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Alden Portable Sand, Hardin County, Iowa: 4 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Alden Portable Sand is an active construction sand and gravel surface mine in Hardin County, Iowa, operated by Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. with 2 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 1302037). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 4 citations and orders there with $1,084 in proposed penalties, and 1 accident report was filed there, with 1 injury or illness case.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 1302037
- Status
- Active since February 3, 2026
- Main commodity
- Construction sand and gravel
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Hardin County, Iowa
- Nearest town
- Alden
- Operator
- Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.
- Parent company
- Martin Marietta Materials Inc
- Employees
- 2
- MSHA field office
- Fort Dodge IA Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 4
- Significant and substantial
- 2 (50.0%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 0
- Proposed penalties
- $1,084
- Amount paid so far
- $1,084
- Inspections
- 7
- Inspector hours on site
- 30
- Citations per inspection
- 0.57 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 1
- Injury and illness cases
- 1
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- October 13, 2026
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | $133 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | $712 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | $239 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | $0 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Alden Portable Sand
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 56.14130 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12008 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.4201 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14206 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
Injury and illness cases at Alden Portable Sand
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 1 |
What the accident reports at Alden Portable Sand describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Other | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Alden Portable Sand
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Trucks | 1 |
Other open mines in Hardin County, Iowa
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alden Plant | Ilc Resources | Hardin County, IA | Crushed, broken limestone | 37 | 26 |
| Alden Quarry and Shop | Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. | Hardin County, IA | Crushed, broken limestone | 29 | 15 |
| Cti Ready Mix, Inc DBA Concrete Inc. | Cti Rady Mix, Inc DBA Concrete Inc | Hardin County, IA | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 11 |
| Alden Portable Plant #2 | Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. | Hardin County, IA | Crushed, broken limestone | 9 | 4 |
| Alden Portable Wash | Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. | Hardin County, IA | Crushed, broken limestone | 2 | 3 |
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.