries Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

REPEATED ENTRY AND EXIT FROM TRUCK AND HELPING GET ROCKS OUT OF CRUSHER.

1988 · 1 incident

August 8, 1988 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Willard Quarries Inc · Fall from ladders

EMPL STARTING ENGINE ON TRIPLE ROLL CRUSHER AND SLIPPED AND FELL OFF LADDER

1986 · 1 incident

December 30, 1986 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Willard Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS S7ANDING ON CONVEYOR BELT, HE TOLD TO START THE CONVEYOR BELT AND HIS FOOT WAS STUCK ON BELT.