Mining Incidents

Elkhorn/Otho Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Fort Dodge, Webster County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1302414

Elkhorn/Otho Quarry has $800 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 2014
7
citations
1
significant & substantial
$800
proposed penalties
$800
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
8
inspections on record
43
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: 43 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Elkhorn/Otho Quarry has $800 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.
$800
proposed penalties
$800
current assessed
$800
paid to date
$0
outstanding
7 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-11-15.
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
2018 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 9,357 4 0 427.5
2017 Q3 1,737 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 13,070 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 11,736 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 13,965 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 12,520 1 0 79.9
2016 Q2 10,411 0 0 0.0
Show 7 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q1 8,100 1 0 123.5
2015 Q4 4,517 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 9,893 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 6,254 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 10,208 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 4,757 1 1 210.2
2010 Q2 4,602 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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