Mining Incidents

Servaes: 140 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Servaes Quarry · Underground
Controlled by Charles Servaes
Atchison, Atchison County, KS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1401601

Servaes has $48K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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
140
citations
27
significant & substantial
$47,673
proposed penalties
$47,673
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
82
inspections on record
1,015
inspection hours
13.8
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.
140 citations across 1,015 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: 2011-03-09.
On record since 2011.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Servaes has $48K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$48K
proposed penalties
$48K
current assessed
$48K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
139 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-05-22.
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.
19.4%
significant & substantial
12.9%
high negligence or reckless
19.4%
reasonably likely or greater
64.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 1.4% low, 85.6% moderate, 12.9% 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.
6 citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
  • Settled 6 · 100%
100%
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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$3K proposed, $3K 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 2015-04-09.
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 2015-0351 Settlement Lesnick 2015 $2K → $2K
CENT 2015-0352 Settlement Lesnick 2015 $1K → $1K
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: 2017-04-20, 9 years ago
14%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
17
samples
14
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Diesel particulate (total carbon)62 over
  • Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon.4
  • Total Carbon,TC4
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (33)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2009-02-24 TC @ 160 166 160 1.04 Truck Driver
2008-08-20 TC @ 160 202 160 1.26 Drill Operator, Rotary
2008-08-20 EC @ 160 165 160 1.03 Drill Operator, Rotary
2008-08-20 TC from EC @ 160 188 160 1.18 Drill Operator, Rotary
2017-04-20 EC @ 160 2 160 0.01 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-04-20 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-04-20 TC @ 160 1 160 0.01 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-04-20 EC @ 160 1 160 0.01 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-04-20 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-04-20 TC @ 160 6 160 0.04 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-01-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-01-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-06-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-06-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.52 1.99 0.26 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-02-24 TC @ 160 124 160 0.78 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-02-24 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-02-24 EC @ 160 95 160 0.59 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-02-24 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Truck Driver
2009-02-24 EC @ 160 56 160 0.35 Truck Driver
2009-02-24 TC @ 160 122 160 0.76 Truck Driver
2009-02-24 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Truck Driver
2009-02-24 EC @ 160 54 160 0.34 Truck Driver
2006-02-28 Diesel Particulate Material 131.24 308 0.43 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-02-28 Diesel Particulate Material 100.3 308 0.33 Truck Driver
2005-08-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.06 2.45 0.43 Drill Operator, Rotary
2005-03-16 Total Carbon,TC 241.2 400 0.60 Truck Driver
2005-03-16 Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon. 63.79 400 0.16 Truck Driver
2005-03-16 Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon. 60.71 400 0.15 Truck Driver
2005-03-16 Total Carbon,TC 198.14 400 0.50 Truck Driver
2005-03-16 Total Carbon,TC 199.52 400 0.50 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-03-16 Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon. 129.11 400 0.32 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-03-27 Total Carbon,TC 0 400 0.00 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2003-03-27 Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon. 0 400 0.00 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
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.
Ownership history
  1. Servaes Quarry 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 3
2014 3
2013 3
2012 3
2011 5
2010 5
2009 4
2008 4
2007 4
2006 4
2005 4
2004 3
2003 3
2002 3
2001 3
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Servaes sits in Atchison County, Kansas, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Atchison County, Kansas · Population 16,211
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$62,164
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
2018 Q2 620 1 0 1612.9
2018 Q1 600 1 0 1666.7
2017 Q4 200 1 0 5000.0
2017 Q3 150 2 0 13333.3
2017 Q2 350 2 0 5714.3
2017 Q1 500 2 0 4000.0
2016 Q4 325 1 0 3076.9
2016 Q3 300 1 0 3333.3
Show 66 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q2 270 2 1 7407.4
2016 Q1 250 8 3 32000.0
2015 Q4 250 3 2 12000.0
2015 Q3 200 1 0 5000.0
2015 Q2 500 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 525 12 3 22857.1
2014 Q4 700 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 500 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 530 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 900 2 2 2222.2
2013 Q4 700 2 0 2857.1
2013 Q3 900 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 750 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 880 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 520 3 0 5769.2
2012 Q3 825 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 800 1 1 1250.0
2012 Q1 780 1 0 1282.1
2011 Q4 870 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 850 4 1 4705.9
2011 Q2 998 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,789 9 4 5030.7
2010 Q4 2,086 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,423 4 3 1650.8
2010 Q2 2,407 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,999 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,336 2 0 856.2
2009 Q3 1,997 3 2 1502.3
2009 Q2 2,074 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,663 3 0 1126.5
2008 Q4 2,452 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,001 2 0 999.5
2008 Q2 2,204 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,408 14 3 5814.0
2007 Q4 2,040 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,901 2 0 689.4
2007 Q2 1,500 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,993 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,056 2 0 972.8
2006 Q3 2,142 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,002 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,004 3 0 1497.0
2005 Q4 2,255 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,217 2 0 902.1
2005 Q2 2,607 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,657 5 0 3017.5
2004 Q4 1,637 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,503 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,341 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,087 11 1 10119.6
2003 Q4 1,725 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,494 10 0 6693.4
2003 Q2 1,621 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,718 2 1 1164.1
2002 Q4 1,555 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,756 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,823 4 0 2194.2
2002 Q1 1,625 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,780 1 0 561.8
2001 Q3 1,636 6 0 3667.5
2001 Q2 1,630 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,571 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,872 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,752 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,740 5 0 2873.6
2000 Q1 1,710 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.