Employee was carrying a rectangular shaped wear plate that weighs approximately 30-40 pounds. Employee attempted to step up onto an elevated platform and lost EE's balance which cause EE to stumble. As a result, the plate smashed EE's right hand between the wear plate and a cross bar member resulting in a broken right index finger.
West Plains Quarry: 107 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal
West Plains Quarry has $14K 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
- 22
- Years on record
- 1987–2024
- Latest incident
- Mar 2024
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.West Plains Quarry has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets.
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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.ⓘ
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.ⓘ
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.| Docket | Decision | Judge | Year | Proposed / upheld |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CENT20010244M | Settlement | Melick | 2001 | $377 → $216 |
| CENT20030219M | Dismissal | Melick | 2004 | $196 → $0 |
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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)
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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: 2026-01-07
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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.- Respirable dust, <.1mg28
- Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz16
- Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon.7
- Total Carbon,TC7
Show the individual readings (61)
| Date | Contaminant | Concentration | Limit | Conc / limit | Occupation |
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| 2026-01-07 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.14 | 0.81 | 0.17 | Laborer, Bullgang |
| 2026-01-07 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Front-end Loader Operator | ||
| 2025-06-10 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Front-end Loader Operator | ||
| 2023-11-08 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Truck Driver | ||
| 2023-11-08 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Crusher Oper/Worker | ||
| 2023-09-19 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Front-end Loader Operator | ||
| 2023-09-19 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Crusher Oper/Worker | ||
| 2017-10-18 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Front-end Loader Operator | ||
| 2017-10-18 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Crusher Oper/Worker | ||
| 2017-10-18 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.2 | 0.43 | 0.47 | Front-end Loader Operator |
| 2015-10-21 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Front-end Loader Operator | ||
| 2015-10-21 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Front-end Loader Operator | ||
| 2014-06-04 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Front-end Loader Operator | ||
| 2014-06-04 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Complete Load-Haul-Dump | ||
| 2014-06-04 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.12 | 0.73 | 0.16 | Supervisor, Co. Official |
| 2014-06-04 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Front-end Loader Operator | ||
| 2011-10-18 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Utility Man | ||
| 2011-10-18 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Crusher Oper/Worker | ||
| 2011-10-18 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Truck Driver | ||
| 2011-10-18 | Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz | 0.18 | 10 | 0.02 | Front-end Loader Operator |
| 2011-10-18 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Front-end Loader Operator | ||
| 2010-12-08 | Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz | 0.48 | 10 | 0.05 | Front-end Loader Operator |
| 2010-12-08 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Truck Driver | ||
| 2010-12-08 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Utility Man | ||
| 2010-12-08 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Truck Driver | ||
| 2010-12-08 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Crusher Oper/Worker | ||
| 2009-09-03 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.12 | 0.74 | 0.16 | Truck Driver |
| 2009-09-03 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Front-end Loader Operator | ||
| 2009-09-03 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.63 | 2.12 | 0.30 | Front-end Loader Operator |
| 2009-09-03 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.15 | 0.83 | 0.18 | Crusher Oper/Worker |
| 2008-05-07 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Front-end Loader Operator | ||
| 2008-05-07 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Crusher Oper/Worker | ||
| 2008-05-07 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Truck Driver | ||
| 2007-07-11 | Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz | 0.47 | 10 | 0.05 | Front-end Loader Operator |
| 2007-07-11 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Truck Driver | ||
| 2007-07-11 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.19 | 0.59 | 0.32 | Truck Driver |
| 2006-03-28 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.56 | 1.75 | 0.32 | Front-end Loader Operator |
| 2006-03-28 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.17 | 0.75 | 0.23 | Crusher Oper/Worker |
| 2006-03-28 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.25 | 1.36 | 0.18 | Truck Driver |
| 2005-04-21 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.19 | 0.83 | 0.23 | Truck Driver |
| 2005-04-21 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.22 | 0.77 | 0.29 | Building Repair/Maint. |
| 2005-04-21 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.15 | 0.93 | 0.16 | Truck Driver |
| 2005-04-21 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Truck Driver | ||
| 2004-08-04 | Total Carbon,TC | 196.57 | 400 | 0.49 | Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc. |
| 2004-08-04 | Total Carbon,TC | 162.18 | 400 | 0.41 | Scaling (mechanical) |
| 2004-08-04 | Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon. | 156.52 | 400 | 0.39 | Scaling (mechanical) |
| 2004-08-04 | Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon. | 141.54 | 400 | 0.35 | Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc. |
| 2003-11-13 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.13 | 0.72 | 0.18 | Front-end Loader Operator |
| 2003-11-13 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.18 | 1.39 | 0.13 | Drill Helper |
| 2003-11-13 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.12 | 1.03 | 0.12 | Crusher Oper/Worker |
| 2003-11-13 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Truck Driver | ||
| 2002-12-11 | Total Carbon,TC | 90.06 | 400 | 0.23 | Scaling (mechanical) |
| 2002-12-11 | Total Carbon,TC | 83.99 | 400 | 0.21 | Truck Driver |
| 2002-12-11 | Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon. | 81.04 | 400 | 0.20 | Truck Driver |
| 2002-12-11 | Total Carbon,TC | 204.47 | 400 | 0.51 | Truck Driver |
| 2002-12-11 | Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon. | 57.98 | 400 | 0.14 | Truck Driver |
| 2002-12-11 | Total Carbon,TC | 96.42 | 400 | 0.24 | Drill Operator, Rotary |
| 2002-12-11 | Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon. | 80.28 | 400 | 0.20 | Drill Operator, Rotary |
| 2002-12-11 | Total Carbon,TC | 199.3 | 400 | 0.50 | Front-end Loader Operator |
| 2002-12-11 | Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon. | 29.1 | 400 | 0.07 | Front-end Loader Operator |
| 2002-12-11 | Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon. | 56.57 | 400 | 0.14 | Scaling (mechanical) |
West Plains Quarry recorded 9.96 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2022.
