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Spring Sand Plant: 34 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by CRH PLC
Burlington, Des Moines County, IA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1300766

Spring Sand Plant has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1987–2017
Latest incident
Feb 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
34
citations
2
significant & substantial
$2,665
proposed penalties
$2,665
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Cessford Construction Company's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
44
inspections on record
418
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: 418 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Spring Sand Plant has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
34 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $907 in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-11-13.
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.
5.9%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
5.9%
reasonably likely or greater
52.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 35.3% low, 64.7% moderate, 0.0% 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.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
  • Vacated or withdrawn 2 · 100%
0%
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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
100%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$907 proposed, $0 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 2014-06-04.
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 2014-0410 Withdrawal Miller 2014 $907 → $0
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: 2026-05-06
8
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg7
  • Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (8)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-05-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-05-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2022-10-12 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-04-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2019-04-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2009-04-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2009-04-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-04-07 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.
Ownership history
  1. Raid Quarries Division 1950 to 1978
  2. Medusa Aggregates Company 1979 to 1980
  3. Cessford Construction Company 1980 to 2008
  4. Cessford Construction Company 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 1
2024 3
2023 4
2022 4
2021 4
2020 5
2019 5
2018 5
2017 5
2016 4
2015 4
2014 4
2013 4
2012 4
2011 4
2010 4
2009 5
2008 6
2007 6
2006 5
2005 4
2004 4
2003 4
2002 4
2001 5
2000 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Spring Sand Plant sits in Des Moines County, Iowa, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Des Moines County, Iowa · Population 38,597
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$60,662
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 933 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 291 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 244 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 711 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 921 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 164 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 837 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 946 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 632 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 2,114 1 0 473.0
2023 Q3 2,566 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,529 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 2,099 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,149 1 0 465.3
2022 Q2 2,751 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 802 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,742 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,520 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,361 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,291 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,587 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4,058 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 4,053 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,643 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,028 1 0 493.1
2019 Q3 2,753 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,301 1 0 434.6
2019 Q1 1,510 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,198 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,005 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,182 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,379 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,632 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,658 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,590 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,157 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,398 1 0 715.3
2016 Q3 2,067 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,186 1 0 457.5
2016 Q1 1,576 1 0 634.5
2015 Q4 2,017 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,425 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,876 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,743 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,760 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,230 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,305 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,261 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,568 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,372 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,109 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,554 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,902 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,974 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,156 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,335 1 0 749.1
2011 Q4 1,824 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,316 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,152 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,402 2 0 1426.5
2010 Q4 1,909 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,030 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,917 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,181 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,501 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,947 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,051 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,381 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,802 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,720 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,913 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 496 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,190 1 0 456.6
2007 Q3 2,059 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,624 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,041 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,741 2 0 1148.8
2006 Q3 2,232 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,406 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,408 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,080 2 0 961.5
2005 Q3 2,495 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,417 7 1 2896.2
2005 Q1 1,180 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,067 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,379 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,034 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,147 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,574 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,996 2 0 1002.0
2003 Q2 1,584 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,555 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,015 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,312 2 0 865.1
2002 Q2 2,359 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,146 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,489 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,820 1 0 354.6
2001 Q2 2,364 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,852 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,225 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,725 7 1 2568.8
2000 Q2 2,694 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,098 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

2017 · 1 incident

February 21, 2017 IA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Cessford Construction Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Based on the past hearing test information from Cessford Construction, EE was identified with a recordable level STS in both ears, when compared to EE's original baseline of 6/27/2002. EE's left ear had a shift of 26.01 dB and the right ear had a shift of 32.67 dB. Age correction factors were used.

2015 · 1 incident

September 3, 2015 IA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman POWERED HAULAGE
Cessford Construction Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Working out of a boat hanging power cord on float frames next to the dredge pipe. Front of boat slipped under pipeline, allowing forward movement of the boat, pinning person between metal bench seat and pipeline.

2010 · 2 incidents

September 16, 2010 IA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cessford Construction Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

While using a 2" water hose to remove sand accumulations under the transfer conveyer, employee apparently suffered an abdominal hernia.

2008 · 1 incident

January 22, 2008 IA · Metal/Non-Metal weighman, scale person OTHER
Cessford Construction Company · Unclassified, insufficient data

Employee was found passed out in the scale house. No known injuries were received from this incident. It appears this incident is related to the employee's medical history; it is not work related.

1999 · 1 incident

August 27, 1999 IA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cessford Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS AT THE TOP OF A BRUSH PILE,LOST HIS FOOTING GRABBED HOLD OF A BRANCH TO STEADY HIMSELF & GOT A THORN EMBEDDED IN HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER EE WENT TO ER OVER THE WEEKEND BECAUSE FINGER BECAME INFECTED. WORKED 2 DAYS 8/30 &8/31 THEN WENT TO DR AGAIN ON 9/1 TO HAVE FINGER CUT OPEN & INFECTION/ABSCESS DRAINED. DR RESTRICTED USE OF HIS RIGHT HAND & NOT TRUCK DRIVING CO SENT EE

1997 · 1 incident

March 20, 1997 IA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Cessford Construction Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CONTINUED AND REPETITIOUS MOVEMENT OF THE EE'S KNEE WHILE WORKING ON SCREEN IN A CONFINED AREA.

1996 · 1 incident

1987 · 1 incident

August 20, 1987 IA · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cessford Construction Company · Struck by falling object

EMP AND SUPERIN7NEDENT WERE PICKING UP METAL FLOAT TANK MEASURING 3X12X1/4 THICK BY 2X12X1/4 THICK TO TURN ON ITS SIDE FOR R EPAIR. TANK SLIPPED AND FELL ON EMP RT FOOT ARCH DIRECTLY ABOVE HIS STEEL TOED 8HOES. EMP BROKE 1 BONE AND C RACKED TWO BONES IN ARCH OF RT FOOT. CAST WAS APPLIED AT FURLINGTON MEDICAL CENTER