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Raccoon River Sand: 19 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Des Moines, Polk County, IA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1302315

Raccoon River Sand has $3K 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
3
Years on record
2009–2020
Latest incident
Feb 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
19
citations
4
significant & substantial
$2,884
proposed penalties
$2,884
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
37
inspections on record
431
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: 431 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Raccoon River Sand has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
19 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-07.
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.
21.1%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
21.1%
reasonably likely or greater
21.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 36.8% low, 63.2% moderate, 0.0% 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: 2022-11-09, 3 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
9
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Arsenic fumes1
  • Beryllium fumes1
  • Cadmium oxide fumes1
Show the individual readings (21)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2022-11-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2022-11-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2021-03-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-06-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2018-06-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-01-20 Cobalt fumes 0.16 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2016-01-20 Copper fumes 0.27 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2016-01-20 Iron oxide fumes 0.32 10 0.03 Welder, etc.
2016-01-20 Lead fumes 0 150 0.00 Welder, etc.
2016-01-20 Manganese fumes 0.01 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2016-01-20 Molybdenum fumes 0.01 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2016-01-20 Nickel fumes 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2016-01-20 Vanadium fumes 1.15 50 0.02 Welder, etc.
2016-01-20 Zinc oxide fumes 0 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2016-01-20 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2016-01-20 Arsenic fumes 0 500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2016-01-20 Beryllium fumes 0 2 0.00 Welder, etc.
2016-01-20 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2016-01-20 Chromium, insoluble 0.03 1 0.03 Welder, etc.
2011-04-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2011-04-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 1.01 0.18 Front-end Loader Operator
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. Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. 2006 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 4
2024 4
2023 4
2022 6
2021 6
2020 8
2019 8
2018 6
2017 6
2016 5
2015 6
2014 6
2013 6
2012 6
2011 7
2010 6
2009 6
2008 5
2007 5
2006 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Raccoon River Sand sits in Polk County, Iowa, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Polk County, Iowa · Population 497,441
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$81,621
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 1,351 1 0 740.2
2026 Q1 1,031 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,432 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,856 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,497 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,960 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,400 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,098 0 0 0.0
Show 74 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 2,049 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,314 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,451 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,777 1 0 360.1
2023 Q2 829 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,469 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,926 1 0 341.8
2022 Q3 3,298 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,526 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,759 2 0 724.9
2021 Q4 3,520 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,654 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,543 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,896 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 3,364 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4,471 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 4,917 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 4,488 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 6,094 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 5,302 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 4,558 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,267 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,560 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,635 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 5,067 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 3,040 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,068 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,790 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,790 1 0 263.9
2017 Q1 1,810 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,711 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,391 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,026 1 0 248.4
2016 Q1 2,737 2 2 730.7
2015 Q4 3,682 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,921 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,617 1 0 276.5
2015 Q1 2,612 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,678 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,971 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,871 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 3,256 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 4,075 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,946 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,882 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,786 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,407 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,768 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,998 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,101 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,774 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,954 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,632 2 0 550.7
2011 Q1 2,763 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 4,180 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,883 1 1 257.5
2010 Q2 2,935 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,783 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,752 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,927 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,141 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,093 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,274 2 0 610.9
2008 Q3 3,358 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,249 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,691 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,816 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,416 3 1 1241.7
2007 Q2 2,645 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,965 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,800 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,040 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,381 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2020 · 1 incident

February 25, 2020 IA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee was training another employee to fuse a piece of poly pipe to a flange. The injured employee freed the clamps on the left. The employee in training moved the wrong lever. Instead of the pipe releasing it slid the pipe pinning the employee's fingers between the metal ring and the flange.Employee sought treatment and has returned to work with restrictions.

2016 · 1 incident

August 15, 2016 IA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While handling cable, a frayed strand punctured through EE's glove and caused a small laceration that required two stitches.

2009 · 1 incident

April 16, 2009 IA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman OTHER
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. · Fall from machine

EE was standing in a jon boat attempting to place the dredge pwr cord. The wind caught the front of the boat pushing the boat away from the pontoon causing the EE to loose his balance and fall into the water. The initial diagnosis was a shoulder separation. On 05/19/09 EE was told he has a fracture of the glenoid structure that may require surgery.