Mining Incidents

Centerville Shop: 24 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

L & W Quarries, Inc. · Facility
Controlled by Rasmussen Group Inc
Centerville, Appanoose County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1302357

Centerville Shop has $3K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
24
citations
3
significant & substantial
$2,903
proposed penalties
$2,903
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
23
inspections on record
234
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: 234 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Centerville Shop has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
24 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $600 in penalties contested before the Commission, $600 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-05-31.
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.
12.5%
significant & substantial
16.7%
high negligence or reckless
12.5%
reasonably likely or greater
16.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 4.2% low, 79.2% moderate, 16.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
6 citations taken to the federal commission · 25% of citations on record
  • Settled 6 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$600 proposed, $600 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 2008-04-16.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
CENT 2008-496M Settlement Lesnick 2009 $600 → $600
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
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: 2014-01-08, 12 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
5
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz2
  • Arsenic fumes1
  • Beryllium fumes1
  • Cadmium oxide fumes1
Show the individual readings (17)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2014-01-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.37 2.54 0.15 Mechanic
2014-01-08 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.21 10 0.02 Mechanic
2010-02-24 Arsenic fumes 0 1500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2010-02-24 Beryllium fumes 0 6 0.00 Welder, etc.
2010-02-24 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2010-02-24 Chromium, insoluble 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2010-02-24 Cobalt fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2010-02-24 Copper fumes 30.2 300 0.10 Welder, etc.
2010-02-24 Nickel fumes 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2010-02-24 Lead fumes 0 450 0.00 Welder, etc.
2010-02-24 Magnesium oxide fumes 0.07 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2010-02-24 Manganese fumes 0.15 5 0.03 Welder, etc.
2010-02-24 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2010-02-24 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2010-02-24 Zinc oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2010-02-24 Iron oxide fumes 2.09 20 0.10 Welder, etc.
2010-02-24 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.4 10 0.04 Mechanic
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.
Ownership history
  1. L & W Quarries, Inc. 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2017 4
2016 2
2015 2
2014 3
2013 1
2012 1
2011 1
2010 1
2009 1
2008 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Centerville Shop sits in Appanoose County, Iowa, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Appanoose County, Iowa · Population 12,242
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$51,146
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
2017 Q1 2,132 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 674 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 842 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,109 1 0 901.7
2016 Q1 722 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,287 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 766 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,137 0 0 0.0
Show 29 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q1 723 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 848 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 970 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 902 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,589 1 0 629.3
2013 Q4 524 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 513 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 537 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 512 3 0 5859.4
2012 Q4 516 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 560 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 665 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 622 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 662 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 646 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 701 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 609 6 3 9852.2
2010 Q4 676 1 0 1479.3
2010 Q3 683 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 740 2 0 2702.7
2010 Q1 644 1 0 1552.8
2009 Q4 587 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 651 1 0 1536.1
2009 Q2 655 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 651 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 636 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 687 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 775 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 710 8 0 11267.6

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.