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Radix Westside: 175 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Radix Quarries · Underground
Springfield, Greene County, MO  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2302440

Radix Westside has $46K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2019–2026
Latest incident
Feb 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
175
citations
24
significant & substantial
$46,042
proposed penalties
$43,310
paid to date
94% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,732 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Radix Quarries's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2014
66
inspections on record
1,441
inspection hours
12.1
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.
175 citations across 1,441 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2021-05-05.
On record since 2021.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Radix Westside has $46K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$46K
proposed penalties
$43K
current assessed
$43K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
169 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $5K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-28.
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.
13.9%
significant & substantial
5.8%
high negligence or reckless
13.9%
reasonably likely or greater
60.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 23.1% low, 71.1% moderate, 5.8% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
8 citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
  • Settled 8 · 100%
43%
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 7 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
60%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$5K proposed, $2K 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 2021-02-02.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
CENT 2021-0078 Settlement Manning 2021 $4K → $2K
CENT 2018-0429 Settlement Bulluck 2018 $346 → $118
CENT 2017-0091 Settlement Miller 2017 $114 → $114
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
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: 2026-08-05
4%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
64
samples
51
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Diesel particulate (total carbon)342 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg11
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz7
  • Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz6
Show the individual readings (100)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-07-29 EC @ 160 254 160 1.59 Scaling (hand)
2025-07-29 TC @ 160 343 160 2.14 Scaling (hand)
2025-06-04 EC @ 160 312 160 1.95 Scaling (hand)
2025-06-04 TC @ 160 520 160 3.25 Scaling (hand)
2026-08-05 TC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Scaling (mechanical)
2026-08-05 EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Scaling (mechanical)
2026-08-05 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Scaling (mechanical)
2026-08-05 ORGANIC CARBON 0 Scaling (hand)
2026-08-05 TC @ 160 66 160 0.41 Scaling (hand)
2026-08-05 EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Scaling (hand)
2026-08-05 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Scaling (hand)
2026-08-05 ORGANIC CARBON 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-08-05 TC @ 160 58 160 0.36 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-08-05 EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-08-05 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-08-05 ORGANIC CARBON 0 Blaster, Powder Gang
2026-08-05 TC @ 160 113 160 0.71 Blaster, Powder Gang
2026-08-05 EC @ 160 89 160 0.56 Blaster, Powder Gang
2026-08-05 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Blaster, Powder Gang
2026-08-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-08-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.72 1.64 0.44 Cleanup Man
2026-08-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2026-08-05 ORGANIC CARBON 0 Scaling (mechanical)
2026-08-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-08-19 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Scaling (hand)
2025-08-19 TC @ 160 120 160 0.75 Scaling (hand)
2025-08-19 ORGANIC CARBON 0 Scaling (hand)
2025-08-19 EC @ 160 90 160 0.56 Scaling (hand)
2025-07-29 ORGANIC CARBON 90 Scaling (hand)
2025-07-29 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Scaling (hand)
2025-06-04 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Scaling (hand)
2025-06-04 ORGANIC CARBON 0 Scaling (mechanical)
2025-06-04 TC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Scaling (mechanical)
2025-06-04 EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Scaling (mechanical)
2025-06-04 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Scaling (mechanical)
