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CREW THREE: 179 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Douds Stone LLC · Surface
Controlled by Daniel Ryan Roberts
Ottumwa, Keokuk County, IA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1302051

CREW THREE has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1989–2022
Latest incident
Sep 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
179
citations
26
significant & substantial
$25,732
proposed penalties
$25,581
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $151 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Douds Stone LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
72
inspections on record
1,115
inspection hours
16.1
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.
179 citations across 1,115 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

CREW THREE has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$26K
proposed penalties
$26K
current assessed
$26K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
178 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $501 in penalties contested before the Commission, $350 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-02.
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.
14.5%
significant & substantial
3.9%
high negligence or reckless
14.5%
reasonably likely or greater
49.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 19.0% low, 77.1% moderate, 3.9% 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.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 50%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 50%
30%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$501 proposed, $350 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 2023-06-11.
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 2023-0206 Settlement 2024 $376 → $350
CENT 2021-0185 Dismissal 2021 $125 → $0
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: 2025-04-10
3%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
45
samples
33
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz291 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg10
  • Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz5
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (45)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2010-03-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.66 0.58 1.14 Truck Driver
2025-04-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.56 2.04 0.27 Cleanup Man
2024-12-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2024-12-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.46 1.47 0.31 Cleanup Man
2024-12-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Lab Technician
2024-09-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.52 0.27 Bulldozer Operator
2024-09-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2024-09-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2023-04-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 Truck Driver
2023-04-20 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 7.37 10 0.74 Cleanup Man
2023-04-20 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 4.3 10 0.43 Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-04-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2020-03-12 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.68 10 0.07 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-03-12 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.82 10 0.08 Truck Driver
2020-03-12 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 2.97 10 0.30 Cleanup Man
2019-04-03 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 10 0.02 Truck Driver
2019-04-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2019-04-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.53 Truck Driver
2015-06-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.42 1.57 0.27 Cleanup Man
2012-11-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2012-11-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 2.13 0.15 Cleanup Man
2012-11-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 1.53 0.14 Truck Driver
2012-11-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Drill Operator, Rotary
2012-03-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.82 0.83 0.99 Cleanup Man
2012-03-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.7 0.44 Truck Driver
2012-03-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.85 0.95 0.89 Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-03-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.5 1.41 0.35 Cleanup Man
2011-03-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.71 0.25 Truck Driver
2011-03-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2010-03-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.93 1.18 0.79 Cleanup Man
2010-03-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.32 0.58 0.55 Truck Driver
2010-03-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 1.08 0.17 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-11-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2004-11-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.81 2.98 0.27 Laborer, Bullgang
2004-11-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.64 2.69 0.24 Utility Man
2004-11-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.97 0.32 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-11-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.47 2.61 0.18 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2003-10-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 0.89 0.43 Laborer, Bullgang
2003-10-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.4 0.67 0.60 Laborer, Bullgang
2003-10-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.82 2.01 0.41 Laborer, Bullgang
2003-01-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.56 2.27 0.25 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-01-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.8 3.1 0.26 Drill Operator, Rotary
2003-01-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.39 1.22 0.32 Truck Driver
2003-01-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.52 2.93 0.18 Truck Driver
2003-01-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.94 1.28 0.73 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.

CREW THREE recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ 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
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Iowa, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.72 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
2025 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 6.79 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 7.15 7.15 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 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.
Ownership history
  1. Kaser Corp 1985 to 1997
  2. Martin Marietta Aggregates 1997 to 2002
  3. Douds Stone, Inc. 2002 to 2012
  4. Douds Stone LLC 2012 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 14
2025 11
2024 13
2023 15
2022 20
2021 23
2020 24
2019 21
2018 19
2017 23
2016 21
2015 20
2014 22
2013 21
2012 18
2011 18
2010 18
2009 17
2008 18
2007 23
2006 29
2005 27
2004 24
2003 24
2002 7
2001 11
2000 11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

