Mining Incidents

South Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Arnold, Jefferson County, MO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2300720

South Plant has $27K in proposed MSHA penalties and $201 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2007–2012
Latest incident
Mar 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
82
citations
22
significant & substantial
$27,344
proposed penalties
$27,143
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $201 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
36
inspections on record
519
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: 519 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 $27K in proposed MSHA penalties and $201 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.
$27K
proposed penalties
$27K
current assessed
$27K
paid to date
$201
outstanding
80 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-12-29.
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
2015 Q2 442 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,477 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,954 1 0 338.5
2014 Q3 2,991 2 1 668.7
2014 Q2 3,169 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 3,277 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,242 3 0 925.4
2013 Q3 3,498 5 3 1429.4
Show 41 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q2 4,178 2 1 478.7
2013 Q1 3,375 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,506 6 2 1711.4
2012 Q3 3,900 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,894 12 4 3081.7
2012 Q1 2,996 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,998 8 4 2668.4
2011 Q3 3,611 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,071 5 1 1628.1
2011 Q1 2,952 1 0 338.8
2010 Q4 4,329 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 4,806 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 4,967 3 2 604.0
2010 Q1 3,496 1 0 286.0
2009 Q4 4,163 2 0 480.4
2009 Q3 3,937 1 0 254.0
2009 Q2 2,867 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,780 10 1 3597.1
2008 Q4 4,265 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,964 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,531 2 0 441.4
2008 Q1 4,450 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 5,040 3 2 595.2
2007 Q3 5,060 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 5,222 2 0 383.0
2007 Q1 3,476 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,597 1 0 278.0
2006 Q3 3,881 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,626 4 0 864.7
2006 Q1 3,793 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 4,359 1 0 229.4
2005 Q3 5,129 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 5,247 1 0 190.6
2005 Q1 4,603 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 4,218 2 0 474.2
2004 Q3 2,748 1 0 363.9
2004 Q2 4,645 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 5,124 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,447 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,523 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,004 3 1 749.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2012 · 1 incident

March 19, 2012 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Simpson Materials Company, LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

*****reported 4/17/12*****packing bags, boxes, & buckets up steep hill, strained groin.

2007 · 1 incident

April 12, 2007 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Simpson Materials Company, LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

While pulling a pole out of a drilled hole that collasped with rock, he felt a burning sensation in the groin area.

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