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SHOP: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Douds Stone, LLC · Facility
Controlled by Daniel Ryan Roberts
Ottumwa, Wapello County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1302213

SHOP has $170K 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
2003–2008
Latest incident
Nov 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
109
citations
25
significant & substantial
$169,957
proposed penalties
$124,957
paid to date
74% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $45,000 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Douds Stone, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
66
inspections on record
1,171
inspection hours
9.3
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.
109 citations across 1,171 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

SHOP has $170K 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.
$170K
proposed penalties
$125K
current assessed
$125K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
108 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $150K in penalties contested before the Commission, $105K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-01-23.
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.
23.1%
significant & substantial
1.9%
high negligence or reckless
23.1%
reasonably likely or greater
68.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 18.5% low, 79.6% moderate, 1.9% 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.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
30%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$150K proposed, $105K 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 2009-05-20.
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 2009-439M Settlement Manning 2010 $150K → $105K
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: 2017-01-24, 9 years ago
27%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
56
samples
56
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz186 over
  • Total Carbon,TC95 over
  • Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon.94 over
  • Diesel particulate (total carbon)123 over
Show the individual readings (100)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2012-07-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.87 0.84 1.04 Cleanup Man
2010-10-26 TC @ 160 265 160 1.66 Drill Operator, Rotary
2010-10-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.77 0.69 1.12 Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-10-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.88 0.8 1.10 Cleanup Man
2008-06-25 TC @ 160 215 160 1.34 Truck Driver
2008-06-25 TC @ 160 319 160 1.99 Drill Operator, Rotary
2006-06-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.92 0.73 1.26 Truck Driver
2005-08-09 Diesel Particulate Material 330.07 308 1.07 Drill Operator, Rotary
2004-05-12 Total Carbon,TC 493.04 400 1.23 Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc.
2004-05-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.82 0.45 1.82 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-05-14 Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon. 780.7 400 1.95 Blaster, Powder Gang
2003-05-14 Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon. 835.14 400 2.09 Blaster, Powder Gang
2003-05-14 Total Carbon,TC 732.47 400 1.83 Blaster, Powder Gang
2003-05-14 Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon. 401.04 400 1.00 Drill Operator, Rotary
2003-05-14 Total Carbon,TC 1053.97 400 2.63 Drill Operator, Rotary
2003-05-14 Total Carbon,TC 438.65 400 1.10 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-05-14 Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon. 526.06 400 1.32 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-05-14 Total Carbon,TC 668.92 400 1.67 Blaster, Powder Gang
2002-08-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.66 0.34 1.94 Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-01-24 Zinc oxide fumes 0 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-01-24 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.16 10 0.12 Mechanic
2017-01-24 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.73 10 0.07 Mechanic
2017-01-24 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 7.36 10 0.74 Welder, etc.
2017-01-24 Arsenic fumes 0 500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-01-24 Beryllium fumes 0 2 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-01-24 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-01-24 Chromium, insoluble 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-01-24 Cobalt fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-01-24 Copper fumes 2.38 100 0.02 Welder, etc.
2017-01-24 Iron oxide fumes 0.13 10 0.01 Welder, etc.
2017-01-24 Lead fumes 0 150 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-01-24 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-01-24 Manganese fumes 0.01 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-01-24 Molybdenum fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-01-24 Nickel fumes 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2017-01-24 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2012-10-31 EC @ 160 37 160 0.23 Truck Driver
2012-10-31 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Truck Driver
2012-10-31 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Drill Operator, Rotary
2012-10-31 TC @ 160 81 160 0.51 Drill Operator, Rotary
2012-10-31 TC @ 160 158 160 0.99 Truck Driver
2012-10-31 EC @ 160 61 160 0.38 Drill Operator, Rotary
2012-08-01 EC @ 160 70 160 0.44 Blaster, Powder Gang
2012-08-01 TC @ 160 103 160 0.64 Blaster, Powder Gang
2012-08-01 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Blaster, Powder Gang
2012-08-01 TC @ 160 74 160 0.46 Truck Driver
2012-08-01 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Truck Driver
2012-08-01 EC @ 160 54 160 0.34 Truck Driver
2010-10-26 TC from EC @ 160 91 160 0.57 Drill Operator, Rotary
2010-10-26 EC @ 160 63 160 0.39 Drill Operator, Rotary
2010-10-26 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Cleanup Man
2010-10-26 EC @ 160 90 160 0.56 Cleanup Man
2010-10-26 TC @ 160 141 160 0.88 Cleanup Man
2010-10-26 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Scaling (mechanical)
2010-10-26 EC @ 160 70 160 0.44 Scaling (mechanical)
2010-10-26 TC @ 160 89 160 0.56 Scaling (mechanical)
2010-10-26 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Mucking Mach. Operator
2010-10-26 EC @ 160 28 160 0.18 Mucking Mach. Operator
2010-10-26 TC @ 160 53 160 0.33 Mucking Mach. Operator
2010-10-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.7 2.44 0.29 Truck Driver
2010-10-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 0.86 0.30 Truck Driver
2008-06-25 TC from EC @ 160 59 160 0.37 Drill Operator, Rotary
2008-06-25 EC @ 160 9 160 0.06 Front-end Loader Operator
2008-06-25 TC @ 160 9 160 0.06 Front-end Loader Operator
2008-06-25 TC from EC @ 160 73 160 0.46 Truck Driver
2008-06-25 EC @ 160 53 160 0.33 Truck Driver
2008-06-25 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2008-06-25 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Truck Driver
2008-06-25 EC @ 160 61 160 0.38 Truck Driver
2008-06-25 TC @ 160 138 160 0.86 Truck Driver
2008-06-25 EC @ 160 43 160 0.27 Drill Operator, Rotary
2007-05-30 TC as EC @ 350 42.27 350 0.12 Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc.
2007-05-30 TC as EC @ 350 16.65 350 0.05 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-05-30 TCarbon @ 350 57.15 350 0.16 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-05-30 TC as EC @ 350 66.61 350 0.19 Truck Driver
2007-05-30 TCarbon @ 350 118.24 350 0.34 Truck Driver
2007-05-30 TCarbon @ 350 154.69 350 0.44 Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc.
2006-07-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.47 2.81 0.17 Truck Driver
2006-07-24 Diesel Particulate Material 74.88 308 0.24 Wagon Drill Operator
2006-07-24 Diesel Particulate Material 74.69 308 0.24 Truck Driver
2006-07-24 Diesel Particulate Material 0 308 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-06-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.44 2.23 0.20 Cleanup Man
2006-06-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.53 1.57 0.34 Truck Driver
2005-08-09 Diesel Particulate Material 110.55 308 0.36 Truck Driver
2005-08-09 Diesel Particulate Material 60.99 308 0.20 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-08-09 Diesel Particulate Material 211.64 308 0.69 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-08-09 Diesel Particulate Material 83.16 308 0.27 Truck Driver
2005-08-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 1.04 0.34 Truck Driver
2004-05-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.44 0.58 0.76 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-05-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.43 0.72 Laborer, Bullgang
2004-05-12 Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon. 60.97 400 0.15 Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc.
2004-05-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.36 0.87 0.41 Laborer, Bullgang
2004-05-11 Total Carbon,TC 130.55 400 0.33 Truck Driver
2004-05-11 Total Carbon,TC 37.44 400 0.09 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-05-11 Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon. 89.02 400 0.22 Truck Driver
2004-05-11 Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon. 34.07 400 0.09 Truck Driver
2004-05-11 Total Carbon,TC 38.53 400 0.10 Truck Driver
2004-05-11 Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon. 26.13 400 0.07 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-05-14 Total Carbon,TC 265.54 400 0.66 Truck Driver
2003-05-14 Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon. 273.08 400 0.68 Truck Driver
Showing 100 of 104 laboratory readings: every over-limit reading, then the most recent. MSHA reads one air sample several times, so readings outnumber the samples counted above. The full set is in MSHA's Personal Health Samples file.
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.

