Mining Incidents

WASH PLANT NO 2 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Greg Bruening
Decorah, Winneshiek County, IA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1302372

WASH PLANT NO 2 has $3K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
21
citations
3
significant & substantial
$2,774
proposed penalties
$2,774
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
23
inspections on record
212
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: 212 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

WASH PLANT NO 2 has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
21 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-01.
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 1,564 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,451 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,342 1 0 427.0
2025 Q1 344 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,597 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,271 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,461 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 524 0 0 0.0
Show 62 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,887 1 0 529.9
2023 Q3 2,283 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,575 2 0 776.7
2023 Q1 331 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,442 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,700 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,585 1 0 386.8
2022 Q1 302 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,966 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,184 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,579 1 0 387.7
2021 Q1 466 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,770 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,416 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,446 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 290 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,839 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,192 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,217 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 133 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,499 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,471 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,386 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 1,582 1 0 632.1
2017 Q3 2,563 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,016 1 0 496.0
2017 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,842 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,238 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,210 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,850 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,544 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,256 1 0 443.3
2015 Q1 75 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,169 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,361 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,313 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,313 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,208 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,915 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,021 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,164 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,486 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 156 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,857 4 1 2154.0
2011 Q3 2,523 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,280 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 722 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,267 4 0 3157.1
2010 Q3 2,067 1 0 483.8
2010 Q2 195 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 570 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,940 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,695 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,281 2 2 876.8
2009 Q1 1,709 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,869 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,213 1 0 824.4

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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