L R Falk Construction Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Miner was pinched between a vehicle and the crushing plant electrical cabinet
72 Plant: 130 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal
72 Plant has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 7
- Years on record
- 1994–2026
- Latest incident
- Aug 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
130
citations
24
significant & substantial
$20,389
proposed penalties
$20,389
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
52
inspections on record
698
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 698 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
72 Plant has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$20K
proposed penalties
$20K
current assessed
$20K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
128 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.18.8%
significant & substantial
5.5%
high negligence or reckless
18.8%
reasonably likely or greater
64.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 13.3% low, 81.2% moderate, 5.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
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A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
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Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2025-12-09
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Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
28
samples
17
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
- Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz10
- Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz10
- Respirable dust, <.1mg8
Show the individual readings (28)
| Date | Contaminant | Concentration | Limit | Conc / limit | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-09 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Cleanup Man | ||
| 2025-05-07 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.54 | Crusher Oper/Worker | ||
| 2025-05-07 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 1.79 | 2.5 | 0.72 | Truck Driver |
| 2025-05-07 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.25 | Truck Driver | ||
| 2024-04-10 | Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz | 0.16 | 10 | 0.02 | Truck Driver |
| 2024-04-10 | Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz | 0.23 | 10 | 0.02 | Utility Man |
| 2022-10-18 | Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz | 0.4 | 10 | 0.04 | Front-end Loader Operator |
| 2019-12-17 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Front-end Loader Operator | ||
| 2019-12-17 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Crusher Oper/Worker | ||
| 2019-12-17 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.3 | Cleanup Man | ||
| 2017-11-29 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 1.14 | 2.61 | 0.44 | Truck Driver |
| 2017-11-29 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.86 | 2.5 | 0.34 | Utility Man |
| 2017-11-29 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Front-end Loader Operator | ||
| 2012-12-04 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Truck Driver | ||
| 2012-12-04 | Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz | 0.23 | 10 | 0.02 | Crusher Oper/Worker |
| 2012-12-04 | Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz | 0.23 | 10 | 0.02 | Truck Driver |
| 2012-12-04 | Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz | 0.16 | 10 | 0.02 | Truck Driver |
| 2010-10-20 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.24 | 1.27 | 0.19 | Truck Driver |
| 2010-10-20 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.2 | 1.81 | 0.11 | Truck Driver |
| 2010-10-20 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.52 | 2.58 | 0.20 | Crusher Oper/Worker |
| 2010-10-20 | Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz | 0.13 | 10 | 0.01 | Front-end Loader Operator |
| 2004-07-13 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Laborer, Bullgang | ||
| 2004-07-13 | Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz | 0.18 | 10 | 0.02 | Laborer, Bullgang |
| 2004-07-13 | Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz | 0.96 | 10 | 0.10 | Crusher Oper/Worker |
| 2004-07-13 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Laborer, Bullgang | ||
| 2004-07-13 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Laborer, Bullgang | ||
| 2002-06-26 | Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz | 0.2 | 10 | 0.02 | Truck Driver |
| 2002-06-26 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.47 | 2.81 | 0.17 | Utility Man |
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
72 Plant recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2020.
Injury rate, 2020
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This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.77 and the all-US-mining average was 2.08 cases per 100 workers.
In Iowa, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.24 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
| Year | total case rate | days-away | fatal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2018 * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2017 * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2016 * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2007 * | 7.78 | 7.78 | 0.000 |
| 2004 * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
- L R Falk Construction Company 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 10 |
