Mining Incidents

PIT #2 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Richard Reimers
Spirit Lake, Dickinson County, IA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1302047

PIT #2 has $28K 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
1
Years on record
2011
Latest incident
Aug 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
150
citations
29
significant & substantial
$28,040
proposed penalties
$28,040
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
54
inspections on record
503
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: 503 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

PIT #2 has $28K 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.
$28K
proposed penalties
$28K
current assessed
$28K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
145 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-08-14.
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 1,562 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,906 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,910 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 447 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,622 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,568 1 0 637.8
2024 Q2 1,330 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 574 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,207 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,385 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,672 7 1 4186.6
2023 Q1 82 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 716 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,128 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,198 5 0 4173.6
2022 Q1 302 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,709 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,697 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,528 5 2 3272.3
2021 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,495 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,693 2 0 1181.3
2020 Q2 1,964 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 32 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,653 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,995 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,997 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,786 8 2 4479.3
2018 Q3 1,811 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,362 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,621 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,555 5 0 3215.4
2017 Q2 1,594 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,074 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,064 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,948 8 3 4106.8
2016 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,996 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,404 9 3 3743.8
2015 Q2 2,389 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 355 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,262 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,014 2 0 993.0
2014 Q2 2,097 4 1 1907.5
2014 Q1 42 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,566 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,294 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,821 5 0 2745.7
2013 Q1 52 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,639 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,563 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,164 4 1 1848.4
2012 Q1 612 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,237 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,216 1 1 451.3
2011 Q2 2,123 4 2 1884.1
2011 Q1 343 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,794 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,349 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,940 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 180 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,234 5 1 4051.9
2009 Q3 2,518 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,941 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 376 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,360 3 0 2205.9
2008 Q3 2,371 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,563 7 0 2731.2
2008 Q1 595 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,143 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,155 12 4 3803.5
2007 Q2 2,361 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 722 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 242 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,284 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 803 5 1 6226.7
2006 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 703 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,182 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 724 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 792 4 0 5050.5
2004 Q3 704 1 0 1420.5
2004 Q2 888 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 535 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 538 3 0 5576.2
2003 Q2 1,020 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 195 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 689 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,357 10 3 7369.2
2002 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 516 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,641 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,854 10 1 5393.7
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 123 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,210 2 0 905.0
2000 Q2 2,643 14 3 5297.0
2000 Q1 78 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2011 · 1 incident

August 3, 2011 IA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman POWERED HAULAGE
Cohrs Construction Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee was replacing a V-Belt that had come off. He rolled his fingers between the belt and pulley, breaking bones in 3 fingers.

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