Mining Incidents

READING QUARRY Metal/Non-Metal

Reading Rock Inc · Surface
Controlled by Don Jones Trucking Inc
Reading, Lyon County, KS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1401189

READING QUARRY has $15K 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 2000
61
citations
21
significant & substantial
$14,880
proposed penalties
$14,880
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
16
inspections on record
200
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: 200 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

READING QUARRY has $15K 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.
$15K
proposed penalties
$15K
current assessed
$15K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
61 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-10-26.
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
2007 Q4 346 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,631 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,578 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,505 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,650 3 0 1132.1
2006 Q3 2,797 8 4 2860.2
2006 Q2 4 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
Show 23 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q4 4 14 5 3500000.0
2005 Q3 3,101 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,046 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,864 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,179 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,905 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,023 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,009 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,043 1 0 489.5
2003 Q3 2,116 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,139 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,177 13 1 5971.5
2002 Q4 2,717 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,588 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,484 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,052 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,991 3 0 1506.8
2001 Q3 2,002 1 0 499.5
2001 Q2 2,077 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,996 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,951 13 7 6663.2
2000 Q3 1,968 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,056 5 4 2431.9

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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