Mining Incidents

Poplar Bluff Stone Metal/Non-Metal

Bluewing Materials · Surface
Poplar Bluff, Butler County, MO  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2302489

Poplar Bluff Stone has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $590 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2017
Latest incident
Aug 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
70
citations
13
significant & substantial
$16,515
proposed penalties
$15,925
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $590 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
31
inspections on record
529
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: 529 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Poplar Bluff Stone has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $590 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.
$17K
proposed penalties
$17K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$590
outstanding
67 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-14.
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 6,749 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 7,837 10 0 1276.0
2025 Q2 7,338 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 6,619 2 0 302.2
2024 Q4 6,077 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 5,852 5 1 854.4
2024 Q2 6,656 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 4,305 9 3 2090.6
Show 32 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,466 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 5,818 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 4,365 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 3,165 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,388 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 4,518 1 0 221.3
2022 Q2 5,306 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 4,532 2 0 441.3
2021 Q4 5,125 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,052 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,758 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 6,618 1 0 151.1
2020 Q4 4,360 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4,499 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 4,683 1 0 213.5
2020 Q1 5,336 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 5,433 2 1 368.1
2019 Q3 5,912 2 0 338.3
2019 Q2 6,477 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 5,689 14 6 2460.9
2018 Q4 7,293 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 7,565 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 7,382 1 0 135.5
2018 Q1 6,155 4 1 649.9
2017 Q4 6,460 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 7,012 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 6,059 3 0 495.1
2017 Q1 5,272 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 4,429 3 0 677.4
2016 Q3 3,733 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,586 2 0 557.7
2016 Q1 1,841 1 1 543.2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2017 · 1 incident

August 26, 2017 MO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cane Creek Quarry LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Lifted discharge pump hose alone Saturday 08/26/2017, informed staff Monday 08/28/2017. Pain in back

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