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: 163 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
PCP #6 has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
34 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-05-02.
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.
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: 2006-04-19, 20 years ago
25%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz41 over
Show the individual readings (4)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2006-04-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.35
0.7
1.93
Utility Man
2002-07-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
0.56
0.30
Bulldozer Operator
2002-07-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
0.87
0.21
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-07-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.49
0.72
0.68
Crusher Oper/Worker
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2008
0
2007
4
2006
4
2005
4
2004
5
2003
0
2002
4
2001
3
2000
4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
PCP #6 sits in Dickinson County, Iowa, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Dickinson County, Iowa · Population 17,844
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$74,570
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
2008 Q3
0
0
0
2008 Q2
0
0
0
2008 Q1
0
0
0
2007 Q4
881
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
277
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
3,409
6
3
1760.0
2007 Q1
2,046
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
2,501
0
0
0.0
Show 27 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2006 Q3
2,077
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
1,691
1
1
591.4
2006 Q1
1,720
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
2,217
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
2,942
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
3,123
2
1
640.4
2005 Q1
927
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
1,543
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
3,974
18
3
4529.4
2004 Q2
4,132
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
303
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
0
0
0
2003 Q3
0
1
0
2003 Q2
0
0
0
2003 Q1
111
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
2,289
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
3,927
6
1
1527.9
2002 Q2
3,101
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
593
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
1,952
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
2,541
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
1,928
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
574
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
2,059
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
3,311
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
3,953
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
767
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
13 on file
2007 · 1 incident
April 2, 2007IA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WHILE PULLING THE HOSE OUT OF THE FUEL TRUCK TO RE-FUEL THE WATER PUMP, HE STEPPED OFF THE DIRT BERM TO GET TO THE PUMP WHEN THE DIRT GAVE AWAY AND HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS RIGHT SHOULDER.
2001 · 1 incident
July 31, 2001IA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
CUTTING WITH TORCH WHEN HOSE BROKE STARTING FIRE WHICH BURNED LEFT HAND.
April 27, 1989IA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON