MINE DETAILS
Gore Quarry
MSHA MINE ID3401713
LOCATION
Mine location
1 of 1 mine with usable MSHA coordinates. Select a marker to open a mine.
Mine coordinates
- Gore Quarry35.52917, -95.11722Open map ↗
Quarterly trends
2025 Q1 – 2026 Q4
Database snapshot · 2026-10-13. MSHA quarterly production and employment reports.
Coal production
0reported short tons
Hours worked
146,942reported employee hours
Tons per hour
0.00production ÷ hours worked
Missing values appear as —. Totals use available reports. Tons per hour requires production and hours for the same quarters and a nonzero hours total. * Striped bars mark partial mine coverage or an incomplete quarter. See the table for coverage.
Quarterly data and reporting coverage
| Quarter | Coal (short tons) | Hours worked | Tons / hour | Avg. employees | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q1 | 0 | 21,334 | 0.00 | 36 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q2 | 0 | 23,505 | 0.00 | 34 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q3 | 0 | 24,670 | 0.00 | 38 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q4 | 0 | 24,044 | 0.00 | 38 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q1 | 0 | 27,595 | 0.00 | 43 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q2 | 0 | 25,794 | 0.00 | 43 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q3 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2026 Q4 | — | — | — | — | No report |
Safety and enforcement
2025-01-01 – 2026-10-13
Violations
142 significant & substantial (S&S)
Accident records
90 records classified as fatality
Proposed penalties · USD
2,807.0014 of 14 violations with amounts
On-site inspection hours
56.758 inspections · 8 with hours
Counts are published records, including contractor records. * The quarter was incomplete at the snapshot date; recent counts may rise as reports arrive. — means no reported amount or hours. Portfolio totals use current membership.
Quarterly safety data
| Quarter | Violations | S&S | Proposed USD | Accident records | Fatality records | Inspections | On-site hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-Q1 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025-Q2 | 7 | 0 | 1,057.00 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19.0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7.0 |
| 2025-Q4 | 1 | 0 | 151.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 3 | 1 | 1,120.00 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8.8 |
| 2026-Q2 | 3 | 1 | 479.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22.0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2026-Q4 * | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Most cited CFR sections
All violations issued in the selected period. Counts combine subsections.
Safety activity
MACHINERY · DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Accident narrative
Employee was cleaning around a tail pulley at the fine grind plant when a small rock fell from overhead and struck their safety helmet. The employee requested to see our occupational doctor two days later after a lingering mild headache. Employee was diagnosed with a mild concussion and placed on restricted duty of "avoid kneeling, squatting, jumping, running, climbing".
56.20003(a) · S&S · $177.00 proposed
56.14100(b) · $151.00 proposed
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 22.0 on-site hours
56.4201(a)(2) · $151.00 proposed
POWERED HAULAGE · DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Accident narrative
Employee was attempting to enter the Genie lift man basket when EE received an injury to EE's right third finger. Employee clipped EE's fall protection harness onto the basket and then gripped the basket railing and entered the basket. As employee's weight entered the basket, the basket slightly suspended, and EE's finger was pinned between the basket and platform railing.
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Accident narrative
Employee was attempting to separate the bearing race from a bearing on Silo 9 when they received an injury to their right hand. The bearing race was impacted by the hammer and splintered. A piece of the race became lodge in employee's hand.
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) · DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Accident narrative
An employee was attempting to place a plate in the pioneer shaker table when EE received a laceration to EE's right hand. EE was utilizing a sledgehammer when the hammer slipped and caused EE's right knuckle to abrade on the pioneer shaker plate.
56.12032 · S&S · $818.00 proposed
56.14100 · $151.00 proposed
56.4230(a)(2) · $151.00 proposed
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 8.0 on-site hours
Verbal Hazard Complaint Inspections · 0.8 on-site hours
MACHINERY · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Accident narrative
On Monday, 01/12/2026, Souter Mechanic, was attempting to weld on machinery and received a slag burn to the inside of their ear. Mechanic had the welding torch positioned below them, and when welding the metal popped and a splash went into their left ear.
Spot Inspection · 0.0 on-site hours
50.20(a) · $151.00 proposed
MACHINERY · DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Accident narrative
As EE was reassembling the silo pipes, EE attempted to use an impact tool and wrench combination to tighten a bolt. The impact torqued the wrench, and EE's little finger was pinned between the wrench and the pipe.
HANDLING OF MATERIALS · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Accident narrative
EE had opened the haul truck hood with a crowbar, and then EE was attempting to use the bar to prop the hood open while EE was filling the truck with antifreeze. In the process, EE shifted position and the crowbar came loose and crushed EE's hand between the hood and the engine bay.
