Midwest Materials By Mueller Inc · Struck against a moving object
Victim was removing sand from the sand wall with a Volvo L120E loader and the wall sloughed off covering the loader and victim with sand.
SOUTH PLANT Metal/Non-Metal
Midwest Materials By Mueller Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Jay Holle
Hanover,
Washington County,
KS
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1401414
SOUTH PLANT has $129K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2025
- Latest incident
- Mar 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
133
citations
25
significant & substantial
$129,048
proposed penalties
$126,182
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,866 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
60
inspections on record
645
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: 645 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
SOUTH PLANT has $129K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$129K
proposed penalties
$126K
current assessed
$126K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
124 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 982 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 1,143 | 7 | 4 | 6124.2 |
| 2025 Q2 | 709 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 529 | 1 | 0 | 1890.4 |
| 2024 Q4 | 588 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 668 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 1,022 | 2 | 0 | 1956.9 |
| 2024 Q1 | 620 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 997 | 17 | 2 | 17051.2 |
| 2023 Q3 | 1,193 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 1,553 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 717 | 3 | 0 | 4184.1 |
| 2022 Q4 | 1,003 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 1,160 | 6 | 0 | 5172.4 |
| 2022 Q2 | 1,540 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 1,053 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 1,035 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 1,735 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 1,704 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 905 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 1,574 | 2 | 0 | 1270.6 |
| 2020 Q3 | 2,025 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 1,695 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 744 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 1,225 | 3 | 0 | 2449.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 1,069 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 1,930 | 1 | 0 | 518.1 |
| 2019 Q1 | 156 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 1,651 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 1,606 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 1,340 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 194 | 3 | 1 | 15463.9 |
| 2017 Q4 | 1,339 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 1,124 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 1,320 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 379 | 4 | 2 | 10554.1 |
| 2016 Q4 | 1,037 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 1,156 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 667 | 3 | 2 | 4497.8 |
| 2016 Q1 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 692 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 601 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 1,352 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 100 | 4 | 1 | 40000.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 1,278 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 1,258 | 2 | 1 | 1589.8 |
| 2014 Q2 | 1,101 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 182 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 993 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 1,323 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 1,120 | 3 | 1 | 2678.6 |
| 2013 Q1 | 533 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 1,806 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 1,840 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 1,710 | 3 | 2 | 1754.4 |
| 2012 Q1 | 825 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 1,124 | 4 | 1 | 3558.7 |
| 2011 Q3 | 1,279 | 1 | 0 | 781.9 |
| 2011 Q2 | 1,113 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 708 | 1 | 0 | 1412.4 |
| 2010 Q4 | 1,139 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 1,363 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 1,122 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 693 | 2 | 0 | 2886.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 898 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 1,330 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 1,094 | 20 | 3 | 18281.5 |
| 2009 Q1 | 833 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 1,023 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 1,298 | 5 | 1 | 3852.1 |
| 2008 Q2 | 1,323 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 836 | 12 | 1 | 14354.1 |
| 2007 Q4 | 1,268 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 1,208 | 6 | 1 | 4966.9 |
| 2007 Q2 | 1,925 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 671 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 1,395 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 1,255 | 1 | 0 | 796.8 |
| 2006 Q2 | 1,463 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 1,151 | 1 | 0 | 868.8 |
| 2005 Q4 | 1,423 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 1,303 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 1,451 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 671 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 1,452 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q3 | 1,255 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 1,473 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q1 | 653 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q4 | 1,163 | 6 | 2 | 5159.1 |
| 2003 Q3 | 1,489 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q2 | 1,346 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 633 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q4 | 1,419 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 1,480 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 1,326 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 717 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q4 | 1,306 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q3 | 1,402 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q2 | 1,589 | 4 | 0 | 2517.3 |
| 2001 Q1 | 586 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 | 572 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 1,303 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 937 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 | 743 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedFor insurers, brokers, and safety consultants
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