Mining Incidents

Table Rock-Nickens Mine: 17 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Bob R Simmons
Branson, Taney County, MO  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2302094

Table Rock-Nickens Mine has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1994
Latest incident
Jul 1994
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
17
citations
3
significant & substantial
$2,012
proposed penalties
$1,958
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $54 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
49
inspections on record
481
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: 481 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Table Rock-Nickens Mine has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $114 in penalties contested before the Commission, $60 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-09-27.
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.
17.6%
significant & substantial
17.6%
high negligence or reckless
23.5%
reasonably likely or greater
29.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 11.8% low, 70.6% moderate, 17.6% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
0%
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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
47%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$114 proposed, $60 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 2006-04-20.
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 2006-142M Settlement Manning 2006 $114 → $60
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: 2008-02-06, 18 years ago
56%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
9
samples
9
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Total Carbon,TC64 over
  • Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon.62 over
  • Diesel Particulate Material21 over
  • TC as EC @ 3501
Show the individual readings (16)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2005-11-16 Diesel Particulate Material 396.19 308 1.29 Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc.
2005-02-16 Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon. 685.14 400 1.71 Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc.
2005-02-16 Total Carbon,TC 657.68 400 1.64 Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc.
2003-02-13 Total Carbon,TC 778.98 400 1.95 Drill Operator, Rotary
2003-02-13 Total Carbon,TC 807.25 400 2.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-02-13 Total Carbon,TC 417.16 400 1.04 Truck Driver
2003-02-13 Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon. 508.03 400 1.27 Drill Operator, Rotary
2008-02-06 TC as EC @ 350 234.4 350 0.67 Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc.
2008-02-06 TCarbon @ 350 228.59 350 0.65 Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc.
2006-03-22 Diesel Particulate Material 217.36 308 0.71 Drill Operator, Rotary
2005-02-16 Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon. 279.1 400 0.70 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-02-16 Total Carbon,TC 284.65 400 0.71 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-02-13 Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon. 155.76 400 0.39 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-02-13 Total Carbon,TC 60.5 400 0.15 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-02-13 Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon. 56.87 400 0.14 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-02-13 Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon. 343.23 400 0.86 Truck Driver
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. Table Rock Asphalt Construction Inc 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 4
2024 4
2023 2
2022 2
2021 2
2020 3
2019 3
2018 4
2017 8
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2009 1
2008 3
2007 4
2006 4
2005 5
2004 4
2003 3
2002 4
2001 2
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Table Rock-Nickens Mine sits in Taney County, Missouri, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Taney County, Missouri · Population 56,382
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$58,258
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 799 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 785 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 726 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 816 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 833 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,171 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 821 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,383 0 0 0.0
Show 83 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 789 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 700 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 689 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 763 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 579 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 649 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 647 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 414 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 579 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 548 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 821 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 879 1 0 1137.7
2021 Q2 387 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 274 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 384 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,105 1 0 905.0
2020 Q2 1,205 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,600 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 173 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 78 2 0 25641.0
2019 Q2 1,229 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 10 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 951 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,850 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,748 5 1 2860.4
2017 Q4 1,851 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,770 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,853 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 3,351 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,289 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 618 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 812 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 634 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 613 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 888 2 1 2252.3
2014 Q2 678 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 623 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 573 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,534 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 484 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 478 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 684 1 0 1462.0
2007 Q4 485 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 980 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 702 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 437 1 0 2288.3
2006 Q4 577 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 486 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 985 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 938 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 458 1 0 2183.4
2005 Q3 1,222 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,168 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 373 1 1 2681.0
2004 Q4 93 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 0 0 0
2004 Q2 292 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 450 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 588 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 131 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 848 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 233 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 431 1 0 2320.2
2002 Q2 57 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,026 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 77 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 579 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 542 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,090 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 822 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 1,591 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1994 · 1 incident

July 25, 1994 MO · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Table Rock Asphalt Construction Inc · Struck by flying object

PRELL HOSE CLOGGED UP CAUSING HOSE TO BLOW OFF PRELL TRUCK. PRESSURE REGULATOR WAS ALSO TURNED UP TO 80#. IT SHOULD BE SET AT 12 TO 15#. HOSE STRUCK VICTIM IN PALM OF HAND WHEN IT BLEW OFF TAN K.