Mid-States Materials, LLC · Fall from ladders
Employee was climbing fixed ladder on wash plant. Employee did not have 3 points and slipped. Employee fell and landed on EE's right foot. Employee ended up breaking EE's heel.
Topeka Sand Plant Metal/Non-Metal
Mid-States Materials, LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Eric H Bettis; Matt McPherson
Topeka,
Shawnee County,
KS
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1401801
Topeka Sand Plant has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2019
- Latest incident
- Dec 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2019
15
citations
1
significant & substantial
$2,263
proposed penalties
$2,263
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2019
18
inspections on record
148
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: 148 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Topeka Sand Plant has $2K 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.$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-09.
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 | 2,393 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 2,585 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 2,589 | 1 | 0 | 386.2 |
| 2025 Q1 | 1,695 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 1,816 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 2,233 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 1,855 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 2,082 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 1,648 | 2 | 0 | 1213.6 |
| 2023 Q3 | 1,559 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 1,868 | 1 | 0 | 535.3 |
| 2023 Q1 | 1,622 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 1,938 | 1 | 0 | 516.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 1,835 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 1,881 | 4 | 1 | 2126.5 |
| 2022 Q1 | 1,584 | 1 | 0 | 631.3 |
| 2021 Q4 | 1,802 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 1,781 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 1,862 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 1,369 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 1,828 | 1 | 0 | 547.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 2,090 | 2 | 0 | 956.9 |
| 2020 Q2 | 1,842 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 1,468 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 1,925 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 1,714 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 1,136 | 2 | 0 | 1760.6 |
| 2019 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
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