Mining Incidents

DSM Portable Sand Metal/Non-Metal

Marshall Town, Marshall County, IA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1302504

DSM Portable Sand has $2K 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
1
Years on record
2025
Latest incident
Sep 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2022
10
citations
1
significant & substantial
$2,184
proposed penalties
$2,184
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2021
10
inspections on record
95
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: 95 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

DSM Portable Sand has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
9 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-25.
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 2,829 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,997 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 5,073 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,032 3 1 989.4
2024 Q4 2,725 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,136 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 4,646 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 4,573 0 0 0.0
Show 11 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 5,946 1 0 168.2
2023 Q3 4,174 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,662 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,568 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,712 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,925 3 0 1558.4
2022 Q2 1,318 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,284 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 1,975 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,828 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2025 · 1 incident

September 10, 2025 IA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Materials · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee Strained arm while tightening a ratchet strap.

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