Mining Incidents

Brick Yard Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Brickworks Limited
Sergeant Bluff, Woodbury County, IA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1302220

Brick Yard Pit has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
100
citations
21
significant & substantial
$12,739
proposed penalties
$9,177
paid to date
72% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,562 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
55
inspections on record
621
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: 621 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Brick Yard Pit has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
96 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-07.
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
2025 Q4 195 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 200 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 165 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 85 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 175 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 205 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 180 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 90 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 195 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 195 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 195 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 42 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 205 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 215 2 0 9302.3
2022 Q2 245 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 220 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 190 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 192 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 220 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 185 1 0 5405.4
2020 Q3 190 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 108 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 20 3 0 150000.0
2019 Q3 140 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 72 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 12 7 0 583333.3
2018 Q4 158 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 147 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 132 12 6 90909.1
2018 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 44 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 186 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 136 3 1 22058.8
2017 Q1 6 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 82 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 66 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 77 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 71 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 91 2 1 21978.0
2015 Q2 88 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 537 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,024 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 20 3 3 150000.0
2014 Q2 125 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 6 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 4 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 144 15 7 104166.7
2013 Q2 324 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 130 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 147 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 155 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 200 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 200 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 200 2 0 10000.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 1,370 7 0 5109.5
2010 Q2 2,456 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,875 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 951 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 4,671 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,092 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 2,037 5 1 2454.6
2008 Q3 3,979 2 0 502.6
2008 Q2 3,255 3 0 921.7
2008 Q1 1,869 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,623 4 0 1525.0
2007 Q3 1,086 1 0 920.8
2007 Q2 51 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 980 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,442 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,396 2 0 834.7
2005 Q4 455 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 466 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 730 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,586 2 0 1261.0
2004 Q4 1,901 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 0 0 0
2004 Q2 2,490 5 1 2008.0
2004 Q1 1,669 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 0 0 0
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 934 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,151 6 1 1445.4
2002 Q3 694 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 1,321 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 1,949 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 2,516 12 0 4769.5
2000 Q3 247 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 113 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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