Intersection of Hwy 218 & C50, Butler County,
IA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1302432
STRIPPING OPERATION has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2018–2024
Latest incident
Sep 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
10
citations
0
significant & substantial
$1,325
proposed penalties
$1,325
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
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: 119 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 OPERATION has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
10 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-27.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2024-12-04
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
8
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg6
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (8)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2024-12-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2024-12-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2023-11-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2023-11-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2023-11-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2019-05-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2019-05-14
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.3
10
0.03
Bulldozer Operator
2014-08-19
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.25
10
0.03
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
0
2025
8
2024
19
2023
6
2022
2
2021
5
2020
17
2019
8
2018
4
2016
0
2015
0
2014
1
2013
1
2012
4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
STRIPPING OPERATION sits in Butler County, Iowa, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Butler County, Iowa · Population 14,301
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$69,651
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
0
0
0
2026 Q1
0
0
0
2025 Q4
226
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
139
1
0
7194.2
2025 Q2
2,967
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
1,704
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
14,334
1
0
69.8
2024 Q3
3,715
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
0
0
0
2024 Q1
551
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
3,293
2
0
607.3
2023 Q3
0
0
0
2023 Q2
0
0
0
2023 Q1
841
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
847
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
88
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
0
0
0
2022 Q1
0
0
0
2021 Q4
0
0
0
2021 Q3
0
0
0
2021 Q2
1,571
3
0
1909.6
2021 Q1
939
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
2,668
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
103
1
0
9708.7
2020 Q2
956
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
3,840
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
1,932
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
0
0
0
2019 Q2
1,744
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
471
1
0
2123.1
2018 Q4
849
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
14
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
35
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
0
0
0
2015 Q3
0
0
0
2015 Q2
0
0
0
2015 Q1
0
0
0
2014 Q4
0
0
0
2014 Q3
166
1
0
6024.1
2014 Q2
0
0
0
2014 Q1
0
0
0
2013 Q4
0
0
0
2013 Q3
0
0
0
2013 Q2
90
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
0
0
0
2012 Q2
795
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
2024 · 1 incident
September 16, 2024IA · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerPOWERED HAULAGE
EE was hauling cut material to the fill. EE was slowing down to straighten the ADT to align to where EE was going to dump and back up. The cab's right tire went over a soft spot as EE was getting ready to stop and backup. The tire entered the soft spot, tipping the cab on its side.
2018 · 1 incident
February 13, 2018IA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorOTHER