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Geode Wash Plant: 17 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by CRH PLC
Burlington, Des Moines County, IA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1302151

Geode Wash Plant has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1989–2008
Latest incident
Jul 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
17
citations
2
significant & substantial
$2,036
proposed penalties
$2,036
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Cessford Construction Co's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
40
inspections on record
341
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: 341 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Geode Wash Plant has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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
17 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $200 in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-06-26.
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.
11.8%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
11.8%
reasonably likely or greater
82.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 17.6% low, 82.4% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 12% of citations on record
  • Vacated or withdrawn 2 · 100%
100%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$200 proposed, $0 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2014-05-05.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
CENT 2014-0346 Withdrawal Miller 2014 $100 → $0
CENT 2014-10M Withdrawal Simonton 2014 $100 → $0
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2023-11-14
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
3
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-11-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 Bobcat Operator
2019-04-30 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0 10 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-04-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 1.71 0.15 Supervisor, Co. Official
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.
Ownership history
  1. Cessford Construction Company 1988 to 2008
  2. Cessford Construction Co 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 1
2024 4
2023 3
2022 3
2021 3
2020 2
2019 2
2018 1
2017 3
2016 3
2015 3
2014 4
2013 4
2012 4
2011 5
2010 6
2009 2
2008 2
2007 3
2006 2
2005 3
2004 2
2003 2
2002 2
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Geode Wash Plant sits in Des Moines County, Iowa, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Des Moines County, Iowa · Population 38,597
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$60,662
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
2026 Q2 574 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 255 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 305 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 736 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 64 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,265 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 439 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 331 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 1,568 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,599 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,387 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 73 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 334 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 786 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 58 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 655 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,519 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 478 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 244 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 274 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 291 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 197 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 223 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 509 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 318 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 368 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 317 2 1 6309.1
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 144 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 128 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 438 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 403 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,036 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 989 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 230 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 920 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,183 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,572 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 606 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,162 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,005 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,807 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,458 2 1 1371.7
2013 Q4 2,152 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,320 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,252 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 738 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,400 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,078 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,141 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 802 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,289 2 0 1551.6
2011 Q3 2,583 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,519 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,178 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 4,480 2 0 446.4
2010 Q3 4,460 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,844 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 500 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 891 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,118 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,088 2 0 1838.2
2009 Q1 1,081 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 857 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,052 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,161 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 647 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 941 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,069 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,031 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 320 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 553 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 537 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 538 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,041 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,456 3 0 2060.4
2005 Q3 2,093 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 663 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,014 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,111 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,154 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 992 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,196 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,103 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,268 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,306 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,008 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,052 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,393 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,316 3 0 2279.6
2002 Q1 1,168 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,151 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,396 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,303 1 0 767.5
2001 Q1 976 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,070 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,401 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,344 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,199 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2008 · 1 incident

July 9, 2008 IA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cessford Construction Co · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Caught thumb between screen and screen box causing bruise.

1997 · 1 incident

March 19, 1997 IA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Cessford Construction Company · Flash burns (welding)

EE ASSISTING WELDER--JUST GOT FLASH IN BOTH EYES.

1989 · 1 incident

August 25, 1989 IA · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant POWERED HAULAGE
Cessford Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL FILLED ROCK SAMPLER OFF RETURN BELT OFF IMPACTOR 2 WHEN HE WAS ABOUT FINISHED GETTING SAMPLE HIS SAMPLER CAUGHT ON BELT TURNING SAMPLER SIDEWAYS AND CUTTING THE R INDEX FINGER