SHOP 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
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
2007 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2005 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2003 * 8.69 8.69 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. Douds Stone, Inc. 1997 to 2012
  2. Douds Stone, LLC 2012 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2015 4
2014 9
2013 6
2012 10
2011 15
2010 11
2009 14
2008 14
2007 18
2006 18
2005 18
2004 15
2003 15
2002 13
2001 9
2000 12
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

SHOP sits in Wapello 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.
Wapello County, Iowa · Population 35,265
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$60,034
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
2015 Q1 286 2 0 6993.0
2014 Q4 511 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 711 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 736 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 594 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 699 3 0 4291.8
2013 Q3 694 4 0 5763.7
2013 Q2 1,156 0 0 0.0
Show 53 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q1 704 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 7,868 3 0 381.3
2012 Q3 5,972 6 1 1004.7
2012 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 124 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 5,360 4 1 746.3
2011 Q3 7,346 3 0 408.4
2011 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,253 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 10,614 5 2 471.1
2010 Q3 9,678 8 3 826.6
2010 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1 2 0 2000000.0
2009 Q4 5,662 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 10,218 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,174 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1 3 3 3000000.0
2008 Q4 7,326 5 0 682.5
2008 Q3 9,913 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 826 2 1 2421.3
2008 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 4,739 3 0 633.0
2007 Q3 10,993 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 8,995 14 4 1556.4
2007 Q1 1,168 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,937 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 10,311 1 1 97.0
2006 Q2 2,287 5 1 2186.3
2006 Q1 1,102 2 2 1814.9
2005 Q4 6,386 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 9,568 6 2 627.1
2005 Q2 6,486 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 776 3 0 3866.0
2004 Q4 1,853 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 9,967 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 6,436 6 1 932.3
2004 Q1 834 2 0 2398.1
2003 Q4 5,334 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 9,640 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 7,422 1 0 134.7
2003 Q1 611 1 0 1636.7
2002 Q4 4,539 1 1 220.3
2002 Q3 9,004 7 1 777.4
2002 Q2 1,143 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 669 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,311 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 7,632 2 0 262.1
2001 Q2 1,104 2 1 1811.6
2001 Q1 594 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,077 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 8,548 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,504 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 626 0 0 0.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
November 17, 2008 IA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Douds Stone, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While repairing a gate post, three employees, using a service truck and a Cat 950B loader, "to reshape the post". While the loader was moving into position its brakes failed and overran his intended point and an employee.

Reportable incidents

1 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2003 · 1 incident

August 22, 2003 IA · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Douds Stone, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY. BRIGHT SUNNY DAY. NOTHING TO TRIP ON/OVER. EMPLOYEE ENTERED THE CAP HOUSE, BENT OVER TO PICK UP A BOX OF CAPS (APPROX. 15 LBS). HE FELT A SHARP PAIN AND WENT DOWN TO HIS KNEES AND COULDN'T GET UP.