Employee reached out to install a ground clamp for the welder, as EE brought EE's right hand back to EE's body, EE's hand struck the damaged metal guard EE was about to repair causing a laceration to EE's right palm.
HARTFORD QUARRY Metal/Non-Metal
Apac-Kansas Inc Shears Division
· Surface
Controlled by
CRH PLC
Hartford,
Lyon County,
KS
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1401334
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 2000–2021
- Latest incident
- Jun 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
96
citations
18
significant & substantial
$12,879
proposed penalties
$12,600
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 4,260 | 3 | 0 | 704.2 |
| 2025 Q3 | 2,890 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 1,434 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 3,646 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 2,694 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 4,574 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 5,308 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 1,812 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file2021 · 1 incident
Apac-Kansas Inc Shears Division · Struck against stationary object
2007 · 1 incident
October 19, 2007
KS · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Apac-Kansas Inc Shears Division · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Replacing impact belt. Machine was locked out and tagged out. Employee pulling on a wrench and his hand got caught between the wrench and guard pinching his hand.
2006 · 1 incident
Apac-Kansas Inc Shears Division · Struck against a moving object
Employee alleges that his back was injured by using a skid steer loader. Alleged injury has been under investigation by insurance carrier ACE USA and attorney, until 10/14/06 when it was determined to be work related.
2000 · 2 incidents
Couch Construction Materials · Struck against a moving object
EE WAS DRIVING THE DRILL DOWN A RAMP WITH THE MASK UP, WHICH MADE IT OFF BALANCE & TIP.
Couch Construction Materials · Struck against a moving object
DRIVING SLOW UNDER ROUGH CONDITIONS.