Mining Incidents

Lotawana Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Lee's Summit, Jackson County, MO  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2301889

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
2000–2024
Latest incident
Jan 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
484
citations
179
significant & substantial
$638,885
proposed penalties
$394,997
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 9,826 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 9,957 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 6 3 1 500000.0
2025 Q1 5,477 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 7,268 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 8,090 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 8,080 3 0 371.3
2024 Q1 9,226 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

11 on file

2024 · 1 incident

January 3, 2024 MO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
N R Hamm Quarry LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee parked their personal vehicle in the scale house parking lot and slipped on ice and fell backwards as they were exiting their vehicle. Icy conditions contributed to injury.

2023 · 1 incident

October 10, 2023 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
N R Hamm Quarry LLC · Fall from ladders

Employee was performing belt Maintenance and lost EE's balance while on a 6ft step ladder and fell backwards to the ground. Right leg Fibula, Tibia, and ankle fractures.

2022 · 1 incident

October 11, 2022 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
N R Hamm Quarry LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was stemming holes and when employee took a scoop of rock employee hit something hard in the stemming pile and hurt shoulder. I dug through the stemming pile and found a large rock.

2021 · 2 incidents

November 20, 2021 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
N R Hamm Quarry LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A BELT C-CLAMP FROM CONVEYOR BELT, SMASHED PINKY FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.

July 17, 2021 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
N R Hamm Quarry LLC · Struck against stationary object

Employee alleges that the tire blew out on equipment EE was operating causing injury to EE's head.

2008 · 1 incident

April 24, 2008 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Barber & Sons Aggregate · Fall from machine

Employee grabbed the hand rail and slipped and fell.

2007 · 1 incident

January 31, 2007 MO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Barber & Sons Aggregate · Fall to the walkway or working surface

The weather was after the ice storm, several inches of ice. We had ramps and roads covered in dust. The EE got out of equipment, walked over where the edge was not coated and he fell.

2000 · 4 incidents

September 1, 2000 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Barber & Sons Aggregate · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE PLANT WAS SHUT DOWN FOR MAINTENANCE THE EE WAS MANUALLY TURNING A PULLEY WHEN HIS FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BELT & THE SHIVE

August 21, 2000 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Barber & Sons Aggregate · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO SERVICE THE 980 LOADER TO GET TO THE ENGINE YOU HAVE TO PULL OPEN FENDERS. IN PULLING ON ONE OF THE FENDERS HE HURT HIS BACK. 2 WEEKS LATER HE COULD NOT WORK.

August 15, 2000 MO · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Barber & Sons Aggregate · Fall onto or against objects

THE EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING. HE LAID THE SHOVEL ON THE GROUND TO CLIMB OUT OF THE HOLE. HE TRIPPED AND FELL. HIS HAND HIT THE SHOVEL.

January 29, 2000 MO · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Barber & Sons Aggregate · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS UNPLUGGING THE CRUSHER. REMOVING THE ROCKS BY HAND AND ONE ROLLED OVER HIS FOOT.