United Brick Pit has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K 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
2012
Latest incident
Jul 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
116
citations
33
significant & substantial
$25,757
proposed penalties
$22,167
paid to date
86% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,590 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: 545 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
United Brick Pit has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K 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.
$26K
proposed penalties
$25K
current assessed
$22K
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
111 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-10-21.
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.
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.
1citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
Settled
1 · 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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
20%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $2K 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 2011-04-04.
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.
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: 2024-10-22
7
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg7
Show the individual readings (7)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2024-10-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2024-10-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Road Grader Operator
2024-10-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2024-10-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2024-10-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2020-12-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2020-12-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Scraper 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.
United Brick Pit recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2007.
Injury rate, 2007
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.30 and the all-US-mining average was 3.77 cases per 100 workers.
In Iowa, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.26 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
3
2025
2
2024
3
2023
3
2022
3
2021
4
2020
3
2019
3
2018
4
2017
5
2016
4
2015
5
2014
3
2013
2
2012
4
2011
1
2010
6
2009
7
2008
3
2007
11
2006
8
2005
9
2004
7
2003
8
2002
5
2001
4
2000
19
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
United Brick Pit sits in Dallas 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.
Dallas County, Iowa · Population 104,136
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$102,349
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
43
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
5
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
23
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
49
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
41
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
5
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
12
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
25
1
0
40000.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
36
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
5
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
14
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
46
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
42
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
7
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
19
1
0
52631.6
2022 Q3
21
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
49
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
15
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
23
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
175
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
22
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
21
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
20
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
22
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
158
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
21
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
21
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
67
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
115
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
21
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
15
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
76
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
62
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
16
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
74
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
70
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
90
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
22
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
18
1
0
55555.6
2016 Q3
28
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
56
3
0
53571.4
2016 Q1
1
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
88
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
123
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
120
7
3
58333.3
2015 Q1
62
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
17
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
76
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
32
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
2
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
30
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
132
1
0
7575.8
2013 Q2
1
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
1
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
20
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
68
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
41
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
38
8
0
210526.3
2011 Q4
88
2
2
22727.3
2011 Q3
0
0
0
2011 Q2
0
0
0
2011 Q1
64
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
2,789
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
2,422
5
1
2064.4
2010 Q2
0
0
0
2010 Q1
1,875
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
4,482
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
89
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
0
0
0
2009 Q1
1,452
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
4,236
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
222
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
0
0
0
2008 Q1
0
0
0
2007 Q4
3,654
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
8,112
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
5,433
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
5,356
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
7,193
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
2,101
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
618
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
738
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
3,070
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
4,255
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
1,366
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
3,361
2
0
595.1
2004 Q4
4,610
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
2,897
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
0
0
0
2004 Q1
3,340
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
7,891
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
1,994
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
1,016
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
1,242
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
2,099
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
1,143
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
1,398
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
1,744
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
2,037
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
163
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
0
0
0
2000 Q4
613
7
2
11419.2
2000 Q3
3,178
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
2,789
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
0
0
0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2012 · 1 incident
July 30, 2012IA · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Scraper coming out of waste area lunged to the side hitting another scraper stopped to the side of the waste area, causing the operator to fall to the ground.