Mining Incidents

Roper 2 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Dean Luckeroth
Waterville, Marshall County, KS  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1401678

Roper 2 has $9K 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
3
Years on record
2007–2019
Latest incident
May 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
32
citations
4
significant & substantial
$8,678
proposed penalties
$8,678
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
31
inspections on record
256
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: 256 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 2 has $9K 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
30 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-12-12.
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 497 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,189 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,005 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 36 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,030 2 0 1941.7
2024 Q3 1,312 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,369 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,405 0 0 0.0
Show 65 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 619 8 0 12924.1
2023 Q3 1,235 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,254 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,077 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,068 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,243 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,229 2 1 1627.3
2022 Q1 1,036 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,265 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,162 2 2 1721.2
2021 Q2 1,190 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 427 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,036 4 0 3861.0
2020 Q3 1,494 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 781 3 0 3841.2
2019 Q4 1,341 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,420 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,232 1 0 811.7
2019 Q1 492 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 734 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 991 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 647 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 252 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 896 2 0 2232.1
2017 Q3 1,072 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,294 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 920 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,750 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,651 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 117 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 780 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,265 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,413 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 128 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 422 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,244 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,224 1 0 817.0
2014 Q1 159 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 338 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,009 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 962 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 93 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 449 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 941 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,248 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,355 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 957 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,121 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,182 2 0 1692.0
2011 Q1 91 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 820 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,588 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,539 1 0 649.8
2010 Q1 496 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 754 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,071 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,132 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 659 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 726 2 1 2754.8
2008 Q3 1,104 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 932 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 15 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 910 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 81 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2019 · 1 incident

2015 · 1 incident

May 27, 2015 KS · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec STRIKING OR BUMPING
Nemaha Sand & Gravel Inc. · Struck against stationary object

Bent over to retrieve hard hat, stood up under sharp piece of screen box. Poked a hole in the top of head.

2007 · 1 incident

September 6, 2007 KS · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man STRIKING OR BUMPING
Nemaha Sand & Gravel Inc. · Struck against stationary object

Coming down ladder struck right arm on I-beam. This accident occurred while pit was under construction, mining actually began 9/11/07.

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The full compliance file on Roper 2

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.