Plant 3 South West Butler Quarry LLC has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $302 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1993–2021
Latest incident
Jul 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
79
citations
18
significant & substantial
$19,040
proposed penalties
$15,622
paid to date
82% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,418 gap.
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: 883 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 3 South West Butler Quarry LLC has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $302 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.
$19K
proposed penalties
$16K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$302
outstanding
78 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $6K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-10.
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 · 1% of citations on record
Settled
1 · 100%
50%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$6K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2021-10-28.
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: 2026-06-11
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
38
samples
9
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg24
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz8
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (38)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2026-06-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.23
Bobcat Operator
2026-06-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2026-06-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2024-05-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2024-05-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2024-05-01
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
Front-end Loader Operator
2024-05-01
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
6.78
10
0.68
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-05-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-05-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-05-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-05-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2022-09-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
Cleanup Man
2022-09-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cleanup Man
2022-09-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2021-11-30
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.27
10
0.03
Front-end Loader Operator
2021-11-30
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.27
10
0.03
Cleanup Man
2021-11-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2021-01-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2021-01-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2019-02-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.27
Front-end Loader Operator
2019-02-21
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.3
Bobcat Operator
2019-02-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2016-11-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2016-11-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2016-11-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2016-09-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2016-09-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-01-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.39
2.41
0.16
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-01-06
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.17
10
0.02
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-01-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-11-09
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.31
10
0.03
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-11-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Drill Operator, Rotary
2005-11-09
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.23
10
0.02
Truck Driver
2005-11-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-01-13
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.26
10
0.03
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-01-13
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.17
10
0.02
Drill Operator, Rotary
2004-01-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-01-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
Area samples (mill and shop air)
Last sampled: 2019-02-21, 7 years ago
2
samples
Show the individual readings (2)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Area sampled
2019-02-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.65
SF GENERAL
2019-02-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.55
SF GENERAL
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 3 South West Butler Quarry LLC recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ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 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Kansas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.88 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
2025 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
6.56
6.56
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
14
2025
15
2024
14
2023
14
2022
14
2021
16
2020
10
2019
15
2018
15
2017
14
2016
13
2015
11
2014
10
2013
11
2012
13
2011
11
2010
12
2009
11
2008
12
2007
11
2006
11
2005
11
2004
11
2003
12
2002
9
2001
8
2000
8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Plant 3 South West Butler Quarry LLC sits in Butler County, Kansas, where the Census mining category is 0.8% 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.
Butler County, Kansas · Population 67,916
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$80,375
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
5,875
2
0
340.4
2026 Q1
7,737
2
0
258.5
2025 Q4
8,051
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
8,407
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
8,580
3
0
349.7
2025 Q1
7,896
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
8,586
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
6,349
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
5,748
3
1
521.9
2024 Q1
5,638
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
8,187
1
0
122.1
2023 Q3
6,233
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
5,480
1
0
182.5
2023 Q1
8,783
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
6,047
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
7,418
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
8,954
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
6,384
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
6,861
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
10,496
7
3
666.9
2021 Q2
8,823
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
4,305
1
0
232.3
2020 Q4
6,020
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
5,908
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
5,922
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
4,845
2
0
412.8
2019 Q4
6,318
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
8,223
1
0
121.6
2019 Q2
8,016
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
8,040
3
0
373.1
2018 Q4
7,557
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
7,785
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
8,124
1
0
123.1
2018 Q1
7,590
1
0
131.8
2017 Q4
8,394
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
9,131
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
8,527
4
2
469.1
2017 Q1
7,772
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
8,099
6
0
740.8
2016 Q3
8,030
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
7,941
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
7,729
1
0
129.4
2015 Q4
7,536
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
6,539
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
7,020
1
0
142.5
2015 Q1
5,903
1
1
169.4
2014 Q4
5,716
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
6,008
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
6,057
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
6,028
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
6,271
1
1
159.5
2013 Q3
6,575
1
0
152.1
2013 Q2
6,836
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
7,083
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
7,494
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
8,024
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
7,557
1
0
132.3
2012 Q1
7,129
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
6,309
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
6,545
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
6,434
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
6,656
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
7,507
6
2
799.3
2010 Q3
8,969
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
7,853
2
1
254.7
2010 Q1
7,035
2
1
284.3
2009 Q4
7,260
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
6,747
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
6,565
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
6,072
2
0
329.4
2008 Q4
6,921
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
6,842
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
7,048
1
0
141.9
2008 Q1
6,407
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
6,288
2
0
318.1
2007 Q3
7,004
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
6,484
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
5,776
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
6,332
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
6,903
3
0
434.6
2006 Q2
7,193
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
7,189
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
7,327
3
1
409.4
2005 Q3
7,254
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
7,671
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
7,325
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
7,010
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
7,666
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
7,397
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
6,414
4
0
623.6
2003 Q4
8,215
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
6,643
1
1
150.5
2003 Q2
6,975
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
6,099
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
5,432
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
5,467
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
5,166
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
5,325
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
4,576
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
4,891
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
5,162
4
2
774.9
2001 Q1
4,372
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
4,493
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
4,993
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
5,388
5
2
928.0
2000 Q1
5,387
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
10 on file
2021 · 1 incident
July 16, 2021KS · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
Replacing Conveyor belt with the use of 262 D Cat Skid Loader driven by employee. Employee was backing the skid Loader while watching commands from two other employees when the conveyor clamp slipped off the belt and sling shot thru the windshield hitting skid loader operator in the right upper chest.
