Mining Incidents

G-P Fort Dodge Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Koch Industries Inc
Fort Dodge, Webster County, IA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1302461

G-P Fort Dodge Quarry has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $604 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2022–2025
Latest incident
Sep 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2017
39
citations
1
significant & substantial
$5,317
proposed penalties
$4,713
paid to date
89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $604 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2017
28
inspections on record
273
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: 273 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

G-P Fort Dodge Quarry has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $604 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$604
outstanding
35 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-28.
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 11,995 2 0 166.7
2025 Q3 13,296 1 0 75.2
2025 Q2 12,218 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 11,927 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 10,222 3 0 293.5
2024 Q3 12,369 4 0 323.4
2024 Q2 11,767 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 9,586 1 0 104.3
Show 27 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 11,398 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 10,683 1 0 93.6
2023 Q2 10,499 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 9,951 4 0 402.0
2022 Q4 10,824 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 9,644 2 0 207.4
2022 Q2 9,620 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 8,563 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 7,832 1 0 127.7
2021 Q3 7,364 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 7,674 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 6,615 3 0 453.5
2020 Q4 6,420 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 6,628 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 7,809 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 6,697 1 0 149.3
2019 Q4 6,062 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 6,745 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 6,072 3 1 494.1
2019 Q1 6,773 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 12,323 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 7,011 4 0 570.5
2018 Q2 5,779 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,680 2 0 746.3
2017 Q4 3,892 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,359 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,259 3 0 1328.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2025 · 1 incident

September 16, 2025 IA · Metal/Non-Metal water truck operator POWERED HAULAGE
Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC · Struck against a moving object

Operator was watering travel route from stripping area to spoil area. Operator made a pass up the hill and turned around to head back when they crossed into the area they wet prior. The truck began to slide, operator overcorrected turning the truck onto its side. When the truck overturned the operator hit their head against the truck ROPS. Operator did have seatbelt on.

2023 · 1 incident

November 7, 2023 IA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Mine operator arrived at site riding with a co-worker, operator got out of personal vehicle in employee parking and walked to the site Haul truck parking location wearing slides (sandals) not approved PPE, before clocking in, as the employee went over the berm their left leg got stuck in the mud, the operator tripped backwards spraining their Left Knee.

2022 · 1 incident

April 6, 2022 IA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Operator was walking in a muddy area when boot got stuck in mud, EE attempted to pull boot out of mud, the force of the pulling motion caused them to trip backwards and caused a small stress fracture on top of foot, leading to 1 day lost time for swelling and requiring a brace.

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