Mining Incidents

Thomas Mine #4: 11 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Thomas Excavating L L C · Surface
Controlled by Thomas Family Trust
Middle town, Montgomery County, MO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2302174

Thomas Mine #4 has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
11
citations
3
significant & substantial
$10,834
proposed penalties
$10,834
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
27
inspections on record
223
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: 223 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
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.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2013-11-18.
On record since 2013.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Thomas Mine #4 has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
10 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-04-01.
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.
30.0%
significant & substantial
10.0%
high negligence or reckless
30.0%
reasonably likely or greater
60.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 20.0% low, 70.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 10.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2017-03-21, 9 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
9
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz2
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (9)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2017-03-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-10-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-10-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2013-10-23 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 10 0.01 Backhoe Operator
2013-10-23 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.37 10 0.04 Truck Driver
2011-07-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.64 2.23 0.29 Truck Driver
2011-07-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-07-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 1.26 0.14 Bulldozer Operator
2011-07-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Shovel Operator
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. Thomas Excavating 1998 to 2011
  2. Thomas Excavating L L C 2011 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2020 5
2019 5
2018 4
2017 6
2016 6
2015 6
2014 5
2013 5
2012 5
2011 5
2010 3
2009 2
2008 1
2007 4
2001 0
2000 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Thomas Mine #4 sits in Montgomery County, Missouri, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Montgomery County, Missouri · Population 11,422
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$61,042
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
2020 Q3 1,081 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,120 1 0 892.9
2020 Q1 912 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,443 1 0 693.0
2019 Q3 2,102 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,711 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 696 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 636 0 0 0.0
Show 54 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q3 1,194 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,824 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,683 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,685 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,356 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 436 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,854 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,074 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,932 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,505 1 0 664.5
2015 Q4 1,960 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,971 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,009 1 1 497.8
2015 Q1 1,358 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,062 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,458 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 769 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 60 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 825 3 2 3636.4
2013 Q3 1,021 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 873 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 239 1 0 4184.1
2012 Q4 728 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,024 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,202 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 174 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,092 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,697 3 0 1767.8
2011 Q2 554 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 106 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 211 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 447 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 371 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 160 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 50 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 10 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 10 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 10 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 42 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 344 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 399 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 584 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 0 0 0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.