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Sieh Sand & Gravel: 55 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Spencer, Clay County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1301626

Sieh Sand & Gravel has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1984
Latest incident
Jul 1984
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
55
citations
9
significant & substantial
$7,015
proposed penalties
$6,672
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $343 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Sieh Farm Drainage Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
35
inspections on record
270
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: 270 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Sieh Sand & Gravel has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
54 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-06-02.
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.
16.7%
significant & substantial
7.4%
high negligence or reckless
16.7%
reasonably likely or greater
74.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 14.8% low, 77.8% moderate, 7.4% 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.
7 citations taken to the federal commission · 13% of citations on record
  • Settled 7 · 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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
6%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $1K 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 2018-08-21.
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
CENT20030021M Settlement Zielinski 2003 $679 → $543
CENT20010159M Settlement Melick 2001 $600 → $480
CENT 2018-0432 Settlement Lesnick 2018 $472 → $472
CENT 2006-165M Settlement Lesnick 2006 $437 → $350
CENT 2017-0436 Settlement Simonton 2017 $420 → $420
CENT 2010-47M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $100 → $100
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: 2020-06-03, 6 years ago
3
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz2
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2020-06-03 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 1 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2020-06-03 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 2.81 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-03-28 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 Front-end Loader 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.
Ownership history
  1. Everds Brothers Inc 1950 to 1978
  2. Hallett Construction Company 1978 to 1983
  3. Mid-West Construction Materials Company 1983 to 1986
  4. Sieh Farm Drainage Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 3
2014 2
2013 1
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 3
2006 2
2005 4
2004 4
2003 4
2002 3
2001 3
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Sieh Sand & Gravel sits in Clay County, Iowa, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Clay County, Iowa · Population 16,446
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$64,082
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
2020 Q4 402 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 757 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 349 2 1 5730.7
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 251 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,195 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 729 5 0 6858.7
2019 Q1 0 0 0
Show 76 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q4 477 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,128 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 717 8 0 11157.6
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 659 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 880 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,507 4 1 2654.3
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 860 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,693 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,335 3 0 2247.2
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 364 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,473 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,419 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 27 3 0 111111.1
2014 Q4 352 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 898 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 793 3 0 3783.1
2014 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 537 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,081 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 635 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 721 1 0 1387.0
2012 Q3 1,438 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,712 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 187 1 0 5347.6
2011 Q4 980 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,728 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,591 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 706 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,536 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,386 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 698 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,434 3 3 2092.1
2009 Q2 1,202 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 1,256 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,508 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,400 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 928 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,704 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,113 1 0 473.3
2007 Q1 77 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 958 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,602 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,143 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 181 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 181 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 181 3 1 16574.6
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 181 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 181 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 181 2 0 11049.7
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 181 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 181 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 181 3 0 16574.6
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 181 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 180 3 1 16666.7
2002 Q2 180 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 180 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 180 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 180 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 180 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 180 10 2 55555.6
2000 Q2 180 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1984 · 2 incidents