Mining Incidents

Fredonia Sand Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Thomas R Scott
Fredonia, Louisa County, IA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1302453

Fredonia Sand Plant has $1K 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 2018
10
citations
0
significant & substantial
$1,305
proposed penalties
$1,305
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
14
inspections on record
162
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: 162 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Fredonia Sand Plant has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
10 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-06-13.
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 2,276 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,744 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,364 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 919 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,111 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,303 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,346 1 0 426.3
2024 Q1 1,614 0 0 0.0
Show 33 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,220 2 0 1639.3
2023 Q3 2,434 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,500 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,523 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,853 1 0 539.7
2022 Q3 1,154 1 0 866.6
2022 Q2 2,425 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,464 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,237 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,255 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,315 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,391 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,549 1 0 392.3
2020 Q3 2,735 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,794 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,709 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,285 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,574 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,794 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,841 1 0 543.2
2018 Q4 3,008 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,432 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,830 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,593 3 0 1883.2
2017 Q4 3,030 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,871 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,341 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,543 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,247 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,549 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,356 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 2,237 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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