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Pleasant Valley Mine, Webster County, Iowa: 9 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Pleasant Valley Mine is an active gypsum surface mine in Webster County, Iowa, operated by Western Mining and Minerals, Inc. with 3 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 1300435). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 9 citations and orders there with $2,724 in proposed penalties, and 1 accident report was filed there, with 1 injury or illness case.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 1300435
- Status
- Active since October 16, 2025
- Main commodity
- Gypsum
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Webster County, Iowa
- Nearest town
- Fort Dodge
- Operator
- Western Mining and Minerals, Inc.
- Employees
- 3
- MSHA field office
- Fort Dodge IA Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 9
- Significant and substantial
- 1 (11.1%)
- Closure orders
- 1
- High negligence or reckless
- 1
- Proposed penalties
- $2,724
- Amount paid so far
- $2,724
- Inspections
- 9
- Inspector hours on site
- 34
- Citations per inspection
- 1.00 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 1
- Injury and illness cases
- 1
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- October 7, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 3 ($298 proposed)
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 1 | $1,969 | 0 |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | $755 | 1 |
Standards cited most at Pleasant Valley Mine
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 56.11001 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14116 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12028 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12025 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.11027 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14132 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 48.25 | Training of miners | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.15005 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12004 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
Injury and illness cases at Pleasant Valley Mine
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 1 |
What the accident reports at Pleasant Valley Mine describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Falling/sliding/rolling materials | 1 |
Other open mines in Webster County, Iowa
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Dodge Mine | Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. | Webster County, IA | Crushed, broken limestone | 48 | 44 |
| Cerne Calcium Co., LLC | Cerne Calcium Company | Webster County, IA | Crushed, broken limestone | 9 | 26 |
| G-P Fort Dodge Quarry | Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC | Webster County, IA | Gypsum | 21 | 21 |
| Fort Dodge Quarry | United States Gypsum Company | Webster County, IA | Gypsum | 23 | 13 |
| Portable Plant #1 | Stratford Gravel, Inc. | Webster County, IA | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 2 |
| Portable Screening / Wash Plant | Stratford Gravel, Inc. | Webster County, IA | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 2 |
| Grebner-Oleson Pit | Gold Bond Building Products, LLC. | Webster County, IA | Gypsum | 14 | 1 |
| G-P Fort Dodge South Quarry | Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC | Webster County, IA | Gypsum | 2 | 1 |
| MG Quarry | Doyle Aggregates LLC | Webster County, IA | Gypsum | 3 | 0 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.