Oakland Pit Metal/Non-Metal
Western Engineering Co.Inc.
· Surface
Controlled by
Western Engineering Company Incorporated
Oakland,
Pottawattamie County,
IA
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Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1302309
Oakland Pit has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
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- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
67
citations
17
significant & substantial
$8,498
proposed penalties
$8,020
paid to date
94% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $478 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
33
inspections on record
352
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 352 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Oakland Pit has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
64 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 2,950 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 3,360 | 2 | 0 | 595.2 |
| 2025 Q2 | 3,193 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 1,619 | 1 | 0 | 617.7 |
| 2024 Q4 | 2,613 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 3,913 | 1 | 0 | 255.6 |
| 2024 Q2 | 4,759 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 2,070 | 3 | 1 | 1449.3 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 2,152 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 2,861 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 2,859 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 1,312 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 1,530 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 2,735 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 2,902 | 1 | 0 | 344.6 |
| 2022 Q1 | 1,011 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 1,838 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 2,858 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 2,891 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 1,386 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 2,743 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 3,205 | 1 | 0 | 312.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 3,250 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 1,403 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 2,351 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 3,319 | 3 | 1 | 903.9 |
| 2019 Q2 | 3,015 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 928 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 1,959 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 2,694 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 2,502 | 4 | 1 | 1598.7 |
| 2018 Q1 | 1,069 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 1,780 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 2,664 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 3,195 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 1,130 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 2,533 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 3,372 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 3,083 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 1,137 | 1 | 0 | 879.5 |
| 2015 Q4 | 3,065 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 3,160 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 2,728 | 8 | 0 | 2932.6 |
| 2015 Q1 | 967 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 2,264 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 2,453 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 2,267 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 922 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 1,497 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 1,742 | 1 | 1 | 574.1 |
| 2013 Q2 | 1,820 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 1,239 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 1,870 | 8 | 4 | 4278.1 |
| 2012 Q3 | 1,824 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 1,603 | 5 | 1 | 3119.2 |
| 2012 Q1 | 1,005 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 1,750 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 2,103 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 2,006 | 2 | 0 | 997.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 354 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 1,183 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 1,267 | 2 | 1 | 1578.5 |
| 2010 Q2 | 1,691 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 907 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 2,540 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 3,142 | 10 | 0 | 3182.7 |
| 2007 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2005 Q4 | 2,347 | 12 | 7 | 5112.9 |
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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The full compliance file on Oakland Pit
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.