Mining Incidents

Taylor Quarries, Inc. Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by B J Taylor
Barton, Barton County, MO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2300748

Taylor Quarries, Inc. has $5K 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
16
Years on record
1983–1996
Latest incident
Mar 1996
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
43
citations
4
significant & substantial
$5,394
proposed penalties
$4,717
paid to date
87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $677 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
32
inspections on record
546
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: 546 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Taylor Quarries, Inc. has $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
43 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-04-08.
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
2014 Q3 530 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 530 1 0 1886.8
2014 Q1 530 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 609 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 855 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 559 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 695 1 0 1438.8
2012 Q3 844 0 0 0.0
Show 48 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2012 Q2 658 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,477 1 0 677.0
2011 Q4 984 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,980 1 0 505.1
2011 Q2 3,426 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,369 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,158 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 4,328 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 5,029 3 1 596.5
2010 Q1 4,019 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,903 4 1 1024.9
2009 Q3 4,190 3 0 716.0
2009 Q2 4,382 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 4,278 5 0 1168.8
2008 Q4 4,208 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,270 5 0 1171.0
2008 Q2 4,459 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 3,822 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,513 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,591 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,285 2 0 608.8
2007 Q1 3,116 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,136 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,249 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,495 1 0 286.1
2006 Q1 3,913 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 4,015 2 0 498.1
2005 Q3 4,126 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,235 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,789 1 0 358.6
2004 Q4 2,969 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,773 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,433 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,066 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,089 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,360 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,225 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,428 8 2 2333.7
2002 Q4 4,150 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,033 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,459 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 5,498 1 0 181.9
2001 Q3 5,616 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,273 4 0 936.1
2001 Q1 3,062 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,112 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,093 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,166 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

16 on file

1996 · 2 incidents

March 12, 1996 MO · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Taylor Quarries, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING NUTS ON HOPPER WITH A SOCKET AND THE SOCKET SLIPPED OFF A NUT.

January 17, 1996 MO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Taylor Quarries, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

WHILE ADJUSTING THE BRAKES ON THE LOADER, THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF THE ADJUSTING NUT AND EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT HAND THRUST INTO A BOLT CAUSING LACERATIONS TO THE BACK OF THE RIGHT HAND.

1994 · 1 incident

December 13, 1994 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Taylor Quarries, Inc. · Struck by falling object

EE WAS PULLING A BOULDER FROM THE HOPPER AND ABNOTHER ROCK FELL ONTO HIS LEFT FOOT CRUSHING HIS BIG TOE.

1993 · 3 incidents

October 14, 1993 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Taylor Quarries, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TWO ROCKS WERE BLOCKING THE HAUL ROAD. EE GOT OUT AND MOVED ONE OF THE ROCKS (18" DIAMETER). HE THOUGHT THAT HE HAD JUST PULLED A MUSCLE AND DIDN'T REPORT THIS UNTIL 10-24-93. HE THEN WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON 10-23-93.

September 9, 1993 MO · Metal/Non-Metal gathering arm loader operator, loading machine operator, joy loader operator MACHINERY
Taylor Quarries, Inc. · Flash burns (welding)

WELDERS BURN BOTH EYES.

May 11, 1993 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Taylor Quarries, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

LATERAL BELT HAD STOPPED DUE TO A ROCK BEING WEDGED BETWEEN TAIL PULLY AND BELT. EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO LOOSEN ROCK BY TURNING BELT BACKWARDS. ROCK CAME LOOSE AND THE PULLEY TURNED AND CAUGHT EMPLOYEE'S FINGER, CRUSHING THE TIP OF HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS RIGHT HAND, BETWEEN THE BELT AND PULLEY.

1992 · 1 incident

January 22, 1992 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Taylor Quarries, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GRINDING ON BULLDOZER PARTS,GRINDER JERKED UP AND HIT HIM IN CHIN.

1990 · 3 incidents

November 1, 1990 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Taylor Quarries, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON LIME TRUCK. TOOK OFF GLASSES TO SEE BETTER. HAMMERING ON METAL AND A CHIP CAME OFF AND WENT IN HIS LEFT EYE.

July 11, 1990 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Taylor Quarries, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HAMMERING ON HAMMER MILL WITH SLEDGE HAMMER, PIECE OF STEEL SLIPPED OFF OF PUMP AND LODGED RIGHT FOREARM TOP.

May 29, 1990 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Taylor Quarries, Inc. · Struck by flying object

ROCK FLEW OFF OF CONVEYOR AND HIT HIM IN THE EYE.

1988 · 2 incidents

October 11, 1988 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Taylor Quarries, Inc. · Fall from machine

MAN WAS UNLOADING 50 LB BAGS OF NITRATE FROM THE TRUCK BED. FOOT WENT THROUGH OLD BOARD IN TRUCK BED AND HE FELL ON HIS BACK AND HIT THE SIDE BOARD ON HIS LOWER BACK.

1986 · 2 incidents

September 9, 1986 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Taylor Quarries, Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

CLEANING AIR CL9ANER ON CRUSHER,SLIPPED AND TWISTED BACK.

January 24, 1986 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Taylor Quarries, Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

HE WAS TRYING T2 OPEN FLAP GATE ON CRUSHER. HIS PRY BAR GOT STUCK AND WHEN HE WENT TO PULL IT OUT HE FELL.

1984 · 1 incident

February 13, 1984 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Taylor Quarries, Inc. · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE DRIVES A TRUCK FROM LOADING BINS TO STOCKPILE WHILE DRIVE UNDER LOADING BINS THEN JUMPING OUT OF TRUCK TO TOPERATE A LEVELER TO LOAD HE WAS SUFFERED HERNIA WHICH RESULTED TO EMERGENCY EMERGENCY SURGERY HE FELT DISCOMFORT MARCH 15TH WENT TO DR. AND WAS HOSPITALIZED MARCH 27( DR. HERNIA HAD BEEN THER 4-5 WEEKS DONT KNOW APPROX. DATE OR TIME ININJURY.

1983 · 1 incident

November 3, 1983 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Taylor Quarries, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LOADING SHOT AND CARRYING 50 LB OF NITRATE BAG.RAINING,GROUND WAS WET AND SLIPPERY.EMPL STEPPED AND SLIPPED ON ROCK AND TWISTED HIS BACK.

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The full compliance file on Taylor Quarries, Inc.

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