Mining Incidents

Moore Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Gilmore City, Pocahontas County, IA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1302188

Moore Quarry has $37K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
16
Years on record
1993–2020
Latest incident
Aug 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
129
citations
11
significant & substantial
$36,820
proposed penalties
$36,820
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
69
inspections on record
1,297
inspection hours
9.9
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.
129 citations across 1,297 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Moore Quarry has $37K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$37K
proposed penalties
$37K
current assessed
$37K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
128 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-30.
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
2025 Q4 12,470 2 0 160.4
2025 Q3 11,808 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 16,632 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 13,934 1 1 71.8
2024 Q4 16,371 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 16,496 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 16,854 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 16,113 4 2 248.2
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 17,059 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 17,851 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 20,509 1 0 48.8
2023 Q1 19,297 4 0 207.3
2022 Q4 18,528 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 21,646 3 0 138.6
2022 Q2 19,904 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 20,684 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 20,866 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 19,538 5 0 255.9
2021 Q2 20,970 3 0 143.1
2021 Q1 20,153 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 20,251 2 0 98.8
2020 Q3 20,340 2 0 98.3
2020 Q2 21,066 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 21,959 6 0 273.2
2019 Q4 22,598 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 22,871 2 0 87.4
2019 Q2 23,262 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 21,450 3 1 139.9
2018 Q4 20,641 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 21,898 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 21,544 6 0 278.5
2018 Q1 18,160 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 18,098 2 0 110.5
2017 Q3 21,167 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 20,360 5 0 245.6
2017 Q1 17,986 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 18,594 2 0 107.6
2016 Q3 23,590 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 22,106 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 18,595 3 0 161.3
2015 Q4 18,555 4 0 215.6
2015 Q3 17,870 3 0 167.9
2015 Q2 18,032 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 17,107 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 18,067 3 0 166.0
2014 Q3 17,618 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 18,881 6 1 317.8
2014 Q1 17,956 10 2 556.9
2013 Q4 18,814 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 17,754 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 18,176 2 0 110.0
2013 Q1 24,323 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 23,286 3 0 128.8
2012 Q3 23,826 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 22,030 2 0 90.8
2012 Q1 26,611 2 0 75.2
2011 Q4 22,372 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 24,881 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 18,901 7 0 370.4
2011 Q1 20,256 3 0 148.1
2010 Q4 22,500 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 22,767 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 22,168 2 0 90.2
2010 Q1 16,102 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 21,207 1 0 47.2
2009 Q3 19,264 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 18,463 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 16,800 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 20,492 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 18,787 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 19,086 1 0 52.4
2008 Q1 18,573 1 1 53.8
2007 Q4 19,808 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 19,714 2 0 101.5
2007 Q2 19,067 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 16,581 9 2 542.8
2006 Q4 18,320 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 17,610 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 18,670 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 18,194 1 0 55.0
2005 Q4 18,228 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 17,486 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 15,580 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 15,174 2 0 131.8
2004 Q4 21,500 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 15,577 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 13,424 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 14,566 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 16,374 3 0 183.2
2003 Q3 16,663 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 12,899 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 10,652 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 14,664 2 0 136.4
2002 Q3 15,541 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 17,295 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 17,099 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 18,177 3 1 165.0
2001 Q3 1,193 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 15,236 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 12,430 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 15,696 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 16,320 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 14,158 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 14,873 0 0 0.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
August 21, 2020 IA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · MACHINERY
Martin Marietta Materials Inc. · Struck by falling object

Customer driver was found unresponsive outside the customer's truck. Cause of death is unknown.

Reportable incidents

15 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2020 · 1 incident

March 4, 2020 IA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Materials Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee noticed a rock up in guard of jack shaft on surge bin. Employee noticed rock was barely on the cross member inside the guard. Employee hit back of guard to knock rock out. Rock went into coupler of jack shaft & sent rock into the guard. Guard caught employees hand & expanded metal went through employees glove & cut employees right hand.

2010 · 2 incidents

October 11, 2010 IA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Materials Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee pinched his right ring finger between a return roller and the frame of a conveyor causing a laceration requiring 3 stitches.

August 25, 2010 IA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Martin Marietta Materials Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cutting a piece of rubber with a utility knife and the knife slipped causing a laceration to his leg that required stitches.

