Mining Incidents

PORTABLE DRILL DEPT 527 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Manaco Corporation
VARIOUS, Clinton County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1302497

PORTABLE DRILL DEPT 527 has $133 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
2023
Latest incident
May 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2021
1
citations
0
significant & substantial
$133
proposed penalties
$133
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2021
6
inspections on record
40
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: 40 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

PORTABLE DRILL DEPT 527 has $133 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.
$133
proposed penalties
$133
current assessed
$133
paid to date
$0
outstanding
1 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-12-09.
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 484 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 556 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 649 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 354 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 620 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 671 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 648 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 236 0 0 0.0
Show 13 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 885 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 660 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 856 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 284 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 659 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 745 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 751 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 419 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 673 1 0 1485.9
2021 Q3 890 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 267 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 141 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 483 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2023 · 1 incident

May 15, 2023 IA · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Wendling Quarries, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

In the process of changing hammers, EE was unscrewing it and lost control of the hammer injuring left index finger. (Cut & bruised.)

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