2025-06-04 ORGANIC CARBON 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-06-04 TC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-06-04 EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-06-04 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-06-04 ORGANIC CARBON 207 Scaling (hand)
2025-06-04 ORGANIC CARBON 0 Blaster, Powder Gang
2025-06-04 TC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Blaster, Powder Gang
2025-06-04 EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Blaster, Powder Gang
2025-06-04 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Blaster, Powder Gang
2024-10-23 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 10 0.01 Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-10-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.9 1.89 0.48 Cleanup Man
2024-10-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2024-10-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-04-04 EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Mechanic
2024-04-04 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Mechanic
2024-04-04 ORGANIC CARBON 0 Scaling (hand)
2024-04-04 TC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Scaling (hand)
2024-04-04 EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Scaling (hand)
2024-04-04 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Scaling (hand)
2024-04-04 ORGANIC CARBON 0 Scaling (mechanical)
2024-04-04 TC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Scaling (mechanical)
2024-04-04 EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Scaling (mechanical)
2024-04-04 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Scaling (mechanical)
2024-04-04 ORGANIC CARBON 0 Mechanic
2024-04-04 TC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Mechanic
2023-05-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2023-05-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2023-05-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2023-05-10 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.24 10 0.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-10-19 ORGANIC CARBON 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-10-19 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-10-19 EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-10-19 TC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-10-19 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Blaster, Powder Gang
2022-10-19 EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Blaster, Powder Gang
2022-10-19 TC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Blaster, Powder Gang
2022-10-19 ORGANIC CARBON 0 Blaster, Powder Gang
2022-10-19 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Scaling (hand)
2022-10-19 EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Scaling (hand)
2022-10-19 TC @ 160 45 160 0.28 Scaling (hand)
2022-10-19 ORGANIC CARBON 31 Scaling (hand)
2022-10-19 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Scaling (mechanical)
2022-10-19 EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Scaling (mechanical)
2022-10-19 TC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Scaling (mechanical)
2022-10-19 ORGANIC CARBON 0 Scaling (mechanical)
2022-02-23 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 10 0.02 Utility Man
2022-02-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2021-10-27 ORGANIC CARBON 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2021-10-27 TC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Supervisor, Co. Official
2021-10-27 EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Supervisor, Co. Official
2021-10-27 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Supervisor, Co. Official
2021-10-27 ORGANIC CARBON 0 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2021-10-27 TC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2021-10-27 EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2021-10-27 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2021-10-27 ORGANIC CARBON 0 Scaling (hand)
2021-10-27 TC @ 160 31 160 0.19 Scaling (hand)
2021-10-27 EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Scaling (hand)
2021-10-27 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Scaling (hand)
2021-10-27 ORGANIC CARBON 0 Scaling (mechanical)
2021-10-27 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Scaling (mechanical)
2021-10-27 TC @ 160 32 160 0.20 Scaling (mechanical)
2021-10-27 EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Scaling (mechanical)
2021-05-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-05-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
Showing 100 of 153 laboratory readings: every over-limit reading, then the most recent. MSHA reads one air sample several times, so readings outnumber the samples counted above. The full set is in MSHA's Personal Health Samples file.

