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Sand Plant Dept 488: 49 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Manaco Corporation
Vinton, Clinton County, IA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1300664

Sand Plant Dept 488 has $5K 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
1997–2023
Latest incident
Sep 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
49
citations
3
significant & substantial
$4,723
proposed penalties
$4,723
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Wendling Quarries, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
40
inspections on record
361
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: 361 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Sand Plant Dept 488 has $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
49 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-25.
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.
6.1%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
6.1%
reasonably likely or greater
55.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 20.4% low, 79.6% 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: 2023-09-20
6
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (6)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-09-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-07-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2015-06-02 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.32 Washer Operator
2015-06-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2011-06-29 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-06-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge 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.

Sand Plant Dept 488 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2007.

Injury rate, 2007
ⓘ 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 3.30 and the all-US-mining average was 3.77 cases per 100 workers.
In Iowa, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.26 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
2007 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2002 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2001 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2000 * 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. Coots Materials Company Inc 1950 to 2019
  2. Wendling Quarries, Inc. 2019 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 3
2024 2
2023 3
2022 1
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 1
2012 2
2011 1
2010 1
2009 2
2008 1
2007 13
2006 10
2005 10
2004 8
2003 10
2002 11
2001 10
2000 11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Sand Plant Dept 488 sits in Clinton 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.
Clinton County, Iowa · Population 46,383
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$65,177
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 2,550 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 812 3 0 3694.6
2025 Q4 1,235 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,586 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,289 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 700 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,219 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,695 3 0 1769.9
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,097 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 130 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 770 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,229 1 0 448.6
2023 Q2 3,112 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 183 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,214 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 934 2 0 2141.3
2021 Q3 818 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 498 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 198 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 637 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 997 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,377 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 971 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 748 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 963 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 665 3 0 4511.3
2019 Q1 194 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 223 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 841 2 0 2378.1
2018 Q2 417 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 501 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 374 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,032 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,171 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 530 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 633 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,081 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,124 2 0 1779.4
2016 Q1 387 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 130 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,011 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 747 4 0 5354.8
2015 Q1 131 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 476 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 931 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 98 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 165 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 493 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,077 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 98 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 98 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 158 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,019 1 0 981.4
2012 Q2 707 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 98 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 867 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 670 2 0 2985.1
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 723 3 0 4149.4
2010 Q2 421 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 178 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 837 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 493 1 0 2028.4
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q3 1,151 1 0 868.8
2008 Q2 234 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 5,331 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 6,326 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 6,565 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,240 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,329 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 5,453 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5,858 2 0 341.4
2006 Q1 3,513 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 4,242 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,483 3 0 669.2
2005 Q2 5,000 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,411 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 4,773 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,865 8 2 1644.4
2004 Q2 5,365 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,050 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,868 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,548 2 0 439.8
2003 Q2 4,500 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,568 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 5,108 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 5,986 2 0 334.1
2002 Q2 6,702 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 6,224 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 6,185 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 5,525 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 5,354 4 1 747.1
2001 Q1 3,715 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,814 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 5,261 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 5,938 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 5,479 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2023 · 1 incident

September 11, 2023 IA · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wendling Quarries, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Miner pick up a 1/2" chain and their left shoulder popped.

2004 · 1 incident

April 26, 2004 IA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Coots Materials Company Inc · Struck by falling object

Two employees were pullig a truck tire off the rim. It came off faster than expected and the rim fell on one of the employees left foot.

1997 · 1 incident

August 15, 1997 IA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Coots Materials Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS GUIDING A PLATE OF STEEL BEING HOISTED BY A CRANE. THE CHAIN SECURING THE STEEL SLIPPED AND THE STEEL HIT EE'S LEG AND DROPPED ON HIS FOOT, CAUSING A POSSIBLE FRACTURE OF A BONE IN HIS RT FOOT. RESULTS ARE NOT BACK YET