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PLANT NO 6: 110 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Greg Bruening
Goodhue, Winneshiek County, IA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2102668

PLANT NO 6 has $28K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 10 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1996–2020
Latest incident
Mar 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
110
citations
22
significant & substantial
$28,404
proposed penalties
$26,615
paid to date
94% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,789 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Bruening Rock Products Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
41
inspections on record
525
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: 525 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 NO 6 has $28K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 10 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
$27K
current assessed
$27K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
106 assessments are final orders; 10 contested dockets.
Of $12K in penalties contested before the Commission, $10K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-12-10.
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.
20.4%
significant & substantial
12.0%
high negligence or reckless
20.4%
reasonably likely or greater
53.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 8.3% low, 79.6% moderate, 12.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
34 citations taken to the federal commission · 31% of citations on record
  • Settled 22 · 65%
  • Stood as issued 8 · 24%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 4 · 12%
71%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 14 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
37%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$26K proposed, $16K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2013-12-05.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
LAKE 2008-46M Settlement Manning 2009 $4K → $3K
LAKE 2012-556M Settlement Lewis 2014 $3K → $3K
LAKE 2012-38M Settlement Lewis 2014 $2K → $2K
LAKE 2009-643M Default Lesnick 2011 $500 → $500
LAKE 2008-47M Settlement Lesnick 2009 $300 → $300
LAKE 2008-622M Settlement Lesnick 2009 $300 → $200
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2025-12-10
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
14
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg11
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (14)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-12-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bobcat Operator
2022-11-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bobcat Operator
2021-01-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-01-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-01-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Jackhammer Operator
2019-01-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-01-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2013-09-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 1.57 0.09 Laborer, Bullgang
2013-09-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-08-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-08-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-08-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 1.29 0.15 Utility Man
2004-04-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-04-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
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.
Ownership history
  1. Holm Brothers Construction Inc 1978 to 2018
  2. Bruening Rock Products Inc 2018 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 5
2025 5
2024 3
2023 4
2022 4
2021 4
2020 5
2019 5
2018 5
2017 4
2016 4
2015 4
2014 6
2013 4
2012 3
2011 3
2010 3
2009 3
2008 3
2007 5
2006 5
2005 6
2004 6
2003 5
2002 4
2001 4
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

PLANT NO 6 sits in Winneshiek County, Iowa, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Winneshiek County, Iowa · Population 19,972
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$75,652
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
2026 Q2 2,140 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 102 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,623 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,202 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,991 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 571 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,735 3 0 1729.1
2024 Q3 2,257 0 0 0.0
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,497 3 0 2004.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 1,997 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,201 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,214 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 98 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,415 2 0 1413.4
2022 Q3 1,580 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,676 1 0 596.7
2022 Q1 60 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,564 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,376 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,627 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,141 6 0 5258.5
2020 Q4 1,425 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,742 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,828 11 4 6017.5
2020 Q1 1,434 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,450 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,603 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,246 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 226 2 0 8849.6
2018 Q4 1,136 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,482 4 0 2699.1
2018 Q2 1,660 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 317 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,612 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,553 3 0 1931.7
2017 Q2 1,401 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 801 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,226 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,119 4 2 3574.6
2016 Q2 1,100 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 338 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,209 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,270 4 2 1762.1
2015 Q2 2,262 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,332 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,617 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,780 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,146 7 1 6108.2
2014 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,146 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,410 1 0 709.2
2013 Q2 1,236 2 0 1618.1
2013 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,297 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,554 7 3 4504.5
2012 Q2 1,499 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,750 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,808 9 4 4977.9
2011 Q2 1,538 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 112 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 866 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,393 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 542 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 341 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,119 1 0 893.7
2009 Q2 767 6 0 7822.7
2009 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 611 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 71 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 974 3 1 3080.1
2008 Q1 27 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,214 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,177 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 177 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 143 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,869 10 2 5350.5
2006 Q3 832 6 0 7211.5
2006 Q2 2,159 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 886 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,243 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,985 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,334 4 1 1713.8
2005 Q1 1,394 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,158 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,927 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,393 3 2 884.2
2004 Q1 1,730 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,964 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,231 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,178 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,253 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,190 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,384 1 0 419.5
2002 Q1 2,368 6 0 2533.8
2001 Q4 2,632 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,858 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,228 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,091 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,100 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,144 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,250 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,743 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2020 · 1 incident

March 13, 2020 IA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Bruening Rock Products Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

The belt on the plant was shut off and employee went to shovel some material off the belt to help with start up. The foreman was in the control tower and did not see employee clearing the belt off. When the foreman started the belt back up employee grabbed the v-belt and a finger got in between the v-belt and pulley.

2011 · 1 incident

May 20, 2011 IA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Holm Brothers Construction Inc · Struck by falling object

Unfolding a radial stacking conveyor belt got pinched and snapped causing damage to 1 of the troffing rollers causing roller to fall and strike the EE in the left forearm, breaking on of the bones in his forearm .

1996 · 2 incidents

June 16, 1996 MN · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Holm Brothers Construction Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE INJURED THEIR WRIST IN JUNE, AND ID NOT GO TO DRS AT THAT TIME. THEY JUST WRAPPED IT UP THEMSELVES. THE PAIN CONT SO THEY WENT TO THE DRON 10/14/96. THE DIAGNOSIS IS TORN LIGAMENTS AND NERVES.