Verbal Hazard Complaint Inspections · 5.5 on-site hours
Special Emphasis Programs · 1.5 on-site hours
56.4402 · $151.00 proposed
56.14107(a) · $151.00 proposed
56.11003 · $151.00 proposed
FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS · DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Accident narrative
Employee was on the lower platform of the control house, assisting in freeing a rock obstruction from the mouth of the jaw crusher. Employee had opened the top of the crusher cage so that the operator could manually free the obstruction. After obstructions were freed, the rock entered the jaw and the vibration caused the guard to fall and impact employee's left hand.
56.14100(b) · $151.00 proposed
Safety sources and definitions
MSHA Violations (issue date), Accidents (accident date), and Inspections (begin date). Snapshot 2026-10-13.
Counts describe published rows, including contractor records; accident records are not distinct incidents or numbers of people injured.
Zero means no matching records in the imported sources, not proof of no events. Historical coverage differs by source; absence before a source begins reporting is not a zero incident rate. Invalid or absent dates and records after the snapshot are excluded.
S&S means SIG_SUB=Y. Fatality records use DEGREE_INJURY_CD=01. Proposed penalties are not final assessed or paid amounts; missing dollar values are omitted.
Inspection hours are SUM_TOTAL_ON_SITE_HOURS attributed to the inspection start date, without supervisor/trainee hours. Missing hours are omitted; a started inspection may still be open.
Portfolio totals use current mine membership, including events before the current owner or operator's tenure.
CFR headings link to the current Title 30 index; they are not historical legal determinations.
OWNERSHIP
Operator and controller history
Current ownership comes from MSHA Mines. Historical start and end dates come from MSHA Controller and Operator History.
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Ashland InccontrolsArkholaoperatesGore Quarry
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 3401713—
CRH PLCcontrolsArkholaoperatesGore Quarry
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 3401713—
Saige 2E Consulting LLC et alcontrolsSouter Limestone and Minerals, LLC.operatesGore Quarry
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 3401713—
Charles C Farrell et alcontrolsSouter Limestone and Minerals, LLC.operatesGore Quarry
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 3401713—
Infinity Management LLC et alcontrolsSouter Limestone and Minerals, LLC.operatesGore Quarry
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 3401713—
William J Cooper et alcontrolsSouter Limestone and Minerals, LLC.operatesGore Quarry
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 3401713—
William H Cole et alcontrolsSouter Limestone and Minerals, LLC.operatesGore Quarry
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 3401713—
Randy Duffield et alcontrolsSouter Construction Company IncoperatesGore Quarry
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 3401713—
Larry Duffield et alcontrolsSouter Construction Company IncoperatesGore Quarry
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 3401713Other historical summaries · source-specific periods
RECORD SUMMARY
Production, safety and enforcement
These summaries use the periods stated on each card, independently of the reporting period above.
01 / SAFETYwatch
Accidents and injuries
16 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 100 lost days across the published record.
ACCIDENT + INJURY RECORD11 since 2021
accidentsmine-production-quarterly02 / COMPLIANCEwatch
Violations and penalties
223 violation rows across the full record; 47 carry an S&S flag and $53,717 appears in current assessed amounts.
ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY59 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsassessed-violationsorders-107a03 / HEALTHcontext
Occupational health samples
39 personal. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 noise rows have an action-level or PEL dose above 100%. These are separate measures, not a silica exceedance count. Silica results and sample status are shown separately.
OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE39 samples
personal-health-samples04 / PRODUCTIONcontext
Quarterly production and employment
26K employee hours and 43 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
2026-Q20 tons
mine-production-quarterlymine-production-yearly05 / LEGALneutral
Contests, conferences and decisions
0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
POST-ISSUANCE LIFECYCLE0 linked rows
conferencescontested-violationscivil-penalty-dockets-decisions06 / CONTRACTORScontext
Contractors
Contractors are linked through this mine’s violation or accident records. Their production and hours cover all their operations, so they are not included in this mine’s totals.
ENTITY-LEVEL CONTEXT4 linked entities
contractor-production-quarterlycontractor-production-yearlyaccidentsviolations07 / INSPECTIONScontext
Inspections
101 inspection events and 1K published inspection hours across the historical record.
OVERSIGHT COVERAGE21 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsHEALTH SAMPLING
Silica and quartz
Coal quartz, metal/nonmetal personal samples and area samples. Snapshot Oct 13, 2026. 7 silica records across the mine’s published history.
