Quality Aggregates (Hillside Materials) has $150K in proposed MSHA penalties and $725 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2007–2015
Latest incident
May 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
157
citations
54
significant & substantial
$149,614
proposed penalties
$145,120
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,494 gap.
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: 706 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Quality Aggregates (Hillside Materials) has $150K in proposed MSHA penalties and $725 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.
$150K
proposed penalties
$146K
current assessed
$145K
paid to date
$725
outstanding
157 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $11K in penalties contested before the Commission, $7K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-09-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
2citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
Settled
1 · 50%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 50%
50%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
52%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$15K proposed, $7K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2019-11-10.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Health sampling
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘMany samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2018-12-12, 7 years ago
6%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
35
samples
32
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz242 over
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz5
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz3
Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (35)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2014-07-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.37
1.19
1.15
Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc.
2008-07-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
2.53
1.61
1.57
Front-end Loader Operator
2018-12-12
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
1.79
10
0.18
Front-end Loader Operator
2018-12-12
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
1.23
10
0.12
Truck Driver
2018-12-12
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
3.49
10
0.35
Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-06-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2016-06-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
0.82
0.16
Front-end Loader Operator
2016-06-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.34
0.95
0.36
Truck Driver
2016-06-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.4
1.33
0.30
Truck Driver
2015-07-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.25
0.89
0.28
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2015-07-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.23
1.92
0.12
Crusher Oper/Worker
2015-07-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.7
2.34
0.30
Truck Driver
2015-07-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.35
1.54
0.23
Front-end Loader Operator
2015-07-14
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.18
10
0.02
Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2014-07-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.51
0.84
0.61
Blaster, Powder Gang
2014-07-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2014-07-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.9
0.99
0.91
Truck Driver
2014-07-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.49
1.05
0.47
Front-end Loader Operator
2013-04-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.89
1.24
0.72
Front-end Loader Operator
2013-04-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.48
1.36
0.35
Truck Driver
2013-04-03
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
1.02
10
0.10
Crusher Oper/Worker
2013-04-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.2
1.59
0.13
Backhoe Operator
2012-04-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.5
1.69
0.30
Truck Driver
2012-04-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.32
1.45
0.22
Drill Operator, Rotary
2012-04-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.48
2.65
0.18
Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-04-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
1.24
0.18
Front-end Loader Operator
2012-04-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.44
0.66
0.67
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-04-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Shovel Operator
2009-04-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
1.55
0.08
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-04-23
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.25
10
0.03
Truck Driver
2009-04-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.44
1.56
0.28
Laborer, Bullgang
2008-08-13
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.12
10
0.01
Front-end Loader Operator
2008-07-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.39
1.14
0.34
Front-end Loader Operator
2008-07-09
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.5
10
0.05
Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2008-07-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.72
1.64
0.44
Jackhammer Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Quality Aggregates (Hillside Materials) recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2018.
Injury rate, 2018
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.95 and the all-US-mining average was 2.33 cases per 100 workers.
In Missouri, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.63 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2018 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2017 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2016 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2015 *
5.43
5.43
0.000
2014 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2013 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2012 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2011 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2023
2
2022
1
2021
2
2020
6
2019
7
2018
15
2017
17
2016
17
2015
17
2014
14
2013
12
2012
12
2011
12
2010
14
2009
14
2008
12
2007
13
2006
9
2005
10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Quality Aggregates (Hillside Materials) sits in Jackson County, Missouri, where the Census mining category is 0.0% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Jackson County, Missouri · Population 717,021
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$67,178
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
Employee was adjusting belt scraper when scraper caught on new belt splice causing the crescent wrench to flip back striking employee in the left leg. Diagnosis, broken femur approximately 6" above left knee.
2009 · 1 incident
March 3, 2009MO · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee walked up a 3/4" clean gravel pile to repair a grease line on the head pulley of the stacker. When he finished he ran down the pile and fell to the ground.