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The Power Plant Pit: 111 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Croell, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Kurt Croell
Cedar Rapids, Linn County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1302243

The Power Plant Pit has $27K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2002–2014
Latest incident
Jun 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
111
citations
23
significant & substantial
$26,676
proposed penalties
$25,546
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,130 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Croell, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
37
inspections on record
399
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: 399 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

The Power Plant Pit has $27K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$27K
proposed penalties
$26K
current assessed
$26K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
111 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $6K in penalties contested before the Commission, $5K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-06-07.
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.
20.7%
significant & substantial
6.3%
high negligence or reckless
20.7%
reasonably likely or greater
72.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 12.6% low, 81.1% moderate, 6.3% 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.
10 citations taken to the federal commission · 9% of citations on record
  • Settled 10 · 100%
100%
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%
20%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$6K proposed, $5K 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 2006-03-09.
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 2006-94M Settlement Manning 2006 $3K → $3K
CENT 2006-105M Settlement Manning 2006 $2K → $2K
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: 2019-10-16, 6 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
6
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (6)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2019-10-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-07-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2012-07-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2009-05-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-10-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.4 1.76 0.23 Cleanup Man
2003-10-21 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. Croell, Inc. 2000 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2022 4
2021 6
2020 4
2019 3
2018 3
2017 4
2016 3
2015 4
2014 3
2013 3
2012 3
2011 3
2010 3
2009 3
2008 2
2007 2
2006 3
2005 3
2004 3
2003 2
2002 2
2001 3
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

The Power Plant Pit sits in Linn 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.
Linn County, Iowa · Population 229,463
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$76,421
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
2022 Q2 896 2 0 2232.1
2021 Q4 1,051 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 367 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 910 5 3 5494.5
2020 Q3 548 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 225 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 293 11 5 37542.7
2019 Q3 852 0 0 0.0
Show 72 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q2 305 2 0 6557.4
2018 Q4 255 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,148 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 844 4 0 4739.3
2017 Q4 381 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 447 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 622 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 288 4 0 13888.9
2016 Q3 763 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,197 6 0 5012.5
2015 Q4 962 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,010 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 570 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,156 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 766 1 0 1305.5
2014 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 754 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,281 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 775 3 1 3871.0
2013 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 950 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,256 5 1 3980.9
2012 Q2 162 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,654 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,491 1 1 670.7
2011 Q2 930 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 158 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,000 4 2 4000.0
2010 Q2 1,019 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,975 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,886 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,789 3 0 1676.9
2009 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,301 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,892 4 0 2114.2
2008 Q2 1,011 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 921 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 387 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,093 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 425 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,680 3 1 1785.7
2006 Q3 1,813 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,420 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 364 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,489 10 3 6715.9
2005 Q3 1,958 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,876 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 539 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,177 11 3 9345.8
2004 Q3 1,533 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,217 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 671 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,284 7 0 5451.7
2003 Q3 1,314 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,211 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 680 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 857 5 0 5834.3
2002 Q3 1,254 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,142 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 195 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,224 3 0 2451.0
2001 Q3 1,380 8 3 5797.1
2001 Q2 754 9 0 11936.3
2001 Q1 188 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 105 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 650 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2014 · 1 incident

June 2, 2014 IA · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Croell, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was changing oil on dredge and strained his elbow.

2006 · 1 incident

October 23, 2006 IA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Croell, Inc. · Flash burns (welding)

Emloyee was welding with proper PPE and a flash burnt his eyes. Went to the emergency room and was restricted from coming to work until follow-up appointment.

2005 · 1 incident

October 28, 2005 IA · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Croell, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Walking on catwalk, slipped and twisted ankle.

2002 · 1 incident

July 11, 2002 IA · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Croell, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING A WRENCH TO LOOSEN BOLTS ON A 50 HP MOTOR, FELT SHARP PAIN IN LEFT SHOULDER.