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Stripping Crew #3: 36 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by CRH PLC
Burlington, Des Moines County, IA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1302248

Stripping Crew #3 has $6K 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
4
Years on record
2004–2020
Latest incident
Apr 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
36
citations
7
significant & substantial
$5,957
proposed penalties
$5,846
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $111 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Cessford Construction's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
50
inspections on record
455
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: 455 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Stripping Crew #3 has $6K 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
36 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $557 in penalties contested before the Commission, $446 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-02.
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.
19.4%
significant & substantial
2.8%
high negligence or reckless
19.4%
reasonably likely or greater
41.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 22.2% low, 75.0% moderate, 2.8% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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
CENT20020041M Settlement Zielinski 2002 $557 → $446
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: 2025-12-02
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
15
samples
11
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz6
  • Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz4
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (15)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-12-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2023-03-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2023-03-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2018-01-10 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 1.42 10 0.14 Truck Driver
2018-01-10 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.45 10 0.05 Bulldozer Operator
2018-01-10 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0 10 0.00 Backhoe Operator
2018-01-10 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.49 10 0.05 Truck Driver
2014-01-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 10 0.02 Bulldozer Operator
2013-04-09 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.34 10 0.03 Truck Driver
2013-04-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 0.6 0.45 Backhoe Operator
2013-04-09 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.61 10 0.06 Bulldozer Operator
2009-05-19 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.54 10 0.05 Bulldozer Operator
2009-05-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2009-05-19 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 10 0.02 Truck Driver
2009-05-19 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.56 10 0.06 Backhoe 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. Cessford Construction Company 2000 to 2008
  2. Cessford Construction 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 7
2025 6
2024 9
2023 7
2022 6
2021 5
2020 6
2019 6
2018 6
2017 8
2016 8
2015 7
2014 6
2013 7
2012 6
2011 6
2010 6
2009 6
2008 4
2007 5
2006 4
2005 4
2004 4
2003 4
2002 4
2001 5
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Stripping Crew #3 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 4,994 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,844 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 2,896 1 0 345.3
2025 Q3 4,193 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 5,128 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,179 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,428 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,517 0 0 0.0
Show 95 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 5,124 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 5,049 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 4,198 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,924 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,167 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 3,372 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,659 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 4,092 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,905 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 3,683 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3,721 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,568 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,934 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,850 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 3,653 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,434 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,623 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 3,312 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 4,046 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,905 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,482 1 1 287.2
2019 Q1 2,874 2 0 695.9
2018 Q4 2,905 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,227 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,616 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 3,058 3 1 981.0
2017 Q4 4,276 1 0 233.9
2017 Q3 2,633 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,184 1 0 239.0
2017 Q1 4,769 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 4,108 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,309 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,264 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 3,831 1 0 261.0
2015 Q4 2,366 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,105 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,174 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 3,977 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,385 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,951 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,770 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 3,743 4 2 1068.7
2013 Q4 3,270 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,436 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,752 2 1 533.0
2013 Q1 3,434 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,470 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,737 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,550 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,059 2 0 653.8
2011 Q4 2,219 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,782 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,046 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,934 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,603 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,202 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,401 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,463 2 0 812.0
2009 Q4 1,707 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,324 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,984 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 632 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,301 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,207 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,863 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,065 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,826 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,140 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,254 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 455 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,059 1 0 944.3
2006 Q3 1,103 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,913 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 697 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,244 1 0 445.6
2005 Q3 2,529 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,525 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 461 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,986 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,324 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,102 2 0 951.5
2004 Q1 649 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,210 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,360 1 0 423.7
2003 Q2 2,332 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 239 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,966 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,231 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,121 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,765 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,119 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,642 4 1 1514.0
2001 Q2 2,193 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 527 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,286 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2020 · 1 incident

April 29, 2020 IA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cessford Construction · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was walking around the fuel trailer after fueling haul truck and tripped on the fuel hose. Employee fell landing on right knee & right arm & side of ribs. Was a very windy morning which was making employee's eyes water. Employee was wearing safety glasses. Abrasion on right knee with minor bleeding. Discomfort on right side of rib cage. 2 cracked ribs on right side.

2015 · 1 incident

September 22, 2015 IA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
Cessford Construction · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Employee arrived on mine site and was sitting in a vehicle and was stung by a bee and had an allergic reaction.

2014 · 1 incident

March 5, 2014 IA · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cessford Construction · Fall from machine

Slipped on dozer tracks dismounting machine. Tracks were snow packed due to weather conditions that day - Cut lip - scratches on back left side and two broken ribs left side.

2004 · 1 incident

April 2, 2004 IA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cessford Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING THE BUCKET ON THE HITACHI. HE STRUCK THE BUCKET TOOTH TO KNOCK IT LOOSE AND A PIECE OF METAL LANCED INTO HIS LEFT FOREARM BETWEEN HIS WRIST AND ELBOW.