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: 308 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
BEAN-VISSER PIT has $28K 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.
$28K
proposed penalties
$24K
current assessed
$24K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
59 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $15K in penalties contested before the Commission, $11K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-11-02.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Health sampling
ⓘ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)
ⓘ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: 2004-06-15, 22 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (4)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2004-06-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.26
1.01
0.26
Dredge/Barge Operator
2004-06-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2003-06-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2003-06-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2008
0
2007
3
2006
2
2005
2
2004
2
2003
2
2002
2
2001
2
2000
2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
BEAN-VISSER PIT sits in Marion County, Iowa, where the Census mining category is 0.2% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘ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.
Marion County, Iowa · Population 33,551
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$78,059
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2008 Q3
0
0
0
2008 Q2
0
0
0
2008 Q1
0
0
0
2007 Q4
834
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
837
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
527
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
0
0
0
2006 Q4
587
4
3
6814.3
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2006 Q3
865
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
828
3
2
3623.2
2006 Q1
589
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
589
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
1,059
4
1
3777.1
2005 Q2
999
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
218
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
1,252
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
857
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
859
9
4
10477.3
2004 Q1
69
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
408
2
1
4902.0
2003 Q3
684
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
982
2
0
2036.7
2003 Q1
819
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
1,112
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
1,012
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
1,124
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
715
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
1,008
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
1,043
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
1,057
12
0
11352.9
2001 Q1
542
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
996
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
691
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
1,348
11
9
8160.2
2000 Q1
912
14
1
15350.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
7 on file
2005 · 1 incident
July 29, 2005IA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY