What are Sand Plant Dept 488's MSHA penalties?

Sand Plant Dept 488 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties on record, with $453 currently outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

← Back to search

Sand Plant Dept 488 Metal/Non-Metal

Wendling Quarries, Inc. · Surface

Controlled by Manaco Corporation

Vinton, Clinton County, IA · Intermittent

MSHA Mine ID: 1300664

Sand Plant Dept 488 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $453 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Sand Plant Dept 488.

Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 1997–2023
Latest incident: Sep 2023

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2001

citations

significant & substantial

$4,723

proposed penalties

$4,270

paid to date

90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $453 gap.

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Inspection activity

MSHA inspections since 2000

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.

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

$4K

paid to date

$453

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.

See also the operator's enforcement record

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	Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4	1,235	0	0.0
2025 Q3	1,586	0	0.0
2025 Q2	2,289	0	0.0
2025 Q1	700	0	0.0
2024 Q4	1,219	0	0.0
2024 Q3	1,695	3	1769.9
2024 Q2	1,097	0	0.0
2024 Q1	130	0	0.0

Show 95 earlier quarters

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
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

For insurers, brokers, and safety consultants

The full compliance file on Sand Plant Dept 488

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.

Get the report ($149) See a sample report Monitor a whole book of operators, $99/mo