Mining Incidents

Portable Sand Plant #3 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Dale Tiefenthaler
Breda, Carroll County, IA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1302354

Portable Sand Plant #3 has $2K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
21
citations
2
significant & substantial
$2,455
proposed penalties
$2,455
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
26
inspections on record
152
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: 152 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 Sand Plant #3 has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
20 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-14.
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 130 1 0 7692.3
2025 Q3 400 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 85 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 26 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 135 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 52 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 70 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 103 0 0 0.0
Show 60 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q2 213 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 697 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 645 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 33 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 190 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 589 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 743 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 31 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 259 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 630 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 735 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,133 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,134 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 944 1 0 1059.3
2019 Q1 9 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 171 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 716 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 216 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 11 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 468 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 336 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 417 7 0 16786.6
2017 Q1 5 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 7 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 774 2 0 2584.0
2016 Q2 288 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 6 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 306 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 750 1 0 1333.3
2015 Q2 1,093 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 78 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 209 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 53 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 724 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 98 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,809 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 178 1 0 5618.0
2013 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 6 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 973 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 218 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 327 6 1 18348.6
2011 Q1 6 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 155 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 737 2 1 2713.7
2010 Q2 204 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,267 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,261 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 152 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 7 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 33 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 202 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 624 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 5 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 5 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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