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Portable Sand 1, Dubuque County, Iowa: 12 MSHA citations

Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.

Portable Sand 1 is an intermittent construction sand and gravel surface mine in Dubuque County, Iowa, operated by Dyersville Ready Mix Inc with 2 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 1302057). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 12 citations and orders there with $2,220 in proposed penalties, and 0 accident reports were filed there, with no injury or illness cases.

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MSHA mine ID
1302057
Status
Intermittent since July 3, 1985
Main commodity
Construction sand and gravel
Mine type
Surface
County
Dubuque County, Iowa
Nearest town
Cascade
Operator
Dyersville Ready Mix Inc
Employees
2
MSHA field office
Peru IL Field Office
Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
12
Significant and substantial
3 (25.0%)
Closure orders
1
High negligence or reckless
2
Proposed penalties
$2,220
Amount paid so far
$2,220
Inspections
6
Inspector hours on site
29
Citations per inspection
2.00 (all mines 2.30)
Accident reports
0
Injury and illness cases
0
Fatalities
0
Latest MSHA record
August 19, 2026
Citations issued to contractors here
1 ($346 proposed)

Citations and injury cases by year

Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.

YearCitations and ordersSignificant and substantialProposed penaltiesInjury and illness cases
202382$1,6160
202520$3020
202621$3020

Standards cited most at Portable Sand 1

Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.

StandardWhat the part coversCitations
30 CFR 56.12004Surface metal and nonmetal mines3
30 CFR 56.14100Surface metal and nonmetal mines2
30 CFR 56.11005Surface metal and nonmetal mines1
30 CFR 56.12008Surface metal and nonmetal mines1
30 CFR 56.16009Surface metal and nonmetal mines1
30 CFR 56.14206Surface metal and nonmetal mines1
30 CFR 56.14101Surface metal and nonmetal mines1
30 CFR 56.4200Surface metal and nonmetal mines1

Other open mines in Dubuque County, Iowa

MineOperatorCountyMain commodityEmployeesCitations since 2022
Lot 340 QuarryWm Becker & Sons Stone Co IncDubuque County, IADimension limestone37
Plant #20River City Stone Division Of Mathy Construction CoDubuque County, IACrushed, broken limestone25
Portable Wash 1Dyersville Ready Mix IncDubuque County, IAConstruction sand and gravel15

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.