2009 · 1 incident

August 10, 2009 IA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Martin Marietta Materials Inc. · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Employee was bitten by a brown recluse spider on the top of the right hand. Employee originally did not report the incident and turned it in on his own insurance. When notified that it happened on company property, we turned it into worker's compensation and reported.

2006 · 1 incident

March 23, 2006 IA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Martin Marietta Materials Inc. · Struck against a moving object

loaded truck on haul road ran into dozer causing truck to tip on driver side. Driver got out walk- ed arround for 15 min later complained of knee & abdomen pain went hospital. Treated for bruises. Was observed for 23 hrs. EE claims blacked out Dr put EE on restricted him from operating mach- inery and driving until tests are completed.

1999 · 1 incident

October 9, 1999 IA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS GUIDING A CONVEYOR BEING LOADED ONTO A FLATBED TRAILER. AS THE LOADER HANDLING THE CONVEYOR TILTED ITS BUCKET, THE CHAIN RIGGING SLIPPED CAUSING THE CONVEYOR HEAD PULLEY TO JUMP, PINCHING THE EMPLOYEE'S HAND BETWEEN THE HEAD PULLEY AND THE TRAILER HEAD RACK.

1997 · 1 incident

December 4, 1997 IA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REMOVING STUCK FUEL CAP FROM TANK ON FUEL TRUCK, WHEN FROZEN CAP RELEASED, EE FELT A SNAP IN HIS LOWER BACK ON 12/4/97. ON 12/12/97 EE EXPERIENCED DISCOMFORT & NUMBNESS IN HIS LEFT LEG. ON 12/15/97 EE WENT TO DR & WAS DIAGNOSED WITH MUSCLE SPASMS THAT AFFECTED NERVES IN HIS LEFT LEG.

1996 · 5 incidents

November 16, 1996 IA · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Struck against a moving object

THE DRIVER AND TWO OCCUPANTS OF A 1973 INTERNATIONAL PICKUP WERE APPARENTLY HUNTING, TRESPASSES ONTO MINE PROPERTY, DROVE OVER A BERM AND OVER A FORTY FOOT HIGHWALL. DRIVER AND PASSENGER WERE KILLED. ONE PASSENGER SURVIVED.

November 16, 1996 IA · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Struck against a moving object

THE DRIVER AND TWO PASSENGERS OF A 1973 INTERNATIONAL PICKUP TRUCK WERE APPARENTLY HUNTING, TRESPASSES ONTO MINE PROPERTY, DROVE OVER A BERM AND OVER A FORTY FOOT HIGHWALL. DRIVER AND ONE PASS ENGER WERE KILLED. ONE PASSENGER SURVIVED.

November 16, 1996 IA · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Struck against a moving object

THE DRIVER AND TWO OCCUPANTS OF A 1973 INTERNATIONAL PICKUP WERE APPARENTLY HUNTING, TRESPASSES ONTO MINE PROPERTLY, DROVE OVER A BERM AND OVER A FORTY FOOT HIGHWALL. DRIVER ADN PASSENGER WERE KILLED. ONE PASSENGER SURVIVED.

October 21, 1996 IA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Struck against a moving object

EE IS NOT SURE WHAT SPECIFIC JOB HE WAS DOING. EITHER RUNNING A LOADER OR LIFTING SAMPLE BAGS. ONE OR BOTH OF THESE JOBS COULD HAVE CAUSED HIM TO SUFFER A BACK STRAIN WHICH BECAME ACUTELY PAIN FUL THE FOLLOWING MORNING.

May 11, 1996 IA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMP WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH, CUTTING A PIECE OF IRON OFF AN I BEAM OVER HIS HEAD. A SPARK DROPPED INTO HIS RIGHT EAR BURNING A HOLE IN RIGHT EAR DRUM.

1995 · 1 incident

1993 · 2 incidents

December 6, 1993 IA · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A HOSE ON A EMULSION PUMP TRUCK BURST AND HIT THE OPERATOR ON THE SIDE OF HEAD. THE IMPACT DAMAGED HIS EAR. HAS SOME PERMANENT HEARING LOSS.

February 26, 1993 IA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS POSITIONING A STEEL PLATE IN PREPARATION FOR WELDING. THE PLATE SHIFTED AND PINCHED HIS RING FINGER ON HIS LEFT HAND, CAUSING A PARTIAL AMPUTATION.

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