Mining Incidents

LeClaire Inv. Port. Wash Plt #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Riverstone Group
LeClaire, Scott County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1300231

LeClaire Inv. Port. Wash Plt #1 has $592 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
13
Years on record
1983–2001
Latest incident
Jan 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
8
citations
2
significant & substantial
$592
proposed penalties
$592
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
11
inspections on record
73
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: 73 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

LeClaire Inv. Port. Wash Plt #1 has $592 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.
$592
proposed penalties
$592
current assessed
$592
paid to date
$0
outstanding
8 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-04-30.
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
2004 Q1 1,389 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,435 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,760 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,007 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,641 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 928 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,966 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 5,692 0 0 0.0
Show 9 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q1 1,154 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,513 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,882 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,024 1 1 494.1
2001 Q1 1,595 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,548 3 1 1938.0
2000 Q3 1,498 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,760 4 0 2272.7
2000 Q1 1,494 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

13 on file

2001 · 1 incident

January 25, 2001 IA · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
LeClaire Investments · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE ALLEGES ANOTHER EE WAS SHOWING HIM HOW TO CLEAN FROZEN BUILUP UNDER CONVEYOR. THE STEEL BAR WAS PULLED OUT OF OTHER EE HAND BY THE CONVEYOR AND STRUCK HIM IN THE NOSE.

1998 · 2 incidents

July 21, 1998 IA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
LeClaire Investments · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE ALLEGES HE WAS OPERATING A HAND GRINDER WITHOUT THE GUARD-THE GRINDER CAME IN CONTACT WITH HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER REQUIRING 5 STITCHES.

June 18, 1998 IA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
LeClaire Investments · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES AS HE WAS STEPPING DOWN FROM HAUL TRUCK HE PUT HIS FOOT ON THE GROUND AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE AND FOOT.

1996 · 1 incident

September 3, 1996 IA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
LeClaire Investments · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING TRASH BAG FROM OFFICE INTO DUMPSTER AND STARTED FEELING PAIN HIS LOWR BACK

1995 · 1 incident

December 1, 1995 IA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
LeClaire Investments · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING LINERS IN PICKUP TO TAKE DOWN AND PUT IN HAZE MAG AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER STOMACH.

1994 · 1 incident

January 24, 1994 IA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
LeClaire Investments · Struck against a moving object

DIGGING LIME WHEN THE BUCKET BROKE OUT IT SNAPPED HIS NECK.

1985 · 2 incidents

July 15, 1985 IA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
LeClaire Investments · Fall from machine

EMP WAS MOWING DOWN SLOPE AND HOG BRUSH MOWER CAUGHT ON BANK I NAME BROUGHT MOWER TO A STOP AND AS HE RELEASED THE LEVER THE MOWER TIPPED ON ITS SIDE HE JUMPED FROM MOWER AND FELL TO T HE GROU

May 28, 1985 IA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
LeClaire Investments · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING CHAULK ON WINDOWS OF SCALE HOUSE, AND HIS POCKET KNIFE ACCIDENTALLY SLIPPED AND CUT HIS HAND.

1984 · 3 incidents

November 6, 1984 IA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
LeClaire Investments · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME-A DRIVER FOR DIERCKS LTD. HAD HIS HAND ON TRUCK BOX AS HE JUMPED OUT OF CAB OF TRUCK. HIS RING GOT CAUGHT ON SOMETHING AND TORE OFF HIS FINGER AN AMBULANCE WAS CALLED AND HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, DIERCKS TRUCK WAS HIRED BY TRI-CITY BLACKTOP TO HAUL ROCK FROM THE MCCAUSLAND QUARRY. HE IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE OF LECLAIRE QUARRY NOR A LECLAIR QUARRY TRUCK INVOLVED

August 8, 1984 IA · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
LeClaire Investments · Accident type, without injuries

FINISHED PUGGING MATERIAL-I NAME WAS GOING TO TAKE LOADER BACK TO THE SAND PIT AND DEAN BACKED HIS CAR BEHIND LOADER TO FOLLOW W I NAME HAD TO GO BACK TO HIS CAR TO GET HIS KEYS SO HE BACKE UP I NAME COULDN\T MOVE FAST ENOUGH AND I NAME HIT FRONT END OF I NAME CAR.

February 22, 1984 IA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
LeClaire Investments · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE PUTTING COVER ON TRANSMISSION EMP HAD PIECE OF STEEL ACROSS THE TIRE TO STAND ON AND STEPPED ON THE CORNER OF THE STEEL PLATE SLIPPED LEG BETWEEN TIRE AND MACHINE

1983 · 2 incidents

July 25, 1983 IA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
LeClaire Investments · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE STEPPED OUT OF LOADER AND SLIPPED ON THE FIRST STEP AND FELL ONTO ASPHALT DRIVE.

April 28, 1983 IA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
LeClaire Investments · Struck by falling object

THE EMPLOYEE HAD JUST FINISHED CLEANING ROCKS OUT OF THE GRIZZLEY FEEDER A LOAD OF ROCK WAS DUMPED INTO THE FEEDER AND A ROCK HIT THE JAW AND FLEW OUT HITTING THE EMPLOYEES ANKLE

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