Mining Incidents

Cascade-Locher Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Matthew Paul Horsfield
Epworth, Dubuque County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1302415

Cascade-Locher Pit has $10K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
64
citations
14
significant & substantial
$9,598
proposed penalties
$9,598
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
20
inspections on record
213
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: 213 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Cascade-Locher Pit has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
64 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-06-22.
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
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 207 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,240 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,267 2 0 1578.5
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 474 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,307 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,258 0 0 0.0
Show 38 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 139 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,365 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 699 9 0 12875.5
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 265 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 938 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 688 5 1 7267.4
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q3 988 2 2 2024.3
2017 Q2 1,371 3 0 2188.2
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 52 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,293 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 818 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,343 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,114 3 1 2693.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 652 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 726 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 722 9 1 12465.4
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 1,076 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 876 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 858 5 1 5827.5
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 60 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 812 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,091 6 1 5499.5
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 772 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 768 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 564 6 2 10638.3
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 1,048 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 904 10 4 11061.9
2010 Q2 385 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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