Mining Incidents

Fertile Sand, Shop & Wash Plant Metal/Non-Metal

BMC Aggregates LC · Surface
Fertile, Worth County, IA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1301701

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2021–2024
Latest incident
Feb 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
75
citations
11
significant & substantial
$10,213
proposed penalties
$10,035
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 4,915 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,740 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 5,047 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 6,896 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 6,221 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,852 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 4,634 4 1 863.2
2024 Q1 5,689 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

2 on file

2024 · 1 incident

February 15, 2024 IA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
BMC Aggregates LC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Miner was moving mobile metal welding bench and pinched hand/finger between bench and another piece of equipment.

2021 · 1 incident

January 11, 2021 IA · Metal/Non-Metal crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
BMC Aggregates LC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was working on brakes on aggregate primary crusher (impact). While reinstalling brake drum, drum slipped off brake pads pitching finger between brake drum and axle.