Mining Incidents

Plant #81 Metal/Non-Metal

Mercer, Nodaway County, MO  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2302296

Plant #81 has $22K in proposed MSHA penalties and $604 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2009–2023
Latest incident
Apr 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
99
citations
16
significant & substantial
$21,548
proposed penalties
$17,980
paid to date
83% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,568 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
49
inspections on record
877
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: 877 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 #81 has $22K in proposed MSHA penalties and $604 outstanding across 5 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.
$22K
proposed penalties
$19K
current assessed
$18K
paid to date
$604
outstanding
99 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-25.
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
2025 Q4 8,444 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 10,861 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 11,299 3 1 265.5
2025 Q1 8,837 2 0 226.3
2024 Q4 8,447 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 8,121 1 0 123.1
2024 Q2 9,400 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 9,646 0 0 0.0
Show 74 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 8,690 3 0 345.2
2023 Q3 8,178 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 10,519 2 0 190.1
2023 Q1 8,765 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 9,906 5 0 504.7
2022 Q3 9,836 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 11,963 5 0 418.0
2022 Q1 7,057 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 10,179 5 0 491.2
2021 Q3 9,545 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 11,576 1 0 86.4
2021 Q1 8,645 1 0 115.7
2020 Q4 10,249 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 10,469 4 0 382.1
2020 Q2 14,214 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 12,291 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 17,535 2 0 114.1
2019 Q3 13,578 7 2 515.5
2019 Q2 12,243 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 6,735 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 6,706 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 7,103 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 8,826 6 2 679.8
2018 Q1 9,563 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 8,524 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 11,980 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 8,541 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 10,178 1 0 98.3
2016 Q4 10,822 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 10,007 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 8,789 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 8,985 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 8,945 5 0 559.0
2015 Q3 10,132 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 11,973 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 9,900 2 1 202.0
2014 Q4 12,903 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 13,193 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 9,409 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 8,003 2 1 249.9
2013 Q4 8,910 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 8,131 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 11,626 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 3,948 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 8,758 1 0 114.2
2012 Q3 8,944 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 9,887 2 1 202.3
2012 Q1 3,722 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 11,487 10 3 870.5
2011 Q3 25,226 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 11,328 3 0 264.8
2011 Q1 7,950 2 0 251.6
2010 Q4 9,432 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 12,051 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 13,604 1 0 73.5
2010 Q1 8,540 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 10,327 3 0 290.5
2009 Q3 10,258 4 0 389.9
2009 Q2 11,174 5 2 447.5
2009 Q1 10,443 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 8,925 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 16,215 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 15,786 1 1 63.3
2008 Q1 10,115 1 0 98.9
2007 Q4 9,187 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,738 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 5,990 1 0 166.9
2007 Q1 5,063 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 5,708 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 7,624 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,825 2 2 522.9
2006 Q1 3,907 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,825 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,459 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2023 · 1 incident

April 14, 2023 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Con-Agg Companies, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was standing inside the crusher shack on the threshold at the door with right foot halfway out of the the shack. There is approx. a 4 inch drop to the catwalk from the threshold. EE's right foot slipped down to the catwalk and caused EE to fall to the catwalk. This action caused EE to fracture the small toe on right foot.

2020 · 1 incident

May 13, 2020 MO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Con-Agg Companies, LLC · Fall from machine

Employee was in the process of dismounting a front end loader and shutting the cab door. EE lost footing and fell off the ladder to the ground. Employee was released to work the next day with work restrictions.

2016 · 1 incident

February 26, 2016 MO · Metal/Non-Metal groundman, yardman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Norris Quarries, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cutting a hole in a piece of conveyor belting using a utility knife. The knife slipped out of the hole EE was cutting and lacerated EE's left hand. EE received stitches to close the wound. EE was released for full duty the same date of injury with minor lifting restrictions which did not prohibit EE from working full duty.

2012 · 1 incident

July 24, 2012 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Norris Quarries, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was rebuilding a water pump and applied a lot of pressure to remove the impeller. His left wrist was strained in the process and he was in pain. When he was seen by the physician, the injury showed possible signs of Carpel Tunnel Syndrome. He was issued a wrist splint to wear for two weeks and was placed with limited/restricted use of his left hand.

2009 · 1 incident

May 15, 2009 MO · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Norris Asphalt Paving Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was moving a rolled up conveyor belt with a chain and a front end loader. During transport, the belt needed to be repositioned. While manually handling the belt the employee sustained a ruptured bicep tendon. The injury required surgery which was repaired on 5/20/09.

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The full compliance file on Plant #81

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.