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.
130 citations across 1,080 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.
2
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2022-04-19.
On record since 2018.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
SEVERY QUARRY has $32K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 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.
$32K
proposed penalties
$31K
current assessed
$31K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
125 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-23.
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.
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.
6citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
Settled
5 · 83%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 17%
67%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
45%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$3K proposed, $2K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2020-04-13.
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.
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: 2025-04-02
15%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
25
samples
13
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz102 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg10
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Arsenic fumes1
Show the individual readings (37)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2022-04-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
3.9
3.03
1.29
Truck Driver
2011-11-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
2.96
2.9
1.02
Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-04-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-04-02
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.38
Truck Driver
2025-04-02
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.31
10
0.03
Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-04-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-04-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2022-05-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2022-04-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
2.46
2.63
0.94
Cleanup Man
2022-04-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2022-04-19
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.3
10
0.03
Truck Driver
2020-08-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.26
Cleanup Man
2020-08-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.1
1.72
0.64
Truck Driver
2020-08-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2018-05-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cleanup Man
2017-05-02
Manganese fumes
0.05
5
0.01
Welder, etc.
2017-05-02
Arsenic fumes
0.78
500
0.00
Welder, etc.
2017-05-02
Beryllium fumes
0
2
0.00
Welder, etc.
2017-05-02
Cadmium oxide fumes
0
100
0.00
Welder, etc.
2017-05-02
Chromium, insoluble
0
1
0.00
Welder, etc.
2017-05-02
Cobalt fumes
0.04
100
0.00
Welder, etc.
2017-05-02
Copper fumes
0.79
100
0.01
Welder, etc.
2017-05-02
Iron oxide fumes
0.24
10
0.02
Welder, etc.
2017-05-02
Lead fumes
0
150
0.00
Welder, etc.
2017-05-02
Magnesium oxide fumes
0.02
10
0.00
Welder, etc.
2017-05-02
Molybdenum fumes
0
10
0.00
Welder, etc.
2017-05-02
Nickel fumes
0
1
0.00
Welder, etc.
2017-05-02
Vanadium fumes
0
50
0.00
Welder, etc.
2017-05-02
Zinc oxide fumes
0
5
0.00
Welder, etc.
2016-09-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2016-09-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-11-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2011-11-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
1.07
0.12
Truck Driver
2004-04-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.03
2.35
0.44
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-04-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.37
2.17
0.17
Truck Driver
2004-04-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.37
1.09
0.34
Truck Driver
2004-04-06
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.91
10
0.09
Drill Operator, Rotary
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.
SEVERY QUARRY recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Kansas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.88 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2025 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2017 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
10
2025
11
2024
11
2023
12
2022
11
2021
8
2020
9
2019
12
2018
12
2017
16
2016
15
2015
12
2014
14
2013
21
2012
20
2011
21
2010
20
2009
21
2008
21
2007
22
2006
25
2005
23
2004
21
2003
19
2002
19
2001
19
2000
20
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
SEVERY QUARRY sits in Greenwood County, Kansas, where the Census mining category is 4.4% 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.
Greenwood County, Kansas · Population 5,956
4.4%
Mining share of county employment
$58,276
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
2026 Q2
5,430
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
8,738
2
0
228.9
2025 Q4
6,444
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
5,482
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
6,577
3
0
456.1
2025 Q1
4,151
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
4,730
3
0
634.2
2024 Q3
4,879
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
5,483
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
5,676
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
6,066
1
0
164.9
2023 Q3
7,888
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
6,963
1
0
143.6
2023 Q1
7,429
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
6,360
1
0
157.2
2022 Q3
6,717
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
7,565
7
3
925.3
2022 Q1
6,862
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
5,521
3
0
543.4
2021 Q3
5,325
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
5,733
2
0
348.9
2021 Q1
4,451
4
0
898.7
2020 Q4
4,910
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
4,275
4
1
935.7
2020 Q2
4,123
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
4,684
3
0
640.5
2019 Q4
5,575
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
5,761
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
6,186
2
0
323.3
2019 Q1
5,139
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
5,467
4
2
731.7
2018 Q3
5,829
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
6,101
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
5,822
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
7,441
2
0
268.8
2017 Q3
7,529
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
7,519
5
3
665.0
2017 Q1
7,409
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
8,750
3
1
342.9
2016 Q3
9,787
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
7,991
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
6,520
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
9,233
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
7,177
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
6,827
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
5,347
2
1
374.0
2014 Q4
5,641
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
5,477
1
0
182.6
2014 Q2
5,568
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
5,719
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
8,684
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
9,819
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
10,012
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
8,587
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
11,174
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
12,116
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
11,812
2
0
169.3
2012 Q1
10,117
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
10,617
3
1
282.6
2011 Q3
10,390
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
10,482
5
2
477.0
2011 Q1
9,126
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
13,216
4
1
302.7
2010 Q3
12,358
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
12,128
1
0
82.5
2010 Q1
8,600
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
12,287
2
1
162.8
2009 Q3
14,835
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
13,092
15
7
1145.7
2009 Q1
12,880
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
12,771
1
0
78.3
2008 Q3
14,230
1
0
70.3
2008 Q2
11,293
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
8,815
2
0
226.9
2007 Q4
12,898
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
12,957
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
14,004
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
12,151
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
14,132
2
0
141.5
2006 Q3
15,205
3
0
197.3
2006 Q2
14,733
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
16,171
12
3
742.1
2005 Q4
16,687
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
18,938
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
16,462
1
0
60.7
2005 Q1
14,298
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
17,422
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
17,219
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
16,230
4
1
246.5
2004 Q1
14,103
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
12,884
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
12,718
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
11,126
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
8,860
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
9,472
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
11,300
1
0
88.5
2002 Q2
12,653
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
10,864
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
12,008
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
11,302
4
1
353.9
2001 Q2
11,307
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
7,949
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
7,479
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
9,329
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
10,442
1
1
95.8
2000 Q1
8,524
3
0
351.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
7 on file
2016 · 1 incident
November 29, 2016KS · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee caught left hand pinky finger between the drive belt and pulley of small conveyor. The injury appeared more severe than basic first-aid therefore employee was taken to local ER and had to have stitches for finger injury. Impact and cut resistant gloves were in use at time of injury.
An accident occurred when a shot of 37 holes was detonated in the pit. The employee was properly contained inside a steel blast shelter at the time of the detonation. However, the blast shelter was improperly placed and rolled on its side following the detonation. The employee suffered 3 broken ribs, a collapsed lung, and a broken bone in his neck and on his left ear.
2009 · 1 incident
November 21, 2009KS · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employees were in the process of changing troughing rollers on stacker conveyor #044672 at time of the incident. Two of the employees were pulling the rollers out when roller dropped mashing employee's finger between it and the conveyor framework.
2004 · 1 incident
August 19, 2004KS · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee let his supervisor know that he thought he had something in his eye. He tried to flush his eye with eye wash. He then went to the doctor and a small partical (rust) was removed using a medical instrument. The employee was wearing safety glasses and hard hat (PPE)during his duty shift.
1999 · 1 incident
April 6, 1999KS · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS