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Tower Rock Stn Co/Grays Point Facility Metal/Non-Metal

Tower Rock Stone Company · Surface

Controlled by Jay E Luhr; Michael Luhr

Scott City, Scott County, MO · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 2300926

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 1
Years on record: 2000
Latest incident: Jul 2000

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$3,249

proposed penalties

$3,191

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	Per 1M hrs
2009 Q3	2,332	0	0.0
2009 Q2	124	0	0.0
2007 Q2	462	0	0.0
2007 Q1	2,756	0	0.0
2006 Q4	6,023	3	498.1
2006 Q3	1,083	0	0.0
2006 Q2	0	0
2005 Q4	667	1	1499.3

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2000 · 1 incident

July 10, 2000 MO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE

Tower Rock Stone Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING HAUL TRUCKS WITH AN EXCAVATOR. A LOADED HAUL TRUCK WAS SIGNALED TO LEAVE THE LOADING SITE. AS IT PULLED AWAY, THE LEFT REAROUTSIDE TIRE FAILED VIOLENTLY. THE AIR BLAST FRO M THE TIRE FAILURE THREW A SMALL ROCK AT A HIGH VELOCITY INTO THE CAB OF THE EXCAVATOR STRIKING INJURED'S JAW ON LOWER LEFT SIDE. HIS MANDIBLE WAS FRACTURED & HE SUSTAINED A LACERATION.