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This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.| Year | total case rate | days-away | fatal |
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| 2022 * | 9.96 | 9.96 | 0.000 |
| 2021 * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2020 * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2019 * | 8.11 | 8.11 | 0.000 |
| 2018 * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2017 * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2016 * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2015 * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
- Doss & Harper Stone Co Inc 1950 to 2019
- Indian Creek Materials 2019 to present
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 |
| 2025 | 7 |
| 2024 | 7 |
| 2023 | 8 |
| 2022 | 9 |
| 2021 | 11 |
| 2020 | 13 |
| 2019 | 13 |
| 2018 | 13 |
| 2017 | 14 |
| 2016 | 16 |
| 2015 | 15 |
| 2014 | 14 |
| 2013 | 15 |
| 2012 | 13 |
| 2011 | 15 |
| 2010 | 16 |
| 2009 | 16 |
| 2008 | 15 |
| 2007 | 19 |
| 2006 | 22 |
| 2005 | 22 |
| 2004 | 24 |
| 2003 | 26 |
| 2002 | 26 |
| 2001 | 28 |
| 2000 | 30 |
West Plains Quarry sits in Howell County, Missouri, where the Census mining category is 0.4% of county employment.
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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.ⓘ
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.| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q2 | 4,180 | 2 | 0 | 478.5 |
| 2026 Q1 | 3,989 | 2 | 0 | 501.4 |
| 2025 Q4 | 3,199 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 3,413 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 3,360 | 2 | 1 | 595.2 |
| 2025 Q1 | 3,004 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 2,527 | 1 | 0 | 395.7 |
| 2024 Q3 | 3,377 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
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| 2024 Q2 | 3,949 | 2 | 0 | 506.5 |
| 2024 Q1 | 3,055 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q4 | 3,072 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 3,896 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 4,576 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 4,089 | 1 | 0 | 244.6 |
| 2022 Q4 | 4,575 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 5,168 | 7 | 1 | 1354.5 |
| 2022 Q2 | 5,055 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 5,280 | 2 | 0 | 378.8 |
| 2021 Q4 | 6,516 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 6,383 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 6,864 | 2 | 1 | 291.4 |
| 2021 Q1 | 4,423 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 5,615 | 1 | 0 | 178.1 |
| 2020 Q3 | 6,307 | 2 | 0 | 317.1 |
| 2020 Q2 | 8,307 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 5,345 | 1 | 0 | 187.1 |
| 2019 Q4 | 5,062 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 6,040 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 7,048 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 6,514 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 6,002 | 1 | 0 | 166.6 |
| 2018 Q3 | 6,785 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 6,665 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 6,664 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 6,498 | 2 | 0 | 307.8 |
| 2017 Q3 | 7,100 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 7,300 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 7,562 | 1 | 0 | 132.2 |
| 2016 Q4 | 7,281 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 9,259 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 8,490 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 6,222 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 7,130 | 1 | 0 | 140.3 |
| 2015 Q3 | 7,104 | 1 | 0 | 140.8 |
| 2015 Q2 | 7,210 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 5,925 | 1 | 0 | 168.8 |
| 2014 Q4 | 6,294 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 7,319 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 6,185 | 1 | 0 | 161.7 |
| 2014 Q1 | 5,810 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 5,876 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 7,272 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 8,083 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 6,635 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 6,697 | 2 | 1 | 298.6 |
| 2012 Q3 | 6,321 | 1 | 0 | 158.2 |
| 2012 Q2 | 6,472 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 6,605 | 2 | 0 | 302.8 |
| 2011 Q3 | 7,671 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 7,675 | 2 | 0 | 260.6 |
| 2011 Q1 | 6,596 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 7,566 | 2 | 0 | 264.3 |
| 2010 Q3 | 7,742 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 8,099 | 1 | 1 | 123.5 |
