Clearing blast holes of ice & snow with bar & hammer. Pinched finger between bar & hammer lacerating finger requiring stitches.
PLANT NO 2 Metal/Non-Metal
Bruening Rock Products Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Greg Bruening
Decorah,
Winneshiek County,
IA
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1302119
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 2002–2011
- Latest incident
- Mar 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
103
citations
26
significant & substantial
$32,323
proposed penalties
$31,647
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 | 2,139 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 250000.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 2,481 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 2,374 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 Q4 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 416666.7 |
| 2023 Q3 | 2,597 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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 file2011 · 1 incident
March 14, 2011
IA · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bruening Rock Products Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
2010 · 1 incident
Bruening Rock Products Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
Unloading drill from low boy trailer. Fell striking head on quarry floor. Truck driver was at scene but did not witness the fall, found drill operator on the ground.
2002 · 2 incidents
December 6, 2002
IA · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bruening Rock Products Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
RE-SETTING PLANT AFTER SHOT, WAS ADJUSTING CONVEYER AND LIGHTS. CLIMBING DOWN LOWER LADDER (2 FTFROM GROUND) FOOT SLIPPED BETWEEN RUNGS, FELL BACKWARD BREAKING LOWER LEG.
Bruening Rock Products Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
PERSON FELL FROM 90 FOOT HIGHWALL SOMETIME BETWEEN LATE SATURDAY NIGHT OR EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.