PLANT #845 WASH PLANT has $960 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
3
Years on record
1985–1998
Latest incident
Apr 1998
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
14
citations
2
significant & substantial
$960
proposed penalties
$960
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
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: 89 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
PLANT #845 WASH PLANT has $960 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.
$960
proposed penalties
$960
current assessed
$960
paid to date
$0
outstanding
14 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-09-16.
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 controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2005
0
2004
1
2003
2
2002
2
2001
2
2000
3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
PLANT #845 WASH PLANT sits in Polk 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.
Polk County, Iowa · Population 497,441
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$81,621
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
2005 Q2
0
0
0
2005 Q1
0
0
0
2004 Q4
10
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
0
3
0
2004 Q2
336
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
723
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
957
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
1,667
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2003 Q2
1,231
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
0
0
0
2002 Q4
898
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
832
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
1,148
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
178
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
872
2
0
2293.6
2001 Q3
1,355
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
1,272
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
514
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
663
4
0
6033.2
2000 Q3
1,286
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
1,777
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
1,303
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file
1998 · 1 incident
April 13, 1998IA · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES
THROUGH A LENGTHY INVESTIGATION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THIS EE'S DEGENERATIVE DISK DISORDER WAS AT LEAST IN PART WORK RELATED, MAKING IT A LOST TIME REPORTABLE ACCIDENT. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT LONG TERM HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATION CONTRIBUTED TO THIS EE'S BACK DISORDER WHICH CAUSED HIM TO MISS WORK FROM 4-13-98 TO 5-29-98.
1997 · 1 incident
September 30, 1997IA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorOTHER
EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING SCREEN IN WASH PLANT. A SMALL SLIVER OF STEEL BLEW INTO EMPLYEE'S EYE. EMPLOYEE HAD IT REMOVED SAFETY GLASSES DUE TO FOG OVER CONDITION.
1985 · 1 incident
September 9, 1985IA · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS