Mining Incidents

Linn County Sand Metal/Non-Metal

Cedar Rapids, Linn County, IA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1302208

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2017–2020
Latest incident
Jun 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
38
citations
5
significant & substantial
$5,284
proposed penalties
$5,250
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 2,218 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,876 1 0 347.7
2025 Q1 1,970 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 259 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 266 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,886 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,462 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,574 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

2 on file

2020 · 1 incident

2017 · 1 incident

July 25, 2017 IA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE reached down to retrieve a grate and experienced pain in back. EE reported the pain but expected the decreasing soreness to go away over time. EE did not pursue or request further treatment until 8/16/17 when EE reported increasing pain in back from the July incident. Lumbar paraspinal muscle spasms identified. Restrictions placed/PT and meds prescribed.