Mining Incidents

300 Cone Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Lindsey R Falk
St. Ansgar, Mitchell County, IA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1302104

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2004–2023
Latest incident
Apr 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
106
citations
20
significant & substantial
$13,514
proposed penalties
$12,523
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 3,490 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 5,884 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,497 7 1 1556.6
2025 Q1 4,761 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,114 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,272 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 6,556 9 0 1372.8
2024 Q1 1,136 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

6 on file

2023 · 1 incident

April 26, 2023 IA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
L R Falk Construction Co. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was unhooking a generator trailer and using a tool to release the fifth wheel plate. Tool slipped off fifth wheel plate and employee feel backwards on to the ground hitting their head.

2022 · 1 incident

July 22, 2022 IA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
L R Falk Construction Co. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Pinched left hand index finger requiring stitches. Quarry worker was removing a pin from a hydraulic cylinder when the cylinder moved and pinched the finger between the pin and the sleeve on the cylinder.

2011 · 1 incident

July 29, 2011 IA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
L R Falk Construction Co. · Fall onto or against objects

The miner was working on a walkway greasing the plant and stepped backwards into a small opening next to the motor and lost his balance. He fell directly onto the motor which had a eye bolt sticking out of it. The miner fell only backwards landing on the motor and eye bolt.

2010 · 1 incident

September 27, 2010 IA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man STRIKING OR BUMPING
L R Falk Construction Co. · Struck against stationary object

MINER WAS WORKING AROUND THE PLANT AND WALKED BEHIND PARKED SERVICE TRUCK AND HIT HIS LEFT KNEE ON THE TRAILER HITCH OF THE SERVICE TRUCK.

2005 · 1 incident

June 21, 2005 IA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
L R Falk Construction Co. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Installing a discharge hose on a water pump.

2004 · 1 incident

August 4, 2004 IA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
L R Falk Construction Co. · Struck against stationary object

HE WENT TO CLIMB LADDER TO PLANT; FOOT SLIPPED ON LOOSE ROCK.