Mining Incidents

Puckett Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Grant County · Surface
Controlled by Grant County-KS
Lakin, Kearny County, KS  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1401695

Puckett Pit has $586 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
5
citations
0
significant & substantial
$586
proposed penalties
$586
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
18
inspections on record
174
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: 174 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Puckett Pit has $586 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$586
proposed penalties
$586
current assessed
$586
paid to date
$0
outstanding
5 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-11-07.
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
2025 Q4 88 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 24 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 136 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 48 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 40 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 42 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 100 0 0 0.0
Show 59 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 31 1 0 32258.1
2023 Q3 54 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 49 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 201 1 0 4975.1
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 109 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 22 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 24 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 66 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 128 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 195 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 61 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 147 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 219 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 442 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 137 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 639 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 587 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 138 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 40 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 228 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 6 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 34 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 276 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 418 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 166 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 179 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 290 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 496 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 111 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 324 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 231 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 31 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 358 1 0 2793.3
2014 Q1 184 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 296 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 62 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 340 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 534 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 82 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 154 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 436 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 590 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 62 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 12 1 0 83333.3
2011 Q2 58 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 32 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 46 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 34 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 1,002 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 214 1 0 4672.9
2009 Q1 258 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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