Mining Incidents

Stephenson Sand Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Jody M Crane
Eldon, Wapello County, IA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1302426

Stephenson Sand Plant has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
89
citations
17
significant & substantial
$25,752
proposed penalties
$24,054
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,698 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
29
inspections on record
321
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: 321 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Stephenson Sand Plant has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K 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.
$26K
proposed penalties
$26K
current assessed
$24K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
88 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-14.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 726 2 0 2754.8
2025 Q3 763 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 631 7 0 11093.5
2025 Q1 663 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,064 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,255 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,089 1 0 918.3
2024 Q1 1,995 1 0 501.3
Show 49 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 2,685 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,974 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,650 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,033 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,145 4 0 1864.8
2022 Q3 1,560 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,126 6 1 5328.6
2022 Q1 920 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,020 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,583 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,297 4 1 3084.0
2021 Q1 521 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,587 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,339 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,323 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,057 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,598 8 0 5006.3
2019 Q3 1,395 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 763 11 6 14416.8
2019 Q1 217 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 597 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 960 4 1 4166.7
2018 Q2 850 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 472 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 625 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 731 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 724 3 0 4143.6
2017 Q1 560 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,549 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,879 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,473 1 1 678.9
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 1,930 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,381 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,080 2 0 1851.9
2015 Q1 131 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 296 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 372 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 110 4 2 36363.6
2014 Q1 32 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 78 3 0 38461.5
2013 Q3 91 6 0 65934.1
2013 Q2 127 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 50 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 95 16 5 168421.1
2012 Q3 95 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 88 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 50 3 0 60000.0

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.

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The full compliance file on Stephenson Sand Plant

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.