Personal silica samples · concentration / limit
Quarterly mean · published C/E ratio
— No eligible measurements. * Quarter in progress. Means describe the available samples, not average exposure across the mine.
Quartz % is the sample’s quartz content; µg/m³ is its reported concentration. Personal C/E is the ratio to the limit published with that sample. Personal and area concentration units and void status are not specified in those source files.
| Date / sample | Dataset / analyte | Occupation / area | Measurement | Sample status | Published action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No silica records match these filters. Missing samples do not establish safe conditions. | |||||
Sources and interpretation
- Coal means use numeric concentrations from samples marked not voided, excluding control/invalid sample types and dates after the snapshot. Missing values remain null; reported zeroes remain zero.
- Quarterly means describe available samples, not mine-wide or worker-average exposure. Quarters with no eligible measurements remain empty; the current quarter is partial.
- Personal C/E is MSHA's published concentration-to-limit ratio. A value above 1 is not by itself a citation or a determination under the 2024 silica rule. Personal and area files do not publish a void-status field.
- Area records include bulk-dust analyses and are kept separate from personal exposure results. Their concentration units are not specified in the source dictionary.
- Missing samples do not establish safe conditions. Coal quartz percentage and concentration are separate measures. No compliance threshold is inferred for coal samples.
Coal quartz field definitions ↗Metal/nonmetal personal field definitions ↗Metal/nonmetal area field definitions ↗
EIA + TITLE 30
EIA production and cited regulations
EIA annual figures are reported separately from MSHA. Regulation links use the current eCFR snapshot.
Not present in the 2024 EIA coal workbook.
This can mean the operation is non-coal, inactive for the annual period, or outside the EIA-7A reporting population.
30 CFR 56.20003Housekeeping.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.14100Safety defects; examination, correction and records.3 recent rows ↗30 CFR 56.4201Inspection.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.12032Inspection and cover plates.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.4230Self-propelled equipment.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 50.20Preparation and submission of MSHA Report Form 7000-1—Mine Accident, Injury, and Illness Report.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.4402Safety can use.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.14107Moving machine parts.1 recent row ↗
RECENT PUBLIC RECORDS
Recent violations and samples
Latest records retained for inspection; aggregates above use the full source history.
504179256.20003(a)S&S
504179156.14100(b)Citation
504178856.4201(a)(2)Citation
504143456.12032S&S
504143356.14100Citation
504143256.4230(a)(2)Citation
504172750.20(a)Citation
504133856.4402Citation
Coal dust, noise and other contaminants. Silica records above ↑
Respirable dust, <.1mgRotary Bucket Ex. Operator
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% QtzCrusher Oper/Worker
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.25 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% QtzFront-end Loader Operator
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.15 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgJackhammer Operator
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgFront-end Loader Operator
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgComplete Load-Haul-Dump
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% QtzTruck Driver
C/E: 00.03Concentration: 0000.25 · limit: 0010.00Source unit unspecified
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% QtzCrusher Oper/Worker
C/E: 00.01Concentration: 0000.14 · limit: 0010.00Source unit unspecified
SOURCE COVERAGE
Reporting dates and coverage
12 datasets contain linked records. Missing datasets are listed below.
DATASETROWSWINDOWSTATUS
Accident, Injuries, and Illnessessafety · contractors16Oct 28, 2004—Sep 4, 2026mine-keyed
Addresses of Recordidentity · logistics1Mar 27, 1990—Mar 27, 1990mine-keyed
Assessed Violationscompliance · legal223May 9, 2000—Jun 23, 2026mine-keyed
Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisionscompliance · legal—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Coal Dust Sampleshealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Conferencescompliance · legal—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Contested Violationscompliance · legal—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterlycontractors · production · safety505Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Contractor Employment and Production — Yearlycontractors · production · safety65Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Controller and Operator Historyidentity · compliance9Mar 1, 1990—Aug 22, 2026mine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Quarterlyproduction · safety · compliance212Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Yearlyproduction · safety · compliance54Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Inspectionssafety · compliance101May 9, 2000—Jun 17, 2026mine-keyed
Minesidentity · production · logistics1Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Metal and Nonmetal Area Sampleshealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Metal and Nonmetal Personal Health Sampleshealth · safety39Dec 16, 2003—Nov 13, 2024mine-keyed
Noise Sampleshealth · safety · equipment—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Quartz Samples — Coalhealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Violationscompliance · safety · legal223May 9, 2000—Jun 23, 2026mine-keyed
107(a) Orders Issuedsafety · compliance—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
NOTES
Limitations
- Contractor production is entity-level and is never represented as mine-attributable.
- Missing rows can mean no event, publication delay, identity mismatch, or inapplicability.