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: 159 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Fostoria Plant has $9K 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
49 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-06-29.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2003-06-10, 23 years ago
4
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (4)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2003-06-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-06-10
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.24
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-06-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2003-06-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2006
3
2005
6
2004
7
2003
5
2002
6
2001
5
2000
4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Fostoria Plant sits in Polk County, Iowa, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Polk County, Iowa · Population 497,441
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$81,621
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
2006 Q1
1,133
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
1,884
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
3,420
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
5,065
10
2
1974.3
2005 Q1
2,163
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
3,371
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
6,176
6
1
971.5
2004 Q2
3,708
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2004 Q1
1,058
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
2,966
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
4,808
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
3,474
4
0
1151.4
2003 Q1
1,090
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
3,011
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
4,694
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
3,408
6
0
1760.6
2002 Q1
1,216
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
2,455
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
3,635
2
1
550.2
2001 Q2
3,185
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
1,076
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
3,009
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
4,772
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
0
21
6
2000 Q1
1,107
0
0
0.0
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
May 16, 1996IA · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorFatality · POWERED HAULAGE
WHILE LOWERING THE SCREENER WITH A LOADER THE INJURED EE WENT TO UNHOOK THE CHAINS ON SCREENER, THOUGHT THE SCREENER WAS ON THE GROUND, SO TOLD LOADER OPERATOR TO LET SLACK OUT OF CHAINS, RESU LTING IN SCREENER COMING, RESTING ON HIS RIGHT FOOT.
1999 · 1 incident
June 9, 1999IA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
CHANGIN A BEARING ON THE TAIL PULLEY BREAKING LOOSE THE BOLTS WITH A BREAKER BAR. WHEN THE BOLT CAME LOOSE HE BUMPED HIS ELBOW ON THE TAIL PULLEY COVER DOOR.
SHOVELING AND SMASHED HIS LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN SHOVEL AND SCREENER.
September 9, 1998IA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
HAD JUST REPLACED THE STARTED ON THE SCRAPER AND WAS REPLACING THE COVER WHEN IT SLIPPED ADN THE EDGE OF THE COVER CAUSED A LACERATION BETWEEN THE THUMB AND INDEX FINGER OF THE LEFT HAND.
May 30, 1998IA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
SHOVELING & HIT RIGHT ELBOW ON PIECE OF EQUIPMENT--SINCE 1ST BUMP HAS HIT THE SAME PLACE 2 MORE TIMES--ONCE ON TRUCK DOOR AND ONCE ON TRAILER--DID NOT REPORT ANY OF THESE INJURIES TILL NOW. NO LOST DAYS ORRESTRICTED DUTY.
1996 · 3 incidents
July 2, 1996IA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON