Mining Incidents

Rip Rap Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Douds Stone LLC · Surface
Controlled by Daniel Ryan Roberts
Ottumwa, Van Buren County, IA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1302266

Rip Rap Plant has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2003–2004
Latest incident
Oct 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
27
citations
8
significant & substantial
$11,070
proposed penalties
$11,070
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
31
inspections on record
563
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: 563 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Rip Rap Plant has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
26 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-12-18.
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 1 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,265 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,387 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,816 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 216 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,072 0 0 0.0
Show 84 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,052 3 2 2851.7
2023 Q3 1,301 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,751 3 0 1713.3
2022 Q3 3,914 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,947 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,102 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,704 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,578 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 959 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 584 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 561 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 278 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 811 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 786 2 0 2544.5
2019 Q3 1,424 1 0 702.2
2019 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,141 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,747 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,409 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 427 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 633 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,279 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,188 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,336 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,609 1 0 621.5
2016 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,120 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,232 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 742 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,261 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,024 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 101 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 505 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,118 1 1 320.7
2013 Q3 1,701 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 334 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 251 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,250 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,091 2 0 1833.2
2011 Q4 1,688 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,399 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,755 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,709 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,806 2 0 1107.4
2010 Q3 299 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 556 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,277 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,302 2 1 1536.1
2009 Q3 1,854 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 711 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,225 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,677 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,083 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,709 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 711 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 944 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 440 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 811 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 666 1 0 1501.5
2006 Q3 40 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 798 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 812 1 0 1231.5
2005 Q4 644 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,492 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,433 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 275 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,047 7 4 6685.8
2004 Q3 1,854 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,627 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 773 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,679 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,720 1 0 581.4
2003 Q2 1,151 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 550 0 0 0.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
October 12, 2004 IA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Douds Stone, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

WHILE TAKING A LOAD OF FINES TO THE STOCK PILE, EMPLOYEE WAS RETURNING TO THE PIT AREA (WITH A LOADED TRUCK). WHILE ROUNDING A CURVE IN THE HAUL ROAD, EMPLOYEE WENT THROUGH A BERM CAUSING THE TRUCK TO ROLL. EMPLOYEE WAS CRUSHED BY THE TRUCK HE WAS DRIVING.

Reportable incidents

1 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2003 · 1 incident

September 30, 2003 IA · Metal/Non-Metal

WEATHER WAS COOL & SUNNY. SETTING UP PLANT FOR PRODUCTION WHILE BACKING IN A DOLEY. AFTER MISSING THE KING PIN, EMPLOYEE REACHED IN TO RESET THE LATCH ON THE HEAD PLATE. BEFORE THE LATCH WAS S ET, THE PLANT SLIPPED & PINCHED EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT THUMB BETWEEN PLANT & HEAD PLATE.

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The full compliance file on Rip Rap Plant

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.