Leclaire Portable Crusher #1 has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
22
Years on record
1988–2014
Latest incident
Dec 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
101
citations
11
significant & substantial
$13,394
proposed penalties
$11,894
paid to date
89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,500 gap.
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: 801 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 Portable Crusher #1 has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
101 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-25.
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.
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.
11citations taken to the federal commission · 11% of citations on record
Settled
10 · 91%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 9%
33%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
57%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$3K proposed, $1K 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 2013-09-24.
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.
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: 2026-03-26
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
19
samples
10
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg8
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz7
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz3
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (19)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2026-03-26
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.13
10
0.01
Cleanup Man
2026-03-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
Utility Man
2024-05-14
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
0
10
0.00
Cleanup Man
2024-05-14
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
0.36
10
0.04
Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-04-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-04-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2020-01-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2020-01-15
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.13
10
0.01
Crusher Oper/Worker
2020-01-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2020-01-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-05-26
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.41
10
0.04
Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-05-26
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.21
10
0.02
Washer Operator
2010-05-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-05-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-05-13
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.21
10
0.02
Truck Driver
2003-05-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-05-13
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.15
10
0.02
Truck Driver
2003-05-13
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.22
10
0.02
Laborer, Bullgang
2003-05-13
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
0.6
10
0.06
Front-end Loader Operator
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.
Leclaire Portable Crusher #1 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2019.
Injury rate, 2019
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.94 and the all-US-mining average was 2.32 cases per 100 workers.
In Iowa, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.19 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2017 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2016 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2015 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2014 *
9.20
0.00
0.000
2012 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2006 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
7
2025
7
2024
7
2023
9
2022
10
2021
10
2020
9
2019
13
2018
13
2017
13
2016
15
2015
12
2014
12
2013
10
2012
11
2011
8
2010
10
2009
9
2008
7
2007
9
2006
11
2005
9
2004
11
2003
10
2002
8
2001
9
2000
10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Leclaire Portable Crusher #1 sits in Scott County, Iowa, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Scott County, Iowa · Population 174,302
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$76,363
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
3,085
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
3,148
1
0
317.7
2025 Q4
3,106
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
3,456
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
3,506
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
2,992
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
3,007
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
3,149
0
0
0.0
Show 98 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
4,170
2
0
479.6
2024 Q1
4,223
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
4,175
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
4,469
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
4,795
3
0
625.7
2023 Q1
5,176
1
0
193.2
2022 Q4
5,019
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
5,194
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
4,122
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
4,320
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
4,897
2
1
408.4
2021 Q3
5,234
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
5,496
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
4,040
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
2,930
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
3,749
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
3,617
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
4,460
5
1
1121.1
2019 Q4
4,895
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
5,207
1
0
192.0
2019 Q2
5,094
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
5,122
1
1
195.2
2018 Q4
4,818
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
5,134
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
6,386
4
0
626.4
2018 Q1
4,785
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
5,243
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
5,632
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
7,447
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
7,934
1
0
126.0
2016 Q4
7,051
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
7,102
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
6,944
1
0
144.0
2016 Q1
5,885
1
0
169.9
2015 Q4
6,208
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
5,537
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
5,723
1
0
174.7
2015 Q1
6,263
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
6,077
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
5,749
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
5,269
2
0
379.6
2014 Q1
4,652
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
3,643
1
0
274.5
2013 Q3
4,995
2
0
400.4
2013 Q2
2,365
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
4,725
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
5,387
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
6,091
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
3,926
5
0
1273.6
2012 Q1
4,712
2
1
424.4
2011 Q4
3,953
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
4,326
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
4,278
6
1
1402.5
2011 Q1
2,812
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
3,084
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
5,195
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
5,055
5
2
989.1
2010 Q1
3,626
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
4,664
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
4,336
8
0
1845.0
2009 Q2
3,630
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
3,170
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
3,523
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
3,195
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
4,373
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
3,022
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
3,894
3
0
770.4
2007 Q3
4,269
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
4,224
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
4,247
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
4,440
5
0
1126.1
2006 Q3
5,632
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
5,095
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
5,559
11
0
1978.8
2005 Q4
5,159
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
4,213
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
4,067
1
0
245.9
2005 Q1
3,562
1
0
280.7
2004 Q4
4,726
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
6,291
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
7,606
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
3,880
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
3,844
2
0
520.3
2003 Q3
5,413
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
6,163
1
0
162.3
2003 Q1
3,836
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
4,014
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
5,165
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
1,603
4
0
2495.3
2002 Q1
4,817
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
4,328
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
4,604
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
4,856
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
4,751
3
3
631.4
2000 Q4
3,167
3
1
947.3
2000 Q3
4,203
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
3,872
4
0
1033.1
2000 Q1
5,772
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
22 on file
2014 · 1 incident
December 5, 2014IA · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee alleges he was walking towards the loader and he walked behind a pickup truck and the hitch was sticking out and he tripped and fell cutting his nose. He received 2 stitches.
