Mining Incidents

Whetrock Inc Metal/Non-Metal

Whetrock Inc · Surface
Controlled by Roger D Whetstine Jr
Troy, Doniphan County, KS  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1401715

Whetrock Inc has $20K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
31
citations
5
significant & substantial
$20,330
proposed penalties
$10,530
paid to date
52% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $9,800 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
30
inspections on record
308
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: 308 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Whetrock Inc has $20K 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.
$20K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
31 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-15.
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
2025 Q4 2,097 2 0 953.7
2025 Q3 1,265 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 748 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 844 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 698 1 0 1432.7
2024 Q3 1,144 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,015 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 829 1 0 1206.3
Show 56 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 914 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,704 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 837 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 716 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 931 1 0 1074.1
2022 Q3 3,040 2 0 657.9
2022 Q2 1,137 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 300 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 720 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,192 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,528 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 3,025 4 2 1322.3
2020 Q4 3,147 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4,079 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 5,040 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 3,135 2 0 638.0
2019 Q4 2,547 1 0 392.6
2019 Q3 2,880 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,812 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,775 2 0 720.7
2018 Q4 2,512 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,156 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,298 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 3,840 2 0 520.8
2017 Q4 2,990 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,732 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,900 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 420 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,360 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,880 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 390 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,000 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,400 1 0 416.7
2015 Q2 2,880 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 550 1 0 1818.2
2014 Q4 2,980 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,100 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,229 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 3,840 1 0 260.4
2013 Q4 4,800 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,590 4 2 1114.2
2013 Q2 2,880 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 3,480 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,316 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,470 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,337 4 1 1198.7
2011 Q3 6,396 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,421 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,067 2 0 967.6
2010 Q4 4,104 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 4,582 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,800 0 0 0.0
2010 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.

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