Mining Incidents

PRESTON WASH PLANT Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Kevin W Empen
Preston, Jackson County, IA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1302258

PRESTON WASH PLANT has $1K 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 2002
14
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,499
proposed penalties
$1,499
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
32
inspections on record
186
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: 186 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 WASH PLANT has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
14 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-20.
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 0 0 0
2025 Q3 202 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 308 2 0 6493.5
2025 Q1 91 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 98 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 30 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 84 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 101 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 90 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 410 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 25 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 15 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 15 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 15 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 100 2 0 20000.0
2020 Q1 156 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 680 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 137 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 632 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 5 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 5 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 537 2 0 3724.4
2018 Q2 10 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 88 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 283 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 5 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 5 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 5 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 5 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 5 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 5 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 5 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 137 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 5 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 5 1 0 200000.0
2013 Q2 108 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 58 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 51 4 2 78431.4
2011 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 38 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 80 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 78 1 0 12820.5
2009 Q2 536 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 544 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 755 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 631 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 520 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,051 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 844 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 520 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,088 1 0 919.1
2006 Q2 500 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 524 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 538 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 679 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 271 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 550 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,110 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,066 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,040 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,141 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,147 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 1,057 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,087 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,275 1 0 784.3
2002 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 563 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 325 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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