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Cerne Calcium Co., LLC Metal/Non-Metal

Cerne Calcium Company · Facility

Controlled by Joseph Cerne Sr

Fort Dodge, Webster County, IA · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 1301568

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 4
Years on record: 2000–2024
Latest incident: Jul 2024

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

209

citations

significant & substantial

$71,180

proposed penalties

$67,168

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4	7,200	0	0	0.0
2025 Q3	6,530	4	0	612.6
2025 Q2	6,620	0	0	0.0
2024 Q4	275	0	0	0.0
2024 Q3	6,959	0	0	0.0
2024 Q1	6,678	1	0	149.7
2023 Q4	6,602	0	0	0.0
2023 Q3	478	6	2	12552.3

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2024 · 1 incident

July 12, 2024 IA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Cerne Calcium Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Coming down ladder on 972M wheel loader and missed bottom step and right knee twisted and didn't start to hurt till that afternoon. Technician was not using three points of contact.

2008 · 1 incident

November 26, 2008 IA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Cerne Calcium Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was watching the digging taking place on the back section of the property, slipped on the ice and fell back, landing on his right shoulder.

2003 · 1 incident

January 21, 2003 IA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

J M Huber Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MAINTENANCE ON FEEDER - STEEL PLATE SHIFTED CAUSING PINCHED FINGERTIPS.

2000 · 1 incident

June 2, 2000 IA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

J M Huber Corp · Unclassified, insufficient data

UNKNOWN - POSSIBLE ILLNESS RELATED TO NATURAL CAUSES. PENDING DOCTOR'S DIAGNOSIS.