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Plant #21-Independence: 61 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Independence, Jackson County, MO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2302378

Plant #21-Independence has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2010–2012
Latest incident
May 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
61
citations
12
significant & substantial
$14,446
proposed penalties
$14,446
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Capital Sand Company, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
28
inspections on record
378
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: 378 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2012-01-04.
On record since 2012.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Plant #21-Independence has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$14K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
60 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-09-07.
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.
20.0%
significant & substantial
11.7%
high negligence or reckless
20.0%
reasonably likely or greater
45.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 15.0% low, 73.3% moderate, 11.7% 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.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 100%
100%
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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$3K proposed, $3K 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 2012-03-13.
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 2012-440M Settlement Lesnick 2012 $2K → $2K
CENT 2012-441M Settlement Lesnick 2012 $705 → $705
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: 2020-08-25, 6 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
20
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg14
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz5
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (20)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2020-08-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-08-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2016-09-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2016-09-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2016-09-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.43 0.30 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2016-09-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-09-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-10-07 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 Sand Filler (Wet)
2014-10-07 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.22 Dredge/Barge Operator
2014-10-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2014-10-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-10-06 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.36 Dredge/Barge Operator
2010-10-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2010-10-06 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 Mechanic
2010-10-06 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-10-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2009-04-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2009-04-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2009-04-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2009-04-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 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.

Plant #21-Independence recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2017.

Injury rate, 2017
ⓘ 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 1.99 and the all-US-mining average was 2.48 cases per 100 workers.
In Missouri, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.71 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
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
2012 * 8.19 8.19 0.000
2011 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2010 * 11.76 0.00 0.000
2009 * 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. Mid America Sand LLC 2008 to 2017
  2. Capital Sand Company, Inc. 2017 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2022 2
2021 4
2020 7
2019 15
2018 2
2017 10
2016 13
2015 11
2014 10
2013 8
2012 12
2011 12
2010 13
2009 9
2008 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Plant #21-Independence sits in Jackson County, Missouri, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Jackson County, Missouri · Population 717,021
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$67,178
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 Q3 334 3 0 8982.0
2022 Q2 297 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 171 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 545 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 926 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,657 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,625 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,439 7 0 2870.0
Show 46 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2020 Q3 2,749 1 0 363.8
2020 Q2 2,855 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,987 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 5,767 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 8,016 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,890 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 815 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,025 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,257 2 0 886.1
2017 Q2 8,444 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 7,799 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 9,452 2 1 211.6
2016 Q3 10,981 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 9,981 2 1 200.4
2016 Q1 6,981 3 0 429.7
2015 Q4 8,368 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 7,383 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 6,598 1 0 151.6
2015 Q1 4,512 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 6,482 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 7,028 2 0 284.6
2014 Q2 6,842 2 1 292.3
2014 Q1 4,559 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 4,634 3 0 647.4
2013 Q3 5,119 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,628 3 1 648.2
2013 Q1 3,727 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 4,654 3 0 644.6
2012 Q3 6,481 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 7,114 3 2 421.7
2012 Q1 6,160 8 2 1298.7
2011 Q4 5,549 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 6,644 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 5,698 2 1 351.0
2011 Q1 4,697 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 9,992 3 2 300.2
2010 Q3 10,252 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 7,974 3 0 376.2
2010 Q1 5,808 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 5,931 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 6,324 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 5,125 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 4,796 6 1 1251.0
2008 Q4 4,233 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,059 2 0 492.7
2008 Q2 369 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2012 · 1 incident

May 2, 2012 MO · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mid America Sand LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was trying to release the anchor rope on the Guppy Boat when he lost the slack in the rope severing the tip of his left index finger.

2010 · 2 incidents

June 25, 2010 MO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Mid America Sand LLC · Struck against a moving object

Injured was driving loader through stock pile/loading area and hit a pot hole covered with water. (Water was flowing across entire roadway). Upon impact, the seat in the loader bottomed out and he felt a snap in his lower back.

June 23, 2010 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mid America Sand LLC · Fall from machine

Driver was standing on tail gate of truck fixing his tarp when he lost his footing and fell off the truck.