Mining Incidents

LOG WASHER 1: 7 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Croell, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Kurt Croell
New Hampton, Chickasaw County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1302392

LOG WASHER 1 has $927 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
7
citations
1
significant & substantial
$927
proposed penalties
$927
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
15
inspections on record
72
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: 72 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

LOG WASHER 1 has $927 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.
$927
proposed penalties
$927
current assessed
$927
paid to date
$0
outstanding
7 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-07-22.
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.
14.3%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
14.3%
reasonably likely or greater
100.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 28.6% low, 71.4% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2009-07-09, 17 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
2
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2009-07-09 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 10 0.01 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-07-09 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 10 0.01 Truck Driver
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. Croell, Inc. 2009 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2020 3
2019 4
2017 4
2016 3
2015 3
2014 3
2013 3
2012 2
2011 3
2010 1
2009 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

LOG WASHER 1 sits in Chickasaw County, Iowa, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Chickasaw County, Iowa · Population 11,868
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$73,421
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
2020 Q2 124 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 158 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 236 2 0 8474.6
2017 Q2 877 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 104 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 751 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 382 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 436 0 0 0.0
Show 24 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q2 498 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 29 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,311 1 0 762.8
2014 Q2 953 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 767 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,556 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,007 1 0 993.0
2013 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 913 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 492 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 832 1 0 1201.9
2011 Q3 1,096 1 1 912.4
2011 Q2 1,035 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 897 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,741 1 0 574.4
2009 Q2 273 0 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.