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Westphalia Quarry: 16 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Westphalia, Osage County, MO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2301908

Westphalia Quarry has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1999–2003
Latest incident
Jul 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
16
citations
2
significant & substantial
$2,533
proposed penalties
$1,607
paid to date
63% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $926 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
36
inspections on record
349
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: 349 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Westphalia Quarry has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
16 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $300 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-03-25.
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.
12.5%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
12.5%
reasonably likely or greater
62.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 25.0% low, 75.0% moderate, 0.0% 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.
5 citations taken to the federal commission · 31% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 60%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 20%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 20%
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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
79%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $300 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 2013-02-11.
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 2011-1237M Settlement Lesnick 2012 $1K → $100
CENT 2013-288M Settlement Lesnick 2013 $200 → $200
CENT 2010-1M Dismissal Lesnick 2010 $100 → $0
CENT 2011-47M Withdrawal Lesnick 2011 $100 → $0
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: 2012-11-21, 13 years ago
11%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
21
samples
19
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz172 over
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz2
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (21)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2003-12-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.86 0.62 1.39 Truck Driver
2003-12-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.75 1.13 1.55 Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-11-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-07-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.78 0.40 Truck Driver
2010-07-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 1.09 0.27 Truck Driver
2010-07-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.99 0.16 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-07-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 1.05 0.21 Truck Driver
2009-03-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 0.79 0.48 Truck Driver
2009-03-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 0.99 0.25 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-03-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 1.16 0.14 Truck Driver
2009-03-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 1.31 0.11 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-06-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.72 0.29 Truck Driver
2006-06-14 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 10 0.01 Supervisor, Co. Official
2006-06-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.32 0.69 0.46 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-06-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.68 0.26 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-06-14 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.15 10 0.12 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-03-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2004-03-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.89 0.19 Truck Driver
2004-03-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.94 0.22 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-12-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.9 0.18 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-12-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 1.03 0.14 Supervisor, Co. Official
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. Osage Quarries Inc 1985 to 2018
  2. Con-Agg Companies, LLC 2018 to 2026
  3. Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. 2026 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2021 1
2020 2
2019 1
2018 2
2017 3
2016 2
2015 3
2014 2
2013 2
2012 1
2011 3
2010 3
2009 2
2008 4
2007 3
2006 3
2005 3
2004 6
2003 2
2002 3
2001 3
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Westphalia Quarry sits in Osage County, Missouri, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Osage County, Missouri · Population 13,379
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$75,355
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
2021 Q2 511 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 448 1 0 2232.1
2020 Q1 640 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 536 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 526 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,115 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 425 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 392 1 0 2551.0
Show 75 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q3 599 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,154 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 336 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 605 1 0 1652.9
2017 Q3 1,526 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,034 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,745 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,207 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 751 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,676 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 585 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 549 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 734 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,141 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,908 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 936 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 943 2 0 2120.9
2014 Q2 696 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 551 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 558 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 669 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,057 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 879 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 604 2 0 3311.3
2012 Q3 577 1 0 1733.1
2012 Q2 577 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 605 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 818 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 933 1 1 1071.8
2011 Q2 705 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,503 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 597 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,435 2 0 821.4
2010 Q2 800 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 583 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 569 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 576 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 576 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,235 1 0 809.7
2008 Q4 1,217 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,281 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,141 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 594 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 849 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,540 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 880 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 958 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 963 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 669 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 617 1 0 1620.7
2006 Q1 2,491 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 638 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,400 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 631 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,218 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,322 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 5,907 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,488 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,006 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,604 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 496 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 527 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 724 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,910 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 545 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 798 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,442 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 543 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,042 2 0 1919.4
2001 Q2 2,974 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 511 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,051 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 503 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 512 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 510 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2003 · 1 incident

July 7, 2003 MO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Osage Quarries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE SLIPPED AS HE WAS GETTING IN LOADER.

1999 · 1 incident

February 24, 1999 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Osage Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CRUSHER OPERATOR ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE ROCK - PINCHED LEFT INDEX FINGER.