Mining Incidents

Alden Portable Plant #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Portable Hardin, Hardin County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1302031

Alden Portable Plant #1 has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
22
Years on record
1985–2006
Latest incident
May 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
59
citations
9
significant & substantial
$6,735
proposed penalties
$6,735
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
36
inspections on record
392
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 392 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Alden Portable Plant #1 has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
59 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-08-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 1,556 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 6,883 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 5,770 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,893 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 6,231 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 10,863 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 4,971 0 0 0.0
Show 67 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q3 4,756 1 0 210.3
2016 Q2 5,545 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,937 2 0 681.0
2015 Q4 6,550 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 6,379 1 0 156.8
2015 Q2 6,753 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 4,368 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 5,382 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 6,835 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 6,606 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 3,693 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 4,752 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 5,659 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 6,023 1 0 166.0
2013 Q1 3,729 5 2 1340.8
2012 Q4 4,172 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,188 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 5,120 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 5,452 5 0 917.1
2011 Q4 6,143 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 7,246 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 6,932 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 4,607 2 1 434.1
2010 Q4 6,872 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 6,579 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 4,464 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 5,212 2 0 383.7
2009 Q4 5,860 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 8,127 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 6,782 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 4,131 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 4,958 3 0 605.1
2008 Q3 5,732 8 3 1395.7
2008 Q2 5,689 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,706 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,947 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,160 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 5,028 3 0 596.7
2007 Q1 4,531 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 5,197 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 5,454 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5,850 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 5,438 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 5,538 5 0 902.9
2005 Q3 6,694 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 6,616 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 5,494 4 0 728.1
2004 Q4 5,640 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 5,543 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,749 8 2 1684.6
2004 Q1 5,500 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 6,069 4 0 659.1
2003 Q3 4,903 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,773 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,334 1 0 299.9
2002 Q4 3,882 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,348 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 5,581 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,689 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,382 2 0 456.4
2001 Q3 5,461 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 5,286 2 1 378.4
2001 Q1 3,258 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,123 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,472 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,259 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,807 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

22 on file

2006 · 1 incident

May 31, 2006 IA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Martin Marietta Materials Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was helping unplug a hammer mill. He inserted a steel bar into a clean put door just as the spinner was rocked over. A hammer caught the end of the bar and kicked it causing it to strike the employee in the right side of his face. The resulting injury was a broken jaw.

2003 · 1 incident

June 13, 2003 IA · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING PUT A DECK BACK IN A SCREEN. WHEN THE DECK SLID INTO PLACE IT PINCHED THE EE'S THUMB AND TORE THE SKIN OFF THE END.

2002 · 1 incident

September 19, 2002 IA · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE ALLEDGEDLY TRIPPED ON A POWER CORD. HE FELL LANDING ON BOTH HANDS AND COMPLAINED OF A SORE RT. WRIST. HE DID NOT INFORM MANAGEMENT OF HIS INJURY UNTIL THE FOLLOWING DAY 9/20/02. HE WAS EXAMINED BY A LOCAL DR. & GIVEN A WRIST BRACE & A 10 LB. WEIGHT RESTRICTION FOR SEVEN DAYS.

1999 · 2 incidents

May 28, 1999 IA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE ALLEDGES HE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF A CASE SKID STEER LOADER WHEN HE TRIPPED ON HIS SHOE LACES OR THE LOADER BUCKET AND STRAINED HIS BACK. EMPLOYEE REPORTED THE ACCIDENT ON 06/02/99.

April 27, 1999 IA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Fall from ladders

EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN A LADDER TO GET A SCREEN RUBBER. HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN THE SCREENING PLANT LADDER WHEN HE LOST HIS HAND GRIP ON THE LADDER. HE FELL APPROX SIX FEET, LANDED ON THE GROUND, A ND BROKE HIS RIGHT HEEL IN THE PROCESS.

1998 · 1 incident

March 10, 1998 IA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PLACING GUARD FOR HAMMER WILL DRIVE SHAFT INTO POSITION. GUARD SLIPPED OUT OF EE RIGHT HAND AND PINCHED AND BROKE HIS LEFT THUMB IN A PINCH POINT. I AM TRYING TO REMOVE HIS HAND FROM TH E PINCH POINT, THEEE TWISTED HIS ALREADY BROKEN THUMB.

