Mining Incidents

Portable Plant #5 Metal/Non-Metal

Cornejo & Sons LLC · Surface
Controlled by Summit Materials LLC
Pittsburg, Bourbon County, KS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1401648

Portable Plant #5 has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2008–2017
Latest incident
Aug 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
74
citations
14
significant & substantial
$17,625
proposed penalties
$17,625
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
37
inspections on record
448
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: 448 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Portable Plant #5 has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$18K
proposed penalties
$18K
current assessed
$18K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
74 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-01-07.
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
2024 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,285 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3,117 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,816 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,973 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,629 1 0 380.4
2020 Q4 3,796 5 0 1317.2
2020 Q3 4,283 0 0 0.0
Show 58 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2020 Q2 2,824 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,251 3 0 922.8
2019 Q3 4,861 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 768 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,050 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 4,679 1 0 213.7
2018 Q3 2,479 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 4,232 3 1 708.9
2017 Q4 9,640 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 8,774 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 9,370 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 10,291 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 9,117 7 1 767.8
2016 Q3 0 3 0
2016 Q2 8,976 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 7,495 7 3 934.0
2015 Q4 9,691 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 10,394 10 5 962.1
2015 Q2 8,517 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 10,739 2 0 186.2
2014 Q4 8,960 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 8,650 4 0 462.4
2014 Q2 8,032 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 6,942 1 0 144.1
2013 Q4 6,997 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 8,735 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 5,082 1 0 196.8
2013 Q1 7,413 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 7,215 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 7,836 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 6,198 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 5,682 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 7,077 3 1 423.9
2011 Q2 6,817 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 6,841 2 0 292.4
2010 Q4 9,299 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 10,326 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 9,460 2 0 211.4
2010 Q1 7,726 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 6,948 2 1 287.9
2009 Q3 8,207 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 8,760 3 0 342.5
2009 Q1 7,653 1 1 130.7
2008 Q4 10,356 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 9,676 4 0 413.4
2008 Q2 9,625 3 0 311.7
2008 Q1 8,315 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 8,140 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 9,093 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 9,871 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 7,959 6 1 753.9
2006 Q4 8,414 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 7,347 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5,899 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 5,544 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2017 · 1 incident

August 1, 2017 KS · Metal/Non-Metal weighman, scale person SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Midwest Minerals LLC · Fall down stairs

Employee was walking down the stairs which provide access to the front end loader and employee's foot slipped, causing employee to fall on employee's back. Employee has 4 non-displaced fractures of transverse processes, lumbar vertebra 1, 2, 3, 4.

2015 · 1 incident

January 12, 2015 KS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Midwest Minerals LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE reported on 1/13/15 that he was loading a smoker into his pickup at home and fell on the trailer hitch ball. On 1/14/15 he said it happened on the job assisting another employee, hooking up a pallet to a front end loader. They argued and another ee grabbed ee and threw him on the ground, breaking a rib.

2013 · 1 incident

August 3, 2013 KS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Midwest Minerals LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using a shovel cleaning up spilled material. He slipped in the mud and twisted his left knee.

2012 · 2 incidents

July 25, 2012 KS · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Midwest Minerals LLC · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was adjusting a parking brake on a haul truck. He was using a pry bar that slipped and he fell back against the frame of the truck, fracturing his 10th rib.

May 14, 2012 KS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Midwest Minerals LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was clearing rock out of the primary crusher feed hopper and smashed his finger between a rock and the metal feed hopper. His left fifth finger was lacerated, requiring seven stitches.

2008 · 1 incident

April 28, 2008 KS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Midwest Minerals LLC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee was cleaning rock out of the primary crusher & smashed his toes on his right foot. He received first aid treatment and returned to work. On 5\19\08 at a follow up doctor visit, it was determined that poor circulation would require the amputation of three toes, making this a lost time accident.

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