| 2025 | 9 |
| 2024 | 9 |
| 2023 | 8 |
| 2022 | 9 |
| 2021 | 9 |
| 2020 | 9 |
| 2019 | 6 |
| 2018 | 12 |
| 2017 | 10 |
| 2016 | 9 |
| 2015 | 7 |
| 2014 | 7 |
| 2013 | 6 |
| 2012 | 9 |
| 2011 | 11 |
| 2010 | 10 |
| 2009 | 12 |
| 2008 | 11 |
| 2007 | 10 |
| 2006 | 10 |
| 2005 | 10 |
| 2004 | 9 |
| 2003 | 9 |
| 2002 | 10 |
| 2001 | 11 |
| 2000 | 9 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
72 Plant sits in Mitchell County, Iowa, where the Census mining category is 0.5% of county employment.
Local economic context
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County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.Mitchell County, Iowa · Population 10,548
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$68,704
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q2 | 4,633 | 2 | 0 | 431.7 |
| 2026 Q1 | 2,620 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q4 | 2,125 | 3 | 0 | 1411.8 |
| 2025 Q3 | 3,971 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 4,776 | 2 | 0 | 418.8 |
| 2025 Q1 | 5,538 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 2,913 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 5,066 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q2 | 4,393 | 4 | 0 | 910.5 |
| 2024 Q1 | 845 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q4 | 3,023 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 4,105 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 7,094 | 8 | 2 | 1127.7 |
| 2023 Q1 | 600 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 2,886 | 1 | 0 | 346.5 |
| 2022 Q3 | 5,096 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 6,159 | 5 | 0 | 811.8 |
| 2022 Q1 | 2,530 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 2,934 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 3,620 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 5,029 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 2,097 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 2,448 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 4,402 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 9,401 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 4,674 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 4,756 | 3 | 0 | 630.8 |
| 2019 Q3 | 7,581 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 3,950 | 2 | 0 | 506.3 |
| 2019 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q4 | 5,518 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 10,205 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 5,666 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 2,736 | 1 | 0 | 365.5 |
| 2017 Q4 | 6,746 | 4 | 0 | 592.9 |
| 2017 Q3 | 7,568 | 6 | 1 | 792.8 |
| 2017 Q2 | 5,854 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 1,332 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 4,695 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 6,286 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 7,205 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 3,074 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 3,393 | 1 | 0 | 294.7 |
| 2015 Q3 | 2,950 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 3,043 | 3 | 2 | 985.9 |
| 2015 Q1 | 1,266 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 1,793 | 2 | 1 | 1115.4 |
| 2014 Q3 | 3,635 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 3,651 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 691 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 3,360 | 5 | 2 | 1488.1 |
| 2013 Q3 | 3,999 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 3,939 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 4,209 | 1 | 0 | 237.6 |
| 2012 Q3 | 3,989 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 3,373 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 2,171 | 2 | 0 | 921.2 |
| 2011 Q4 | 3,932 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 2,245 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 4,034 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 1,734 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 2,038 | 4 | 2 | 1962.7 |
| 2010 Q3 | 5,240 | 2 | 1 | 381.7 |
| 2010 Q2 | 5,067 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 428 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 3,230 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 5,465 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 5,565 | 6 | 3 | 1078.2 |
| 2009 Q1 | 476 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 3,185 | 1 | 1 | 314.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 3,765 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 4,476 | 12 | 2 | 2681.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 1,694 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 7,611 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 9,630 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 5,240 | 6 | 0 | 1145.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 3,231 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 4,635 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 4,987 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 5,376 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 4,103 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 4,263 | 6 | 2 | 1407.5 |
| 2005 Q3 | 6,399 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 6,036 | 6 | 1 | 994.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 1,301 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 7,472 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q3 | 6,473 | 2 | 0 | 309.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 6,941 | 4 | 0 | 576.3 |
| 2004 Q1 | 316 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q4 | 6,522 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 6,429 | 5 | 2 | 777.7 |
| 2003 Q2 | 4,559 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 1,252 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q4 | 4,798 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 5,926 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 4,304 | 2 | 0 | 464.7 |
| 2002 Q1 | 682 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q4 | 4,453 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q3 | 2,808 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q2 | 2,866 | 7 | 1 | 2442.4 |
| 2001 Q1 | 1,054 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 | 4,934 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 5,609 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 4,582 | 2 | 0 | 436.5 |
| 2000 Q1 | 1,393 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
7 on file2026 · 1 incident
2015 · 2 incidents
L R Falk Construction Company · Struck by falling object
During the reassembling of a portion of a discharge conveyor a support bolt in a pivot hinge broke allowing the conveyor to fall and injuring 2 miners.
June 19, 2015
IA · Metal/Non-Metal
prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
L R Falk Construction Company · Struck by falling object
During the reassembling of a portion of a discharge conveyor a support bolt in a pivot hinge broke allowing the conveyor to fall and injuring 2 miners.
2007 · 1 incident
June 18, 2007
IA · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
POWERED HAULAGE
L R Falk Construction Company · Struck against a moving object
Driving over rough ground will a bad seat
2002 · 1 incident
L R Falk Construction Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects
TRYING TO FLIP 50' OF 4" WATER DISCHARGE HOSE. DAMAGED ROTATOR CUFF IN LEFT SHOULDER. SURGER WAS DONE 7-3-02.
1997 · 1 incident
January 23, 1997
IA · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
L R Falk Construction Company · Fall from machine
EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING ONTO THE LOADER WHEN THE STEP BROKE. THE CABLE STEP HAD RUSTED IN SIDE THE LADDER, WHEN EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON THE LADDER THE CABLE BROKE, HE FELL TO THE GROUND SEPARATING H IS LEFT SHOULDER.
1994 · 1 incident
October 19, 1994
IA · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
L R Falk Construction Company · Fall from machine
HE WAS ASSEMBLING SURGE BIN. HE WAS STANDING ON H-IRON ON THE REAR OF BIN 7 FT. FROM GROUND WHEN HE LOST HIS GRIP AND JUMPED BACKWARD TO GROUND INJURING RIGHT HEEL WHEN LANDING ON GROUND. LADD ERS WERE AVAILABLE ON THE SITE.