2008 · 1 incident
July 18, 2008IA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee alleges he leaned under the portable jaw crusher frame to look at the discharged conveyor belt, which was not tracking properly, when he slipped in the mud. He reached out to catch himself and grabbed the roll of a troughing idler, injuring his hand. The conveyor is guarded by location and has a proper skirt board.
2007 · 2 incidents
November 2, 2007IA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee alleges he was changing blow bars and he dropped a rotor shoe on his pinky finger, causing a fracture to his pinky. Employee failed to report to his supervisor on a timely manner.
April 19, 2007IA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
Employee alleges he was getting ready to cut a piece of steel iron with a torch and he looked away at the tip of the torch for a minute as the torch was burning his leg.
Employee alleges he grabbed the conveyor belts to try to manually empty the conveyor, when he pulled on the belts the pullley swung and caught his fingers in the belt.
2004 · 3 incidents
June 12, 2004IA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE ALLEGES HE HAD PUT A SMALL STEP LADDER AND A ROPE AT FOOT OF TRAILER TO ENTER AND RETRIEVE PARTS. HE PUT HIS FOOT ON LADDER AND HE FELL DOWN SO HE JUMPED FROM THE TRAILOR TO THE GROUND.
Employee alleges he was dismounting loader and slipped on second step of loader falling to the ground and he tried to stop by putting his hand to the ground and broke his left wrist.
EE ALLEGES HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM LADDER AND HIS LEFT FOOT GOT CAUGHT ON STEP, AND HIS RIGHT FOOT WENT TO THE GROUND AND HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LEFT HIP AND LOWER BACK.
EE ALLEGES THAT CHAIN CAME OFF OF THE CONVEYOR, A ROCK CAME OFF OF DISCHARGE BELT AND BOUNCED OFF BELT AND DOWN THE LADDER AND HIT HIM WHILE HE WAS BENT OVER FIXING THE LADDER.
EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OUT OF TRUCK ON PASSENGER SIDE. SLIPPED ON ICE AND SNOW AND SPRAINED LEFT ANKLE.
1994 · 1 incident
September 30, 1994IA · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING TO SEE HOW FULL LOAD WAS AND WAS GETTING BACK INTO HER TRUCK WHEN SHE LOST FOOTING AND STARTED TO FALL. SHE GRABBED THE HANDLE ABOVE THE WINDOW WITH HER RIGHT ARM TO STOP FALL.
1992 · 1 incident
February 28, 1992IA · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
A BOULDER WAS IN JAW AND EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING A SMALL ONE INTO THE JAW WITH HIS LEG WHEN HIS KNEE POPPED.
1991 · 1 incident
April 5, 1991IA · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPL JUMPED IN A DITCH TO TAKE COVER DURING PRODUCTION SHOT.DIDNT GOT TO DR AT TIME OF INJURY.CAME INTO OFFICE FROM CHIROPRACTOR SHOWING HE HAD X-RAYS,EXAM & MANIPULATION.
June 9, 1990IA · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
ACCIDENT WAS DUE TO OPERATOR ERROR. WHEN MACHINE STALLED ON STOCKPILE RAMP OPERATOR FAILED TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF MACHINE & DID NOT FOLLOW PROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. EMPL ALLEGES THAT AS RES ULT OF ACCIDENT HE IS HAVING HERNIA SURGERY ON 7/13/90.
EMPL PARKED HIS PICKUP ON HILLSIDE HAD IT IN GEAR AND THOUGHT HE HAD THE BRAKES ON THE TUCK STARTED MOVING DOWN THE HILL AND HE TRIED TO GET TO THE STEERING WHEEL TO TURN THE WHEELS OF TRUCK T O STOP IT AND HIS HAND CAUGHT IN THE TRUCK DOOR HANDLE AND HE WAS DRAGGED ABOUT A BLOCK HIS WAS RELEASED WHEN THE TRUCK REACHED BER AND STOPPED
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING IN BACK OF PICKUP WHICH WAS BACKED UP TO PLANT.AS HE WAS TIGHTENING BOLT ON HAMMER MILL DOOR,HIS WRENCH SLIPPED OFF BOLT AND HE FELL BACKWARD ON HIS RIGHT ANKLE,BREAKING IT.
1988 · 2 incidents
June 24, 1988IA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPL'S MIDDLE FINGER OF LEFT HAND WAS PINCHED & CUT OPEN WHILE REMVOING CONVEYOR SUSPENSION POLE ON SCREENING PLANT. END OF POLE SLIPPED OFF OF CONVEYOR AFTER DISCONNECTRING CAUSING ACCIDENT.