Mining Incidents

Lounsbury Sand & Gravel Metal/Non-Metal

Lounsbury LSG, LLC · Surface
Des Moines, Polk County, IA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1302269

Lounsbury Sand & Gravel has $6K 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 2004
46
citations
11
significant & substantial
$6,342
proposed penalties
$6,342
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
46
inspections on record
390
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: 390 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Lounsbury Sand & Gravel has $6K 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
46 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-06.
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 3,558 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,018 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,281 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 847 2 1 2361.3
2024 Q4 3,418 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,856 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,490 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 750 2 0 2666.7
Show 83 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 2,000 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,200 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,200 2 0 909.1
2023 Q1 1,000 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,000 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,000 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,000 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,000 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,000 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,000 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,000 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,000 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,000 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,000 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,000 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,000 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,000 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,000 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,000 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,000 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,750 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,750 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,750 1 0 571.4
2018 Q1 1,250 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,500 2 1 1333.3
2017 Q3 2,000 4 2 2000.0
2017 Q2 2,000 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,250 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,250 1 0 800.0
2016 Q3 1,500 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,500 1 0 666.7
2016 Q1 1,000 1 1 1000.0
2015 Q4 1,250 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,500 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,750 2 0 1142.9
2015 Q1 1,000 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,250 2 0 1600.0
2014 Q3 2,000 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,000 1 0 500.0
2014 Q1 1,250 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,750 4 0 2285.7
2013 Q3 2,000 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,000 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,250 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,750 4 2 2285.7
2012 Q3 2,000 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,750 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,250 9 1 7200.0
2011 Q4 1,500 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,000 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,500 1 1 666.7
2011 Q1 1,250 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,250 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,500 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,500 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,000 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,250 1 0 800.0
2009 Q3 1,500 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,500 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,250 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,000 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,500 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,500 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,000 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,000 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,000 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,250 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,000 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,250 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,500 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,400 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,500 3 0 2000.0
2005 Q4 1,250 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,250 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,500 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,000 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,500 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,300 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,500 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,500 1 1 666.7
2003 Q4 1,000 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,000 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 680 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.

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