| 2010 Q1 | 6,796 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 9,453 | 2 | 1 | 211.6 |
| 2009 Q3 | 7,718 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 7,256 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 7,771 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 7,021 | 2 | 1 | 284.9 |
| 2008 Q3 | 6,918 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 6,846 | 1 | 0 | 146.1 |
| 2008 Q1 | 7,546 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 10,703 | 2 | 0 | 186.9 |
| 2007 Q3 | 9,909 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 11,003 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 8,722 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 11,272 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 10,992 | 5 | 3 | 454.9 |
| 2006 Q2 | 10,811 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 9,900 | 3 | 0 | 303.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 11,247 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 13,275 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 11,317 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 10,577 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 12,794 | 1 | 0 | 78.2 |
| 2004 Q3 | 13,555 | 2 | 0 | 147.5 |
| 2004 Q2 | 12,745 | 2 | 0 | 156.9 |
| 2004 Q1 | 10,879 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q4 | 10,849 | 3 | 0 | 276.5 |
| 2003 Q3 | 13,142 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q2 | 12,666 | 1 | 0 | 79.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 11,857 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q4 | 11,742 | 7 | 1 | 596.2 |
| 2002 Q3 | 13,114 | 1 | 0 | 76.3 |
| 2002 Q2 | 12,874 | 1 | 1 | 77.7 |
| 2002 Q1 | 13,627 | 1 | 1 | 73.4 |
| 2001 Q4 | 13,528 | 1 | 0 | 73.9 |
| 2001 Q3 | 14,592 | 6 | 0 | 411.2 |
| 2001 Q2 | 14,913 | 1 | 1 | 67.1 |
| 2001 Q1 | 14,920 | 3 | 1 | 201.1 |
| 2000 Q4 | 15,362 | 3 | 1 | 195.3 |
| 2000 Q3 | 17,799 | 9 | 1 | 505.6 |
| 2000 Q2 | 16,535 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 | 16,522 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Reportable incidents
22 on file2024 · 1 incident
2022 · 1 incident
Crew was excavating a pipe out of a trench w/a loader. Employee A was on the loader being directed by Employee B on the ground. Employee B directed Employee A to pull forward when they did the pipe wedged between the teeth on the bucket. This caused the pipe to rotate & struck Employee B in the shoulder & head. No broken bones concussions or contusions. Just sore.
2019 · 1 incident
Caught hand between 150 pound hammer and cone nut wrench.
2014 · 1 incident
Years of driving cause of numbness w hand carpal tunnel syndrome.
2013 · 1 incident
Dismounting excavator slipped off step had hold of hand hold pulled shoulder
2007 · 2 incidents
EE was helping do ground fault check on plant, turned to step off walkway, twisted knee.
Removing logs from new stockpile site slipped on loose dirt and fell.
2005 · 1 incident
Employee was checking for air leak on left rear when plunger moved to set position lacerating right index finger.
2000 · 2 incidents
BIG ROCKS IN ROCK PILE EE WAS PICKING UP THE BIGROCKS OUT OF PILE: SLIPPED ON ROCK & WENT DOWN ON PILE HIT HIS SHOULDER ON PILE OF ROCKS
CAT WALK WAS WET, SLIPPED AND HIT HIS LEG, CUTTING HIS RIGHT SHIN.
1998 · 3 incidents
HE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH SILICOSIS WHICH IS A DEGENERATING LUNG DISEASE WHICH OCCURRED AND WORSENED OVER A PERIOD OF TIME RUNNING GRAVEL PLANT.
CLAIMANT HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH SILICOSIS WHICHIS A DEGENERATING LUNG DISEASE. ONSET 12/09/81 AT DIFFERENT LOCATION GRAVEL PLANT (DISCONTINUED
ALLEGES STRAIN TO BACK AND WRIST RUNNING BACKHOE.
1996 · 2 incidents
GETTING OUT OF EUC HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND FELL HURTING HIS BACK.
ATTEMPTING TO START A SLIPPING BELT. EMPLOYEE GRABBED HOLD OF V-BELT CAUSING TENSION SO AS TO STOP IT FROM SLIPPING AND IT CAUGHT AND ROLLED HIS HAND AROUND THE MOTOR PULLEY. CUT ONE FINGER TI P OFF AND BADLY CUT AND BROKE 3 OTHER FINGERS.
1995 · 1 incident
GETTING ROCK OUT OF TAIL PULLEY WITH A BAR.
1992 · 1 incident
GOT OUT OF TRUCK AND SLIPPED.
1990 · 1 incident
THE EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS TO SECURE THE LID SHUT ON A WILLIAM HAMMER MILL AND THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF OF THE BOLT HURTING HIS LOWER BACK.
1988 · 2 incidents
WAS WORKING ON STOCKPILE TRUCK WHEN A PIECE OF STEEL STRUCK HIM IN THE EYE HE WAS UNABLE TO REMOVE THE STEEL HIMSELF & SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION
WELDING AND GOT STEEL IN EYE.
1987 · 2 incidents
WORKING BESIDE WELDER & BURNED EYES.
WELDING AND GOT PIECE OF STEEL IN EYE.