Mining Incidents

PLANT NO 2 Metal/Non-Metal

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 file

2011 · 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

Clearing blast holes of ice & snow with bar & hammer. Pinched finger between bar & hammer lacerating finger requiring stitches.

2010 · 1 incident

September 13, 2010 IA · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
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.