MINE DETAILS
INDEPENDENCE QUARRY & MILL
MSHA MINE ID1400162
LOCATION
Mine location
1 of 1 mine with usable MSHA coordinates. Select a marker to open a mine.
Mine coordinates
- INDEPENDENCE QUARRY & MILL37.20432, -95.69002Open map ↗
Quarterly trends
2025 Q1 – 2026 Q4
Database snapshot · 2026-10-13. MSHA quarterly production and employment reports.
Coal production
—reported short tons
Hours worked
—reported employee hours
Tons per hour
—production ÷ 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 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2025 Q2 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2025 Q3 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2025 Q4 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2026 Q1 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2026 Q2 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2026 Q3 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2026 Q4 | — | — | — | — | No report |
Safety and enforcement
2025-01-01 – 2026-10-13
Violations
00 significant & substantial (S&S)
Accident records
00 records classified as fatality
Proposed penalties · USD
—0 of 0 violations with amounts
On-site inspection hours
—0 inspections · 0 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 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2026-Q3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2026-Q4 * | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Most cited CFR sections
All violations issued in the selected period. Counts combine subsections.
| Section | Violations | S&S |
|---|
No violation records in this period.
Safety activity
No matching records in this period.
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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Buzzi S p AcontrolsBuzzi Unicem USAoperatesINDEPENDENCE QUARRY & MILL
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 1400162—
Heidelberg Materials AGcontrolsLehigh Portland Cement CompanyoperatesINDEPENDENCE QUARRY & MILL
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 1400162—
USX Corp (United States Steel Corp)controlsUniversal Atlas Cement CompanyoperatesINDEPENDENCE QUARRY & MILL
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 1400162Other 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 / SAFETYneutral
Accidents and injuries
134 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,082 lost days across the published record.
ACCIDENT + INJURY RECORD0 since 2021
accidentsmine-production-quarterly02 / COMPLIANCEneutral
Violations and penalties
651 violation rows across the full record; 142 carry an S&S flag and $184,165 appears in current assessed amounts.
ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY0 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsassessed-violationsorders-107a03 / HEALTHwatch
Occupational health samples
81 personal. 3 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 EXPOSURE81 samples
personal-health-samples04 / PRODUCTIONcontext
Quarterly production and employment
45K employee hours and 86 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
2008-Q20 tons
mine-production-quarterlymine-production-yearly05 / LEGALwatch
Contests, conferences and decisions
101 contested-violation rows, 252 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 25 conference records linked by issuance number.
POST-ISSUANCE LIFECYCLE378 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 CONTEXT10 linked entities
contractor-production-quarterlycontractor-production-yearlyaccidentsviolations07 / INSPECTIONScontext
Inspections
52 inspection events and 3K published inspection hours across the historical record.
OVERSIGHT COVERAGE0 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsHEALTH SAMPLING
Silica and quartz
Coal quartz, metal/nonmetal personal samples and area samples. Snapshot Oct 13, 2026. 8 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 50.30Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.12002Controls and switches.2 recent rows ↗30 CFR 56.13021High-pressure hose connections.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.20003Housekeeping.3 recent rows ↗30 CFR 56.9315Dust control.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.13011Air receiver tanks.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.12008Insulation and fittings for power wires and cables.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.14101Brakes.1 recent row ↗
RECENT PUBLIC RECORDS
Recent violations and samples
Latest records retained for inspection; aggregates above use the full source history.
644863350.30(a)Citation
632151556.12002Citation
632151456.12002Citation
632150456.13021Citation
632150356.20003(a)S&S
632150256.9315S&S
632150156.13011Citation
632150056.12008Citation
Coal dust, noise and other contaminants. Silica records above ↑
Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% QtzOiler, Greaser
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0002.59 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgTruck Driver
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% QtzCrusher Oper/Worker
C/E: 00.02Concentration: 0000.21 · limit: 0010.00Source unit unspecified
Zinc oxide fumesWelder, etc.
C/E: 00.01Concentration: 0000.07 · limit: 0010.00Source unit unspecified
Vanadium fumesWelder, etc.
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0050.00Source unit unspecified
Nickel fumesWelder, etc.
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0003.00Source unit unspecified
Molybdenum fumesWelder, etc.
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0020.00Source unit unspecified
Manganese fumesWelder, etc.
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0005.00Source unit unspecified
SOURCE COVERAGE
Reporting dates and coverage
15 datasets contain linked records. Missing datasets are listed below.
DATASETROWSWINDOWSTATUS
Accident, Injuries, and Illnessessafety · contractors134Feb 2, 2000—Feb 21, 2008mine-keyed
Addresses of Recordidentity · logistics1Sep 5, 2008—Sep 5, 2008mine-keyed
Assessed Violationscompliance · legal629Jan 11, 2000—Jul 20, 2009mine-keyed
Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisionscompliance · legal252Jun 26, 2001—Aug 12, 2009mine-keyed
Coal Dust Sampleshealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Conferencescompliance · legal25Jun 13, 2000—Feb 8, 2008mine-keyed
Contested Violationscompliance · legal101Feb 21, 2001—Jan 14, 2008mine-keyed
Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterlycontractors · production · safety783Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Contractor Employment and Production — Yearlycontractors · production · safety186Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Controller and Operator Historyidentity · compliance3Jan 1, 1950—Jun 25, 1986mine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Quarterlyproduction · safety · compliance102Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Yearlyproduction · safety · compliance27Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Inspectionssafety · compliance52Jan 11, 2000—Jul 20, 2009mine-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 · safety81Dec 21, 2000—Sep 19, 2007mine-keyed
Noise Sampleshealth · safety · equipment—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Quartz Samples — Coalhealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Violationscompliance · safety · legal651Jan 11, 2000—Jul 20, 2009mine-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.