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Brushy Creek Mine/Mill: 343 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Brushy Creek Mine/Mill is an active lead-zinc ore underground mine in Iron County, Missouri, operated by Doe Run Company with 139 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 2300499). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 343 citations and orders there with $175,993 in proposed penalties, and 40 accident reports were filed there, with 39 injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 2300499
- Status
- Active since April 1, 1989
- Main commodity
- Lead-zinc ore
- Mine type
- Underground
- County
- Iron County, Missouri
- Nearest town
- Bunker
- Operator
- Doe Run Company
- Parent company
- Renco Group Inc
- Employees
- 139
- MSHA field office
- Rolla MO Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 343
- Significant and substantial
- 43 (12.5%)
- Closure orders
- 3
- High negligence or reckless
- 14
- Proposed penalties
- $175,993
- Amount paid so far
- $150,183
- Inspections
- 56
- Inspector hours on site
- 1,784
- Citations per inspection
- 6.12 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 40
- Injury and illness cases
- 39
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- November 2, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 9 ($1,494 proposed)
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 46 | 6 | $17,373 | 6 |
| 2023 | 57 | 3 | $15,303 | 7 |
| 2024 | 60 | 5 | $28,588 | 13 |
| 2025 | 113 | 17 | $79,953 | 8 |
| 2026 | 67 | 12 | $34,776 | 5 |
Standards cited most at Brushy Creek Mine/Mill
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 57.14100 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 32 |
| 30 CFR 57.4201 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 28 |
| 30 CFR 57.12004 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 26 |
| 30 CFR 57.20003 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 15 |
| 30 CFR 57.14112 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 14 |
| 30 CFR 57.12028 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 14 |
| 30 CFR 57.6202 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 13 |
| 30 CFR 57.12032 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 11 |
| 30 CFR 57.14207 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 10 |
| 30 CFR 57.14107 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 10 |
| 30 CFR 57.4102 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 9 |
| 30 CFR 57.12008 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 8 |
| 30 CFR 57.3200 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 8 |
| 30 CFR 57.12006 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 7 |
| 30 CFR 57.12030 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 6 |
Injury and illness cases at Brushy Creek Mine/Mill
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 27 |
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 12 |
What the accident reports at Brushy Creek Mine/Mill describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Handling of materials | 13 |
| Handtools (nonpowered) | 6 |
| Disorders (repeated trauma) | 6 |
| Slip or fall of person | 5 |
| Other | 3 |
| Powered haulage | 2 |
| Dust disease of lungs | 1 |
| Fire | 1 |
| Fall of roof or back | 1 |
| Striking or bumping | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Brushy Creek Mine/Mill
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Hand tools (not powered) | 6 |
| Front-end loader | 1 |
| Ore haulage trucks - off highway trucks | 1 |
| Mancar | 1 |
Other open mines in Iron County, Missouri
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viburnum #35 (Casteel Mine) | Doe Run Company | Iron County, MO | Lead-zinc ore | 98 | 475 |
| Buick Mine/Mill | Doe Run Company | Iron County, MO | Lead-zinc ore | 73 | 247 |
| Trap Rock and Granite Quarries, LLC | Trap Rock and Granite Quarries | Iron County, MO | Crushed, broken granite | 42 | 178 |
| Specialty Granules Llc-Annapolis Quarry | Specialty Granules LLC | Iron County, MO | Crushed, broken granite | 186 | 137 |
| Missouri Red Quarries Inc | Missouri Red Quarries Inc | Iron County, MO | Dimension granite | 8 | 13 |
| Mobile Plant | Tony Abney Construction | Iron County, MO | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 1 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.