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S & S QUARRIES: 26 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Greg Bruening
Knoxville, Marion County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1300053

S & S QUARRIES has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1992–2002
Latest incident
Jun 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
26
citations
3
significant & substantial
$3,380
proposed penalties
$3,380
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Bruening Rock Products Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
19
inspections on record
144
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: 144 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

S & S QUARRIES has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
26 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $200 in penalties contested before the Commission, $200 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-09-01.
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.
11.5%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
11.5%
reasonably likely or greater
84.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 8% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$200 proposed, $200 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2008-02-29.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
CENT 2008-358M Settlement Lesnick 2008 $200 → $200
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2002-08-27, 24 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
5
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz2
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
  • Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (5)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2002-08-27 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.28 10 0.03 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-08-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.73 1.92 0.38 Truck Driver
2002-08-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-05-09 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.27 10 0.03 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-05-09 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 3.18 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.

S & S QUARRIES recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2010.

Injury rate, 2010
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.68 and the all-US-mining average was 3.20 cases per 100 workers.
In Iowa, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.17 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2010 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2009 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2008 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2007 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2006 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2005 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2004 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2003 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. C D Hess & Son Rock Material Company 1950 to 1986
  2. Hess & Van Zante Inc 1986 to 1988
  3. S & S Quarries Inc 1988 to 1995
  4. Bruening Rock Products Inc 1995 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2010 13
2009 13
2008 11
2007 10
2006 10
2005 9
2004 9
2003 11
2002 13
2001 12
2000 8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

S & S QUARRIES sits in Marion County, Iowa, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Marion County, Iowa · Population 33,551
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$78,059
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
2010 Q4 8,162 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 9,325 1 0 107.2
2010 Q2 9,447 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 8,182 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 7,613 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 8,871 1 0 112.7
2009 Q2 8,735 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 7,080 0 0 0.0
Show 36 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q4 7,829 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 8,365 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 8,378 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 7,081 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 7,480 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 6,905 2 0 289.6
2007 Q2 7,228 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 6,464 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 5,685 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 6,743 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 7,037 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 6,460 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 6,856 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 7,434 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 6,388 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 5,477 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 5,825 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 6,158 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 6,347 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 5,323 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 6,312 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 5,531 4 0 723.2
2003 Q2 5,505 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 5,238 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 6,074 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 5,087 12 3 2359.0
2002 Q2 5,645 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 4,616 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,998 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,575 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,815 3 0 623.1
2001 Q1 3,792 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,751 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,046 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,035 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,187 3 0 941.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2002 · 1 incident

June 29, 2002 IA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bruening Rock Products Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WALKING ON UNEVEN GROUND. TWISTED KNEE THEN FELL TO GROUND FURTHER INJURING KNEE.

1998 · 1 incident

1994 · 1 incident

May 17, 1994 IA · Metal/Non-Metal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
S & S Quarries Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING TOGGLE PLATE ON JAW CRUSHER MUSCLE STRAIN OR SPASM.

1993 · 1 incident

December 19, 1993 IA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
S & S Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WE WERE COMPRESSING COIL SPRINGS ON ROLL CRUSHER AND A WASHER SHIRRED AND STRUCK EE S RIGHT HAND. EE WAS TAKEN TO ER IN KNOXVILLE BY OTHER OWENR AND EE WAS TRANSFERRED TO IOWA EE S RIGHT HAN D IS DAMAGED TO THE EXTENT OF FINGER AND THE TIPON THE LITTLE FINGER WAS REMOVED OR RIPPED OFF DURINT THE ACCIDENT.

1992 · 2 incidents

October 23, 1992 IA · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
S & S Quarries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PERSON WAS MOVING CONVEYOR. THE CONVEYOR STARTED TO ROLL AND PERSON RAN TO GRAB HOLD. THE CONVEYOR THREW PERSON INTO A PIPE. THE PERSON HAD A TORN SHIRT, HAD SCRAP MARKS ON HIS BACK. NO TI ME OFF, THE PERSON HAS WORKED EVERY WORKIGN DAY. COMPLAINED OF BACK PAIN ON 11-2-92. SEEN THE DOCTOR ON 10-31-92 AND TOOK EXRAYS.

April 2, 1992 IA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
S & S Quarries Inc · Fall from machine

55061S CHANGING AIR FULTER IN ENDLOADER WHEN HIS HEEL GOT CAUGHT IN THE TIRE AND THREW HIM OFF BALANCE AND HE FELL OFF THE ENDLOADER HE WAS TOLD TO LIE STILL BY THE OWNERS .