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SHOWERS SAND PIT Metal/Non-Metal

S & G Materials · Surface

Controlled by S & G Minerals Corp; Pellco Co Inc

Iowa City, Johnson County, IA · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1301753

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 2000–2003
Latest incident: Sep 2003

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$1,377

proposed penalties

$1,377

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	Per 1M hrs
2005 Q1	0	0
2004 Q4	271	0	0.0
2004 Q1	3,500	0	0.0
2003 Q4	1,690	1	591.7
2003 Q2	1,110	0	0.0
2002 Q4	3,264	0	0.0
2002 Q3	3,935	0	0.0
2002 Q2	3,230	1	309.6

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

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2003 · 1 incident

September 30, 2003 IA · Metal/Non-Metal NO VALUE FOUND

S & G Materials · No Value Found

EE GET OUT OF HIS LOADER TO CLEAN HIS BUCKET OUT MANY TIMES DURING THE DAY DURING ONE OF THESE TIMES SAND WAS BLOWN IN HIS EYE IT WAS A WINDY DAY NOT EXACTLY SURE WHEN THIS HAPPENED DURING THE WORK DAY WENT TO DR THE NEXT AM.

2000 · 2 incidents

December 8, 2000 IA · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS

S & G Materials · Over-exertion in lifting objects

CARRYING ACETYLENE TANK TO SHOP NIGHT BEFORE FELT SOMETHING GIVE IN BACK NEXT DAY. NEXT DAY HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK.

September 18, 2000 IA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER

S & G Materials · Struck by flying object

EE WAS RUNNING THE TRUCK HAULING FILL SAND. IT WAS WINDY AND SOME OF THE MATERIAL BLEW INTO THECAB AND ENTERRED HIS RIGHT EYE. THE WIND BLEW SMALL PIECED OF RUST INTO HIS EYE.