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PRESTON QUARRY: 74 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Kevin W Empen
Preston, Jackson County, IA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1302199

PRESTON QUARRY has $12K 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
2005
Latest incident
Oct 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
74
citations
13
significant & substantial
$11,692
proposed penalties
$11,692
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Preston Ready Mix Corp's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
50
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.

PRESTON QUARRY has $12K 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
71 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-01-08.
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.
17.6%
significant & substantial
8.1%
high negligence or reckless
17.6%
reasonably likely or greater
55.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 23.0% low, 68.9% moderate, 8.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2019-04-17, 7 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
12
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg10
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
  • Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (12)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2019-04-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2019-04-17 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 1.5 10 0.15 Backhoe Operator
2019-04-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-12-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2013-05-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-05-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-05-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2011-09-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2011-09-21 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 10 0.01 Backhoe Operator
2011-09-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2011-09-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2006-07-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
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. Preston Ready Mix Corp 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 1
2024 5
2023 5
2022 5
2021 7
2020 7
2019 7
2018 5
2017 5
2016 6
2015 6
2014 6
2013 5
2012 5
2011 6
2010 6
2009 4
2008 4
2007 4
2006 4
2005 5
2004 5
2003 4
2002 3
2001 2
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

PRESTON QUARRY sits in Jackson County, Iowa, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Jackson County, Iowa · Population 19,429
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$71,605
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 49 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 443 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 4 2
2024 Q4 462 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 322 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 470 2 0 4255.3
2024 Q1 192 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 232 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 253 2 0 7905.1
2023 Q2 251 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 603 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 703 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 548 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 1,011 7 2 6923.8
2021 Q3 497 3 1 6036.2
2021 Q2 1,038 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 148 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,103 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,676 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,156 6 1 5190.3
2020 Q1 1,467 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 636 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,426 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,401 5 1 3568.9
2019 Q1 355 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 807 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 154 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 168 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 289 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 823 3 1 3645.2
2017 Q2 794 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 5 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,554 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 805 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,073 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 55 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 779 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,152 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,360 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 896 6 1 6696.4
2014 Q3 1,295 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 672 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 218 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 997 4 0 4012.0
2013 Q3 809 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 713 4 0 5610.1
2013 Q1 69 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 196 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 697 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 874 4 1 4576.7
2012 Q1 81 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 583 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,526 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 933 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 314 4 1 12738.9
2010 Q4 884 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 899 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 912 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 259 3 0 11583.0
2009 Q4 176 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 664 1 0 1506.0
2009 Q2 1,199 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 723 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 693 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,019 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,231 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 677 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 915 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,433 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 861 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,038 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 425 1 0 2352.9
2006 Q3 1,364 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,593 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 817 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,298 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 917 6 1 6543.1
2005 Q2 743 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 669 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 493 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,133 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 978 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 534 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,213 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,154 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 348 3 1 8620.7
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 613 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,768 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,462 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 1,098 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,043 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 210 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 811 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 776 1 0 1288.7
2000 Q1 581 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2005 · 1 incident

October 17, 2005 IA · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Preston Ready Mix Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Claim was reported 2/7/06 - While stemming holes felt a sharp pain in the abdominal area developed a hernia.