Mining Incidents

Iowa Grading 2 Metal/Non-Metal

Des Moines, Polk County, IA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1302316

Iowa Grading 2 has $5K 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 2009
32
citations
4
significant & substantial
$4,905
proposed penalties
$4,905
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
40
inspections on record
451
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: 451 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Iowa Grading 2 has $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
32 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-05.
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 5,797 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,610 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 6,700 1 0 149.3
2025 Q1 5,975 1 0 167.4
2024 Q4 6,288 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 6,216 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 4,872 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 6,780 0 0 0.0
Show 72 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 6,454 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 6,849 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 7,100 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 6,974 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 7,568 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 8,617 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 7,284 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 5,696 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 8,015 3 0 374.3
2021 Q3 7,291 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 8,253 1 0 121.2
2021 Q1 5,592 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 8,841 2 0 226.2
2020 Q3 8,184 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 7,721 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 7,172 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 8,731 1 0 114.5
2019 Q3 9,068 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,353 1 0 298.2
2019 Q1 7,792 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 8,862 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 8,124 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 8,779 1 0 113.9
2018 Q1 7,430 1 0 134.6
2017 Q4 9,220 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 8,507 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 9,122 1 0 109.6
2017 Q1 7,406 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 8,998 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 9,324 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 9,786 4 2 408.7
2016 Q1 7,645 4 2 523.2
2015 Q4 7,880 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 12,284 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 7,307 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 6,372 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 7,144 1 0 140.0
2014 Q3 5,752 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 7,432 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 7,424 1 0 134.7
2013 Q4 7,526 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 8,144 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 8,285 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 7,279 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 6,133 2 0 326.1
2012 Q3 7,994 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 7,965 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 7,432 2 0 269.1
2011 Q4 7,366 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 7,946 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 7,409 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 6,433 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 8,683 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 7,609 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 7,420 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 4,586 3 0 654.2
2009 Q4 3,646 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 6,421 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 5,581 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,380 2 0 840.3
2008 Q4 4,813 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 7,925 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 6,854 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 6,227 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 4,678 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 5,801 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 2,125 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 906 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,502 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,074 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 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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