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Ranger Portable Metal/Non-Metal

Augusta, St Charles County, MO  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2300190

Ranger Portable has $28K 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
4
Years on record
1988–2024
Latest incident
Mar 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
124
citations
35
significant & substantial
$27,964
proposed penalties
$22,644
paid to date
81% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,320 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
74
inspections on record
891
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: 891 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Ranger Portable has $28K 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.
$28K
proposed penalties
$23K
current assessed
$23K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
122 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-12-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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 2,712 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,578 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,407 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,661 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,783 2 0 718.6
2024 Q3 3,418 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 3,935 3 0 762.4
2024 Q1 2,145 1 0 466.2
Show 95 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 2,239 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,964 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,350 3 0 1276.6
2023 Q1 2,891 2 0 691.8
2022 Q4 1,713 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,122 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,426 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,200 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,585 1 0 386.8
2021 Q3 2,422 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,579 2 0 775.5
2021 Q1 2,517 5 0 1986.5
2020 Q4 2,908 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,989 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,719 5 3 1838.9
2020 Q1 2,896 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,790 3 1 1676.0
2019 Q3 2,452 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,345 8 1 3411.5
2019 Q1 1,948 7 0 3593.4
2018 Q4 2,696 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,000 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,107 2 0 643.7
2018 Q1 2,500 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,510 4 2 1593.6
2017 Q3 1,781 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,467 3 1 1216.1
2017 Q1 2,768 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,912 3 3 1030.2
2016 Q3 3,425 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,590 2 2 557.1
2016 Q1 1,749 1 0 571.8
2015 Q4 987 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,623 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,741 2 1 729.7
2015 Q1 2,090 1 0 478.5
2014 Q4 2,737 3 1 1096.1
2014 Q3 3,183 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,380 3 0 887.6
2014 Q1 2,065 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,164 1 0 462.1
2013 Q3 2,888 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,862 2 0 698.8
2013 Q1 2,451 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,561 2 0 780.9
2012 Q3 2,657 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,472 3 2 864.1
2012 Q1 3,071 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,095 4 2 1292.4
2011 Q2 3,828 4 3 1044.9
2011 Q1 2,740 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,958 1 0 338.1
2010 Q3 2,910 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,563 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,426 5 3 2061.0
2009 Q4 2,070 3 1 1449.3
2009 Q3 2,356 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,170 1 0 460.8
2009 Q1 2,191 1 1 456.4
2008 Q4 2,531 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,171 2 0 630.7
2008 Q2 3,408 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 3,632 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,357 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,108 9 4 2190.8
2007 Q2 3,841 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,103 5 1 1611.3
2006 Q4 3,218 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,424 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,602 3 1 651.9
2006 Q1 4,556 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,743 3 0 801.5
2005 Q3 3,358 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,718 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,422 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,763 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,435 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,462 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,855 1 0 539.1
2003 Q4 2,814 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,249 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,179 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,915 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,621 6 0 3701.4
2002 Q3 1,249 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 558 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 400 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 338 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 418 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 471 1 1 2123.1
2001 Q1 338 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 354 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 936 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 483 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 372 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2024 · 1 incident

March 1, 2024 MO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mertens Quarry · Fall from machine

Exiting loader and fell off steps.

2007 · 1 incident

November 27, 2007 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Schiermeier Quarry Inc · Struck by falling object

Scraping build-up off collection hopper of 1" minus conveyor. Clod of dirt fell and hit above right knee.

2002 · 1 incident

July 9, 2002 MO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Schiermeier Quarry Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE CLEANING THE RETURN ROLLER ON CONVEYER, STUCK BAR UNDER BELT, CONVEYER WAS SHUT OFF BUT STILL ROLLING. BAR GOT STUCK UNDER BELT, PINCHED HIS HAND BETWEEN BAR AND CONVEYER BELT.

1988 · 1 incident

July 19, 1988 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Schiermeier Quarry Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

INJURY OCCURRED WHILE REPLACING PACKINGS IN A TELESCOPING DUMP BED CYLINDER THAT WAS REMOVED FROM TRUCK. THE FINAL PACKING HAD BEEN INSTALLED WHEN THE LAST SECTION BECAME SEIZED, WHILE TRYING TO SLIDE IT IN IT SUDDENLY FREED AND DROPPED PINCHING THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT THUMB AND RIGHT PALM BETWEEN THE FLANGES OF THE CYLINDER.

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