Mining Incidents

Roper 1 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Dean Luckeroth
Waterville, Marshall County, KS  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1401785

Roper 1 has $904 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 2019
8
citations
1
significant & substantial
$904
proposed penalties
$904
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2017
14
inspections on record
113
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: 113 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Roper 1 has $904 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.
$904
proposed penalties
$904
current assessed
$904
paid to date
$0
outstanding
7 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-21.
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 384 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 587 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 533 1 0 1876.2
2025 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 472 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 695 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 527 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 797 0 0 0.0
Show 27 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 548 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 542 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 625 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 229 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 385 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 451 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 414 1 0 2415.5
2022 Q1 363 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 280 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 577 1 1 1733.1
2021 Q2 573 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 418 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 513 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 485 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 744 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 377 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 494 2 0 4048.6
2019 Q3 608 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 557 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 228 2 0 8771.9
2018 Q4 431 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 736 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 289 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 137 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 302 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 539 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 570 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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