CREW THREE sits in Keokuk County, Iowa, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Keokuk County, Iowa · Population 9,964
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$60,856
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 7,798 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 4,240 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 3,476 2 0 575.4
2025 Q3 7,031 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 8,108 4 0 493.3
2025 Q1 4,451 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 6,426 1 0 155.6
2024 Q3 8,571 4 0 466.7
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 8,155 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 5,544 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 7,741 6 1 775.1
2023 Q3 8,669 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 8,369 5 1 597.4
2023 Q1 4,339 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 6,960 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 8,422 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 9,755 1 0 102.5
2022 Q1 4,307 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 7,538 4 0 530.6
2021 Q3 8,150 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 8,530 2 1 234.5
2021 Q1 4,296 3 0 698.3
2020 Q4 7,362 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 8,721 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 7,437 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 4,463 6 1 1344.4
2019 Q4 7,267 1 0 137.6
2019 Q3 8,307 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 6,779 1 0 147.5
2019 Q1 4,429 5 0 1128.9
2018 Q4 7,243 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 8,047 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 7,457 4 0 536.4
2018 Q1 1,827 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 6,071 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 7,885 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 7,939 6 0 755.8
2017 Q1 5,645 3 0 531.4
2016 Q4 7,458 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 8,041 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 7,641 2 0 261.7
2016 Q1 7,174 4 1 557.6
2015 Q4 7,444 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 8,173 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 9,603 3 1 312.4
2015 Q1 4,957 4 1 806.9
2014 Q4 8,400 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 7,944 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 7,668 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 5,400 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 7,236 5 1 691.0
2013 Q3 7,138 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 7,274 2 0 275.0
2013 Q1 4,786 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 4,984 2 1 401.3
2012 Q3 7,984 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 7,733 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 5,323 4 2 751.5
2011 Q4 7,777 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 7,634 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 7,237 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,891 8 0 4230.6
2010 Q4 7,291 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 7,722 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 7,913 1 0 126.4
2010 Q1 3,350 5 0 1492.5
2009 Q4 3,179 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 6,035 1 1 165.7
2009 Q2 7,187 3 2 417.4
2009 Q1 4,123 2 0 485.1
2008 Q4 6,036 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 7,724 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 8,211 1 0 121.8
2008 Q1 1,966 2 0 1017.3
2007 Q4 7,556 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 8,258 4 0 484.4
2007 Q2 9,053 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 7,423 4 0 538.9
2006 Q4 10,834 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 12,613 2 0 158.6
2006 Q2 13,082 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 11,944 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 13,601 5 0 367.6
2005 Q3 12,325 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 13,481 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 11,668 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 11,802 10 4 847.3
2004 Q3 11,684 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 11,902 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 9,985 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 13,813 5 0 362.0
2003 Q3 12,875 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 12,681 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 9,811 4 1 407.7
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 1,567 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 5,618 6 0 1068.0
2002 Q1 2,544 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,690 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 6,471 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 6,622 6 3 906.1
2001 Q1 2,504 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,196 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 6,438 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 5,007 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 495 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

2022 · 1 incident

September 28, 2022 IA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Douds Stone LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

IE WAS HOLDING A HAMMER AGAINST A PIN. A COWORKER WAS USING SECOND HAMMER TO HIT THE FIRST HAMMER TRYING TO JOLT PIN FREE. TWO SMALL PIECES OF METAL BROKE OFF THE HAMMER IE WAS HOLDING AND PUNCTURED IE'S RIGHT HAND.

2020 · 1 incident

December 18, 2020 IA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Douds Stone LLC · Struck by flying object

The miner hit a large safety pin on a dolly leg of a surge bin with a hammer. The miner felt something hit left eye as miner bent over to swing the hammer. The miner left the mine site near the end of the shift without telling supervisor miner was hurt.

2015 · 1 incident

March 9, 2015 IA · Metal/Non-Metal crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Douds Stone LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While trouble shooting an issue with the primary crusher, the employee was rotating the impeller by hand when his glove caught between the impeller and the liner pinching the tip of his right middle finger.

2012 · 1 incident

November 7, 2012 IA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Douds Stone, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While working the lime stockpile, a large portion of lime broke loose and hit the loader directly behind and to the left of the lift arms. The bent the bracket holding the outside mirror bring it through the door window. This caused the operator to sustain several superficial lacerations on his left arm.

2010 · 1 incident

August 3, 2010 IA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Douds Stone, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While assisting in the performance of maintenance on a Cat 330 excavator, employee struck in the right jaw area of his face with a glancing blow of a 16 pound sledge hammer. He was holding a metal bar, "with the use of a tie line"; the hammer glanced off the bar and still managed to strike him in the right jaw area of his face.

2009 · 1 incident

July 20, 2009 IA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman FIRE
Douds Stone, Inc. · Contact with hot objects or substances

While trouble shooting a stack conveyor, where the belt was not moving, employee disconnected the power source. When he pulled the lever down, it failed, causing a flash fire.

2003 · 1 incident

January 20, 2003 IA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Douds Stone, Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

ON THE 20TH OF JANUARY 2003 AT APPROXIMATELY 3:20 PM EE A LOADER OPERATOR FOR DOUDS STONE, INC WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A 4" WATER LINE THAT WAS USED TO PUMP WATER FROM THE PIT TO A SETTLING POND, WEATHER CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WAS CLEAR AND COLD, +OR- 17 DEGREES AND THEWATER LINE WAS FROZEN IN THE MUD. WHILE PULLING ON THE WATER LINE HE FELT A TWINGE AND BURNING

1995 · 1 incident

October 24, 1995 IA · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent MACHINERY
Kaser Corp · Fall from machine

EMP HAD PARKED THE DOZER ON AN INCLINE AND HAD GOTTEN OUT OT MOVE AN ELECTRICAL CABLE. WHEN HE CLIMBED BACK ONTO THE DOZER IT BEGAN TO ROLL. THE EMP JUMPED CLEAR OF THE DOZER LANDING IN A SHAL LOW PITCH. THE LANDING FRACTURED HIS RT ANKLE. THE DOZER ROLLED APPROX 120' AND STOPPED.

1989 · 1 incident

August 7, 1989 IA · Metal/Non-Metal pumper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kaser Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE MAN WAS TIGHTENING SOME 1 INCH BOLTS ONA FEEDER WITH A WRENCH AND OVEREXERTED HIMSELF CAUSING A STRAGILATED HERNIA