Mining Incidents

Plant 4 Metal/Non-Metal

Nelson Quarries Inc · Surface
Controlled by Kenneth L Nelson
fort Scott, Bourbon County, KS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1401597

Plant 4 has $23K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 17 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2003–2011
Latest incident
Nov 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
91
citations
16
significant & substantial
$22,560
proposed penalties
$16,806
paid to date
74% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,754 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
31
inspections on record
483
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: 483 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 4 has $23K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 17 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.
$23K
proposed penalties
$17K
current assessed
$17K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
88 assessments are final orders; 17 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-03-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 623 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,352 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 744 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 95 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,922 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 166 0 0 0.0
Show 46 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q2 1,070 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 769 3 0 3901.2
2010 Q4 1,600 1 0 625.0
2010 Q3 1,201 3 2 2497.9
2010 Q2 1,145 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,342 3 1 2235.5
2009 Q4 1,530 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 624 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,336 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,836 4 0 1410.4
2008 Q4 4,445 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,601 2 0 555.4
2008 Q2 3,109 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 3,582 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,985 3 1 1005.0
2007 Q3 4,369 10 0 2288.9
2007 Q2 4,357 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 572 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,508 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,571 6 2 1680.2
2006 Q2 4,045 2 0 494.4
2006 Q1 4,344 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 4,018 31 5 7715.3
2005 Q3 5,567 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,325 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 4,111 3 0 729.7
2004 Q4 3,619 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,614 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,475 11 4 3165.5
2004 Q1 3,836 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 5,163 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,457 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,761 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,365 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,800 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 3,024 5 1 1653.4
2001 Q4 3,296 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,358 3 0 688.4
2001 Q2 3,749 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,162 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 1,487 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,142 1 0 241.4
2000 Q1 4,239 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2011 · 1 incident

November 3, 2011 KS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nelson Quarries Inc · Fall from machine

Employee climbing upon conveyor to unhook chain that lifted belting up. His boots were muddy and he slipped and fell.

2004 · 1 incident

June 14, 2004 KS · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Nelson Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING HOSE FROM DRILL HOLE. TRAPPED AIR PRESSURE CAUSED HOSE TO BLOW OUT OF HOLE. PIPE ON END OF HOSE HIT HIM ON SHOULDER CAUSING BRUISE TO BONE.

2003 · 1 incident

December 17, 2003 KS · Metal/Non-Metal

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING APPROX 10' FROM DRILL WATCHING DRILLER WORK. SECONDARY DRILL STEEL FELL FROM RACK WHEN DRILL WAS BEING MOVED TO ANOTHER LOCATION. STEEL HIT EMPLOYEE IN NECK AND FRACTURED 6TH VERTEBRA.

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The full compliance file on Plant 4

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.