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: 620 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘA Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2017-06-06.
On record since 2017.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
Belmond Pit has $86K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$86K
proposed penalties
$72K
current assessed
$72K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
203 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $23K in penalties contested before the Commission, $9K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-15.
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.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
8citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
Settled
8 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
60%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$23K proposed, $9K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2017-08-30.
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: 2025-09-30
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
5
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (5)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2025-09-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2020-06-16
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.21
Front-end Loader Operator
2020-06-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
Washer Operator
2020-06-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
Utility Man
2011-06-01
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
1.38
0.12
Washer Operator
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.
Belmond Pit recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2020.
Injury rate, 2020
ⓘ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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
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
2019 *
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
5
2025
5
2024
8
2023
9
2022
9
2021
9
2020
12
2019
11
2018
9
2017
7
2016
6
2015
9
2014
9
2013
8
2012
7
2011
6
2010
6
2009
6
2008
7
2007
6
2006
7
2005
8
2004
7
2003
8
2002
7
2001
7
2000
7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Belmond Pit sits in Wright County, Iowa, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Wright County, Iowa · Population 12,817
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$64,033
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
2026 Q2
4,119
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
1,120
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
2,432
3
0
1233.6
2025 Q3
2,292
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
3,494
2
0
572.4
2025 Q1
480
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
822
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
3,309
2
0
604.4
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
1,153
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
551
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
2,210
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
3,802
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
2,553
9
2
3525.3
2023 Q1
573
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
4,296
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
5,005
15
1
2997.0
2022 Q2
3,628
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
1,739
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
3,592
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
6,147
7
0
1138.8
2021 Q2
5,343
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
1,101
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
6,384
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
6,917
11
5
1590.3
2020 Q2
5,564
21
4
3774.3
2020 Q1
3,805
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
5,606
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
9,382
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
6,337
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
2,651
2
0
754.4
2018 Q4
2,978
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
7,152
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
6,872
5
0
727.6
2018 Q1
2,131
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
2,646
4
0
1511.7
2017 Q3
4,991
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
4,571
10
3
2187.7
2017 Q1
2,649
2
0
755.0
2016 Q4
2,679
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
3,958
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
3,698
4
0
1081.7
2016 Q1
2,985
5
2
1675.0
2015 Q4
4,262
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
5,820
4
1
687.3
2015 Q2
4,890
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
3,405
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
4,127
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
4,098
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
5,584
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
2,125
2
2
941.2
2013 Q4
2,850
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
4,972
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
4,966
8
4
1611.0
2013 Q1
3,386
6
2
1772.0
2012 Q4
4,522
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
4,953
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
4,738
2
0
422.1
2012 Q1
3,900
1
0
256.4
2011 Q4
2,971
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
3,595
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
3,444
7
2
2032.5
2011 Q1
2,212
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
3,655
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
3,502
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
4,427
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
1,914
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
2,684
5
3
1862.9
2009 Q3
3,573
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
3,609
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
2,282
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
3,518
5
0
1421.3
2008 Q3
5,057
4
0
791.0
2008 Q2
4,357
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
2,680
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
4,395
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
5,209
12
0
2303.7
2007 Q2
3,482
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
2,399
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
4,202
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
5,768
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
6,209
5
2
805.3
2006 Q1
2,081
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
3,514
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
4,683
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
4,874
9
2
1846.5
2005 Q1
2,309
1
0
433.1
2004 Q4
4,383
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
4,856
11
5
2265.2
2004 Q2
4,683
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
1,880
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
4,937
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
5,067
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
3,834
10
3
2608.2
2003 Q1
1,112
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
4,561
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
5,783
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
4,429
5
0
1128.9
2002 Q1
1,379
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
5,315
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
5,370
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
3,968
3
0
756.0
2001 Q1
1,898
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
3,205
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
5,522
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
4,618
1
0
216.5
2000 Q1
1,701
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
18 on file
2025 · 1 incident
May 14, 2025IA · Metal/Non-Metalcrusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/workerHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee was cleaning out the grizzly with a sledge hammer when they were hit on the head with a rock that knocked their hard hat off, a second rock fell hitting them in the head
They were putting belt on conveyor. Chain came off of bar holding belt. Belt swung over and hit employee who was on a ladder and tipped him and the ladder over. Broke his left arm
September 20, 2013IA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
We were putting in a tile, I dug the hole about 7'wide 7' deep. We were working on the 2nd half and a shovel fell in. EE said he would get it, I told him no the bank needed cut wider. As I was doing that he went in to get it I yelled for him to stop as the bank was caving. He tried to run but didn't make it.
EE was cutting a conveyor belt and the utility knife slipped and went into his leg just to the side and above the knee. EE was cutting belt in the rain. EE received 2 stitches.
2008 · 1 incident
January 8, 2008IA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was taking the belly pan off 250 E. to wash. Was on his knee's with impact in right hand at arms length above his head. When bolt came loose pan fell and pulled his back trying to get impact out.
2006 · 2 incidents
October 30, 2006IA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanOTHER
Employee was working down by the crusher & it was real windy and got something in his eye. Went to Doctor on 11-1-06. Doctor took a piece out of the top of his left eye & put him on eye drops.
May 22, 2006IA · Metal/Non-Metalcrane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, riggerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
COWORKER WAS RUNNING LOADER. INJURED EE WAS HOOKING TOUNGUE OF CRUSHER INTO THE HITCH ON THE 966C FRONT END LOADER. LOADER PINCHED RIGHT END RING FINGER. THE TIP WAS CUT BADLY.
1999 · 1 incident
June 25, 1999IA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
FOGGY PAVEMENT WAS WET DRIVER WAS COMING BACK FROM A DELIVERY (HWY #69 SO LINCOLN TOWNSHIP,SECTION 11/12 TRACKS) DRIVER DID NOT SEE SIGNAL LIGHT S COME ON AT THE RR CROSSING DRIVER WAS APPROX 100 YDS FROM RR CROSSING SAW ENGINE OF LEFT SIDEAPPROX 150 YARDS AWAY.TO TRY AND SLOW TRUCK DOWN DRIVER HIT GUARD RAIL,HIT SIGNAL POLE POSSIBLE THEN HAD HIT THE ENGINE OF THE TRAIN.AT THIS TIM
1991 · 1 incident
July 24, 1991IA · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverEXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
EMPLOYEE WAS HAULING MATERAIL FOR STOCKPILE WHEN FRONT LEFT TIRE ON THE TRUCK BLEW-OUT CAUSING THE STEERING WHEEL TO ABRUPTLY PULL TO THE LEFT AND JOLTING AND TWISTING THE DRIVER'S ARMS AND SH OULDERS AS HE TRIED TO KEEP IT UNDER CONTROL. THERE WAS NO NOTICEABLE INJURY AT THE TIME, BUT THE EMPLOYEE BEGAN TO HAVE BACK AND SHOULDER PAINS A FEW DAYS LATER.
1990 · 1 incident
September 10, 1990IA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
INJ REMOVING JAM FROM JAW OF PORTABLE ROCK CRUSHER USING METAL TOOL BAR.BAR WAS CAUGHT AND THROWN BACK STRIKING RIGHT EYE.DAMAGE TO RIGHT WAS EXTENSIVE RIGHT EYE WAS BEYOND REPAIR AND SURGICAL LY REMOVED.