Mining Incidents

PRESTON WASH PLANT: 14 MSHA citations 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.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
14.3%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
14.3%
reasonably likely or greater
50.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 35.7% low, 64.3% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Preston Ready Mix Corp 2001 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 3
2024 1
2023 1
2022 1
2021 2
2020 3
2019 4
2018 3
2017 3
2016 2
2015 3
2013 2
2012 2
2011 3
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 1
2006 2
2005 2
2004 3
2003 2
2002 3
2001 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

PRESTON WASH PLANT 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 130 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
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
Show 86 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 30 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
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.