Mining Incidents

Stationary Sand 1: 100 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

BARD Materials · Surface
Controlled by Tony Thier
Bellevue, Jackson County, IA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1301671

Stationary Sand 1 has $14K 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
1
Years on record
2023
Latest incident
Jan 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
100
citations
19
significant & substantial
$14,031
proposed penalties
$14,031
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
51
inspections on record
470
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: 470 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Stationary Sand 1 has $14K 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.
$14K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
99 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $443 in penalties contested before the Commission, $200 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-06.
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.
19.2%
significant & substantial
7.1%
high negligence or reckless
19.2%
reasonably likely or greater
49.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 10.1% low, 82.8% moderate, 7.1% 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 2 · 67%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 33%
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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
55%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$443 proposed, $200 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 2011-10-19.
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 2012-62M Settlement Simonton 2012 $443 → $200
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: 2021-03-17, 5 years ago
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2021-03-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2010-06-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 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. Bellevue Sand & Gravel Co 1950 to 2025
  2. BARD Materials 2025 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 2
2024 2
2023 2
2022 2
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 2
2003 2
2002 2
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Stationary Sand 1 sits in Jackson County, Iowa, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Jackson County, Iowa · Population 19,429
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$71,605
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 134 3 0 22388.1
2026 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 172 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 162 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 146 3 0 20547.9
2025 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 736 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 768 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q1 632 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 684 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 624 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 560 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 696 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 664 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 552 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 688 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 752 1 0 1329.8
2021 Q2 632 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 584 1 0 1712.3
2020 Q4 624 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 712 1 0 1404.5
2020 Q2 608 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 544 2 0 3676.5
2019 Q4 648 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 680 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 752 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,020 2 1 1960.8
2018 Q4 712 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 840 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 752 3 0 3989.4
2018 Q1 512 3 0 5859.4
2017 Q4 880 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 616 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 632 13 3 20569.6
2017 Q1 536 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 760 6 1 7894.7
2016 Q3 632 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 704 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 512 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 784 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 760 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 680 4 1 5882.4
2015 Q1 504 1 0 1984.1
2014 Q4 624 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 944 1 0 1059.3
2014 Q2 1,024 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 496 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 808 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 760 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 752 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 544 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 736 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 640 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 632 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 512 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 744 3 0 4032.3
2011 Q3 632 15 2 23734.2
2011 Q2 632 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 528 3 1 5681.8
2010 Q4 704 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 632 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 704 3 2 4261.4
2010 Q1 512 5 3 9765.6
2009 Q4 680 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 680 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 752 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 680 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 736 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,264 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 600 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 856 2 0 2336.4
2007 Q3 712 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 872 2 1 2293.6
2007 Q1 552 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 712 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 744 10 4 13440.9
2006 Q2 632 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 512 1 0 1953.1
2005 Q4 840 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 672 1 0 1488.1
2005 Q2 760 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 832 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 848 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 864 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 744 3 0 4032.3
2003 Q3 760 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 752 3 0 3989.4
2003 Q1 544 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 648 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 632 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 776 2 0 2577.3
2002 Q1 632 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 936 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 656 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 632 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 512 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 592 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 584 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 578 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 262 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2023 · 1 incident

January 24, 2023 IA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bellevue Sand & Gravel Co · Fall from machine

Slip fall from exiting the cab of a wheel loader resulting in 4 fractured vertebrae.