While changing drill steel out to a different length it misaligned causing operator to need to physically move it by hand while doing so the operator dropped the drill steel and it landed on ring finger tip right hand
Digging out a indention hole with a hand held pry bar to hook the chain into. Felt a pop in right shoulder. 7/7/11 Ed told Ronda of the accident and he was going to the dr 7/8/11. Ed would need a MRI on his shoulder around the 19th of july. Ed has a torn rotator cuff and will need surgery. His next appt is Aug 4th for consult.
2010 · 2 incidents
April 16, 2010KS · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee claims he was using 3 point contact on the catwalk of the loader and was cleaning his window off in the rain when he slipped and lost grip due to the rain and fell to the ground injuring his wrist and arm.
EE tried to loosen a tight bolt on machine with wrench. Pulling down grip slipped & he fell forward enough to smack his lip on the end of wrench busting top lip some & the bottom lip wide open. He reported to his co workers what happened & came to office he was treated with IBprophen & Ice on the lip The Sec took him to Dr. He stitched 2 stiches & returned for day.
2001 · 1 incident
December 10, 2001KS · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
EE WAS BREAKING UP SCREENINGS TO LOAD TRUCKS. HE WENT IN UNDER A OVERHANG AND TOOK A SCOOP. WHENTHE OVERHANG BROKE AND CAME DOWN ON TOP OF THE FRONT OF THE LOADER. EE WAS SHOOK UP OF COURSE BU T SAID HE HAD NO INJURIES. HOWEVER WE DO NOT KNOW HOW HE ESCAPED THEM AS THE FRONT GLASS WAS BROKEN BUT ROLL OVER ROPS BARS BENT & STEERING WHEEL SCUFFED. EE WAS VERY LUCKY & NOT TO BE IN ARE
July 17, 1998KS · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorDISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
EE MENTIONED ON 7-17 HIS ARM HURT. PAIN WORSENED OVER NEXT FEW DAYS. EE WENT TO HIS DR. 7-30 WITH A DX OF A CYST IN WRIST. EE WAS RETURNED TO WORK AT LIGHT DUTY AND DID ERRANDS, PAPER SORTING, RAN OTHER LOADERS THAN HIS REGULAR ONE. SAW DR.ON 8013, SAME RETURN TO DUTY. SAW SPECIALIST ON 8018 & 26, SAME RETURN TO DUTY. NO CYST, ITS TENDONITIS, CAUSED BY REPETITIVE MOTION. NO WORK FO
EMPLOYEES ENTERED PROPERTY AND PRIOR TO SHIFT OR SUPERVISION IGNITED TRASH USING GAS IGNITING THE CLOTHING OF 1 AND THE OTHER EMPLOYEE HEPED TO GET FIRE OUT. STOP DROP ROLL RIP OFF CLOTHES. BURNS TO1 CHEST, ARM, 2 HANDS, FACE, SIDE. TAKEN TO ST. FRANCIS BURN CENTER. NOTE: BURNING TRAS WITH GAS AND AT LOCATION IS NOT A PRACTICE OF COMPANY.
1993 · 1 incident
July 22, 1993KS · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)