Mining Incidents

Shell Rock Pit: 21 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by John J Derner
Shell Rock, Butler County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1300775

Shell Rock Pit has no reportable incidents on file with MSHA. MSHA has proposed $2K in penalties since 2000, with $60 outstanding.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
—
Latest incident
—
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
21
citations
4
significant & substantial
$2,131
proposed penalties
$2,071
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date. The remaining $60 was reduced, settled, contested or is still owed.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
16
inspections on record
129
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: 129 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Shell Rock Pit has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$60
outstanding
21 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-10-26.
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.
19.0%
significant & substantial
4.8%
high negligence or reckless
19.0%
reasonably likely or greater
76.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 95.2% moderate, 4.8% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Shell Rock Sand & Gravel Company 1950 to 1992
  2. Shell Rock Products Inc 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2007 1
2006 1
2005 2
2004 1
2003 2
2002 2
2001 2
2000 2
1999 3
1998 3
1997 2
1996 1
1995 2
1994 2
1993 2
1992 2
1991 2
1990 1
1989 5
1988 6
1987 10
1986 4
1984 4
1983 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Shell Rock Pit sits in Butler 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.
Butler County, Iowa · Population 14,301
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$69,651
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; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. 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
2007 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 15 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2 3 1 1500000.0
Show 19 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q3 420 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 400 1 0 2500.0
2005 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 150 6 2 40000.0
2004 Q2 320 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 320 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 520 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 544 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 580 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 360 3 1 8333.3
2001 Q2 544 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q3 240 3 0 12500.0
2000 Q2 740 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 0 0 0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.