1997 · 1 incident

August 12, 1997 IA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REPLACING HAMMMER MILL TIPS BY POUNDING ON THEM WITH A HAMMER. A CHIP FROM THE EE'S HAMMER BROKE OFF AND STRUCK THE EE INTHE LOWER RIGHTCHEST AREA UNDER THE RIB CAGE. THE EMBEDDED CHIP WAS EXAMINED BY 2 DRS WHO RECOMMEDED LEAVING THECHIP EMBEDDED.

1995 · 2 incidents

August 31, 1995 IA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING ROCK FROM CATWALK. RACK ROLLED AGAINST CAT WALK FRAME AND SMASHED EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT THUMB.

February 21, 1995 IA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WALKING AFTER PANTS WHEN HE SLIPPED ON SNOW COVERED ICE STRAINING HIS LOWER BACK. THE CONDITION HAS CONTINUED TO RECIVED CAUSING THE EE TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION ON 7-20-95. AT THIS TIM E HE WAS PLACED ON WORK RESTRICTIONS FOR LIFTINGAND MOVEMENT.

1993 · 1 incident

October 11, 1993 IA · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO CUT A STEEL PLATE WITH A CUTTING TORCH WHEN A PAINT CHIP ERUPTED FROM THE PLATE SURFACE.THE CHIP BLEW UNDER THE CUTTING SHIELD & EMPLOYEE'S SAFETY GLASSES & EMBEDDED ITSELF IN HIS PUPIL OF HIS RIGHT EYE.

1991 · 3 incidents

November 6, 1991 IA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS APPARENTLY WALKING TOWARDS HIS STOCKPILE TRUCK AND STEPPED INTO THE PATH OF ANOTHER TRUCK WHICH WAS BACKING UNDER A BIN. THE EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A COMPOUND FRACTURE TO HIS LEFT LEG, A COLLAPSED LUNG, AND SOME BROKEN RIBS.

October 10, 1991 IA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HAD OPERATED A DOZER FOR TWO DAYS. AFTER THE SECOND DAY HE COMPLAINED OF LOWER BACK PAIN.

August 28, 1991 IA · Metal/Non-Metal pumper POWERED HAULAGE
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HELPING REMOVE SHAFT FROM CRUSHER USING HOIST IT SHIFTED PINNED HAND BETWEEN SHEAVE AND PTO SHAFT

1990 · 2 incidents

December 17, 1990 IA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STATED THAT HE BENT OVER TO HEAT THE LOCK ON THE GATE SO HE COULD UNLOCK IT. WHILE DOING THIS HE STATED HE STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK.

November 12, 1990 IA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE WAS TRYING TO FREE A JAM UP INT HE PRIMARY WITH A CHAIN AND FELT SOME PAIN. HE STATED THE PAIN BECAME WORSE THE NEXT DAY FROM BOUNCING IN THE LOADER. HE WAS DIAGNOISE D AS HAVING A HERNIA.

1989 · 3 incidents

July 26, 1989 IA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF HIS TRUCK WHEN HE SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIS ELBOW ON THE STEP, INJURYING HIS RIGHT ELBOW.

July 25, 1989 IA · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING DILL STEEL WHEN COUPLER FELL OFF HAMMER AND ONTO HARD HAT AND BACK, BRUISING HIS BACK.

July 6, 1989 IA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OFF PLANT AND GOT LEG CAUGHT ON A GUARD WHILE HE WAS STEPPING DOWN TWISTING KNEE ON LEFT LEG.

1988 · 3 incidents

July 27, 1988 IA · Metal/Non-Metal IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS BURNING TRASH. AS EMPLOYEE WAS SCRAPING BURNING SCRAPS TOGETHER AN AEROSE CAN EXPLODED. THE CAN WAS A CRC PENETRATING OIL CAN. HIS RIGHT FOREARM WAS 60% COVERED WITH BURNS.

July 11, 1988 IA · Metal/Non-Metal coal sampler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYE WAS TRANSFERING ROCK FROM ONE PAN TO ANOTHER PAN FOR DRYING AND TESTING WHEN SHE EXPERIENCED A SHARP PAIN IN HER SHOULDER AND NECK.

March 24, 1988 IA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP. WAS ASSISTING IN THE REPLACEMENT OF A CONVEYOR BELT WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL BETWEEN THE CATWALK AND BIN. THIS RESULTED IN CUTS TO HIS LEFT FOREARM AND BRUISED BIG TOE REQUIRE D FOUR STITCHES TO CLOSE WOUND.

1985 · 1 incident

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