Mining Incidents

Leclaire Portable Crusher #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Riverstone Group
McCausland, Scott County, IA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1301999

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
2000–2014
Latest incident
Dec 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
101
citations
11
significant & substantial
$13,394
proposed penalties
$11,894
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 3,106 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 551 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 555 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,558 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,007 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,100 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 633 2 0 3159.6
2024 Q1 3,744 3 0 801.3
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

2014 · 1 incident

December 5, 2014 IA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
LeClaire Investments Inc · Fall onto or against objects

Employee alleges he was walking towards the loader and he walked behind a pickup truck and the hitch was sticking out and he tripped and fell cutting his nose. He received 2 stitches.

2008 · 1 incident

July 18, 2008 IA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
LeClaire Investments Inc · Fall onto or against objects

Employee alleges he leaned under the portable jaw crusher frame to look at the discharged conveyor belt, which was not tracking properly, when he slipped in the mud. He reached out to catch himself and grabbed the roll of a troughing idler, injuring his hand. The conveyor is guarded by location and has a proper skirt board.

2007 · 2 incidents

November 2, 2007 IA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
LeClaire Investments Inc · Struck by falling object

Employee alleges he was changing blow bars and he dropped a rotor shoe on his pinky finger, causing a fracture to his pinky. Employee failed to report to his supervisor on a timely manner.

April 19, 2007 IA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
LeClaire Investments Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee alleges he was getting ready to cut a piece of steel iron with a torch and he looked away at the tip of the torch for a minute as the torch was burning his leg.

2005 · 1 incident

January 27, 2005 IA · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
LeClaire Investments Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee alleges he grabbed the conveyor belts to try to manually empty the conveyor, when he pulled on the belts the pullley swung and caught his fingers in the belt.

2004 · 3 incidents

June 12, 2004 IA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
LeClaire Investments Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee alleges he was lifting and pulling screen clothes and he felt a sharp pain in his lower back.

March 3, 2004 IA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
LeClaire Investments Inc · Fall from ladders

EE ALLEGES HE HAD PUT A SMALL STEP LADDER AND A ROPE AT FOOT OF TRAILER TO ENTER AND RETRIEVE PARTS. HE PUT HIS FOOT ON LADDER AND HE FELL DOWN SO HE JUMPED FROM THE TRAILOR TO THE GROUND.

February 19, 2004 IA · Metal/Non-Metal NO VALUE FOUND
LeClaire Investments Inc · No Value Found

Employee alleges he was dismounting loader and slipped on second step of loader falling to the ground and he tried to stop by putting his hand to the ground and broke his left wrist.

2000 · 1 incident

August 7, 2000 IA · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
LeClaire Investments Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE ALLEGES HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM LADDER AND HIS LEFT FOOT GOT CAUGHT ON STEP, AND HIS RIGHT FOOT WENT TO THE GROUND AND HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LEFT HIP AND LOWER BACK.