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Rip Rap Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Douds Stone LLC · Surface

Controlled by Daniel Ryan Roberts

Ottumwa, Van Buren County, IA · Intermittent

MSHA Mine ID: 1302266

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2003–2004
Latest incident: Oct 2004

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2003

citations

significant & substantial

$11,070

proposed penalties

$11,070

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
2025 Q4	1	0	0.0
2025 Q3	331	0	0.0
2025 Q1	1,720	0	0.0
2024 Q4	216	0	0.0
2024 Q3	1	0	0.0
2024 Q1	1,908	0	0.0
2023 Q3	285	0	0.0
2022 Q4	1,751	3	1713.3

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

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded

October 12, 2004 IA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Douds Stone, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

WHILE TAKING A LOAD OF FINES TO THE STOCK PILE, EMPLOYEE WAS RETURNING TO THE PIT AREA (WITH A LOADED TRUCK). WHILE ROUNDING A CURVE IN THE HAUL ROAD, EMPLOYEE WENT THROUGH A BERM CAUSING THE TRUCK TO ROLL. EMPLOYEE WAS CRUSHED BY THE TRUCK HE WAS DRIVING.

Reportable incidents

1 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2003 · 1 incident

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

Douds Stone, Inc. · No Value Found

WEATHER WAS COOL & SUNNY. SETTING UP PLANT FOR PRODUCTION WHILE BACKING IN A DOLEY. AFTER MISSING THE KING PIN, EMPLOYEE REACHED IN TO RESET THE LATCH ON THE HEAD PLATE. BEFORE THE LATCH WAS S ET, THE PLANT SLIPPED & PINCHED EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT THUMB BETWEEN PLANT & HEAD PLATE.