Mining Incidents

QBQ Portable 1 Metal/Non-Metal

QBQ Industries LLC · Surface
Fulton, MO, Bourbon County, KS  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1401856

QBQ Portable 1 has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 1 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 2025
31
citations
6
significant & substantial
$7,870
proposed penalties
$4,164
paid to date
53% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,706 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2025
3
inspections on record
59
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: 59 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

QBQ Portable 1 has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
16 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-28.
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 2,192 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,444 30 5 8710.8
2025 Q2 2,985 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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