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2026-08-05
7
samples
Show the individual readings (14)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2026-08-05 TC @ 160 0 UG TRAVEL/HAULAGE
2026-08-05 EC @ 160 0 UG TRAVEL/HAULAGE
2025-08-19 TC @ 160 0 UG TRAVEL/HAULAGE
2025-08-19 EC @ 160 0 UG TRAVEL/HAULAGE
2025-07-29 EC @ 160 0 UG TRAVEL/HAULAGE
2025-07-29 TC @ 160 0 UG TRAVEL/HAULAGE
2025-06-04 TC @ 160 0 UG TRAVEL/HAULAGE
2025-06-04 EC @ 160 0 UG TRAVEL/HAULAGE
2024-04-04 TC @ 160 0 UG TRAVEL/HAULAGE
2024-04-04 EC @ 160 0 UG TRAVEL/HAULAGE
2022-10-19 TC @ 160 0 UG TRAVEL/HAULAGE
2022-10-19 EC @ 160 0 UG TRAVEL/HAULAGE
2021-10-27 TC from EC @ 160 0 UG TRAVEL/HAULAGE
2021-10-27 EC @ 160 0 UG TRAVEL/HAULAGE
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.

Radix Westside recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ 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 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Missouri, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.13 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
2025 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2024 * 6.16 6.16 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 13.11 6.56 0.000
2020 * 16.46 0.00 0.000
2019 * 9.14 9.14 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.
Ownership history
  1. Springfield Underground, Inc 2012 to 2016
  2. Radix Quarries 2016 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 19
2025 18
2024 19
2023 19
2022 21
2021 15
2020 13
2019 11
2018 10
2017 6
2016 4
2015 2
2014 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Radix Westside sits in Greene County, Missouri, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Greene County, Missouri · Population 301,121
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$57,488
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
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2026 Q2 8,117 5 0 616.0
2026 Q1 7,742 1 0 129.2
2025 Q4 9,059 7 1 772.7
2025 Q3 9,022 5 0 554.2
2025 Q2 5,822 5 2 858.8
2025 Q1 7,926 3 0 378.5
2024 Q4 7,523 3 0 398.8
2024 Q3 8,253 3 1 363.5
Show 41 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 7,738 1 0 129.2
2024 Q1 8,980 3 1 334.1
2023 Q4 7,897 4 0 506.5
2023 Q3 9,476 1 0 105.5
2023 Q2 7,825 4 0 511.2
2023 Q1 8,909 4 0 449.0
2022 Q4 7,884 5 0 634.2
2022 Q3 11,329 7 0 617.9
2022 Q2 8,589 10 0 1164.3
2022 Q1 5,683 5 0 879.8
2021 Q4 6,924 5 1 722.1
2021 Q3 8,537 3 2 351.4
2021 Q2 9,122 3 1 328.9
2021 Q1 5,921 3 0 506.7
2020 Q4 6,848 9 3 1314.3
2020 Q3 5,597 4 0 714.7
2020 Q2 6,750 4 1 592.6
2020 Q1 5,113 5 0 977.9
2019 Q4 6,347 6 0 945.3
2019 Q3 5,575 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 5,621 2 0 355.8
2019 Q1 4,346 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 5,941 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 4,668 1 0 214.2
2018 Q2 5,141 4 0 778.1
2018 Q1 4,042 3 0 742.2
2017 Q4 4,312 3 1 695.7
2017 Q3 3,200 3 1 937.5
2017 Q2 2,862 1 0 349.4
2017 Q1 1,514 1 0 660.5
2016 Q4 1,927 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,476 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,637 1 0 610.9
2016 Q1 1,065 1 0 939.0
2015 Q4 545 2 0 3669.7
2015 Q3 206 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 149 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 87 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 94 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 214 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 266 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2026 · 1 incident

February 9, 2026 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Radix Quarries · Contact with hot objects or substances

The miner was leaning over a piece of equipment while cutting a bolt with an oxy/acetylene torch when hot slag entered EE's right ear. The miner was treated and released to work with instructions to keep the ear clean and dry. EE was referred to another doctor for removal of the foreign object.

2024 · 1 incident

May 14, 2024 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Radix Quarries · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Miners were working to remove bolts from the cone crusher utilizing an air impact gun and a wrench for back up. A miner's right pinky finger was smashed between the cone and wrench handle while holding the wrench as backup when the air impact was engaged.

2021 · 2 incidents

September 13, 2021 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Radix Quarries · Struck by falling object

EE lifted engine hood to change engine air filter. EE forgot to secure hood brace and hood fell on EE hard hat.

August 31, 2021 MO · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Radix Quarries · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was helping remove bucket pin. EE tried to catch pin when it came out and hand got pinched between pin and bucket. After lingering pain, EE sought medical treatment on 11/09/2021 making injury reportable

2020 · 2 incidents

March 12, 2020 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Radix Quarries · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using a retractable blade box cutter to cut detonation chord when the blade went through the cord and cut EE's thumb

January 20, 2020 MO · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Radix Quarries · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was pulling the door of a 988 closed when employee felt something pinch and /or pull in lower back. Employee has had multiple doctors visits, with not finite information until recently. An MRI revealed bulging of discs, what was treated with steroid injections as of yesterday 2/26/2020. We believe this has triggered an MSHA re-portable event.

2019 · 1 incident

May 8, 2019 MO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Radix Quarries · Fall onto or against objects

Getting off an excavator and slipped and fell on a rock. It was rainy and slick.