Mining Incidents

WASH PLANT NO 4 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Greg Bruening
Decorah, Winneshiek County, IA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1300657

WASH PLANT NO 4 has $9K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
79
citations
11
significant & substantial
$9,449
proposed penalties
$9,449
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
52
inspections on record
612
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: 612 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 4 has $9K 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
79 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-04-17.
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 4,682 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 5,012 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 5,551 3 0 540.4
2025 Q1 4,631 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 5,502 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 6,713 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 6,325 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 5,003 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 5,712 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 6,495 1 0 154.0
2023 Q2 6,238 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 4,847 2 0 412.6
2022 Q4 5,407 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 5,362 1 0 186.5
2022 Q2 5,759 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 4,662 2 0 429.0
2021 Q4 5,525 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 6,095 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 6,244 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 4,171 1 0 239.8
2020 Q4 5,565 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 5,546 4 2 721.2
2020 Q2 5,741 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 3,938 4 0 1015.7
2019 Q4 4,205 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 5,171 5 1 966.9
2019 Q2 5,209 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,722 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 5,029 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 6,303 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 5,927 3 0 506.2
2018 Q1 3,416 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 5,439 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 6,037 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 6,338 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,979 3 0 1007.0
2016 Q4 5,599 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 7,178 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 5,923 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,675 4 0 1495.3
2015 Q4 4,787 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 5,390 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 5,117 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,845 7 2 3794.0
2014 Q4 4,217 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,764 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,738 7 0 1872.7
2014 Q1 2,378 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,739 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,492 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 6,413 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,168 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 5,580 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 6,480 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 6,323 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,221 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 5,538 3 0 541.7
2011 Q3 6,644 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 6,159 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,501 5 1 1999.2
2010 Q4 5,707 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 981 1 0 1019.4
2010 Q2 750 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 12 1 1 83333.3
2009 Q4 1,057 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,098 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,672 2 0 1196.2
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 605 3 0 4958.7
2008 Q3 1,110 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,055 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 783 1 0 1277.1
2007 Q3 905 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 933 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 28 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 403 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 732 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 761 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 26 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,014 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,266 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,125 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 53 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 804 1 1 1243.8
2004 Q3 573 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 381 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 67 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 713 4 3 5610.1
2003 Q3 796 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 646 2 0 3096.0
2003 Q1 34 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 384 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,054 2 0 1897.5
2002 Q2 540 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 712 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,282 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 614 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,088 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,412 7 0 4957.5
2000 Q2 965 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 950 0 0 0.0

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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The full compliance file on WASH PLANT NO 4

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.