Mining Incidents

Grand River Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Decatur County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1300039

MSHA record for Grand River Quarry (mine ID 1300039). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Feb 1983
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1983 · 1 incident

February 1, 1983 IA · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler MACHINERY
Martin Marietta-Construction Aggregates Division · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING ON PUNCH END, A PIECE OF EMERY WHEEL OR DUST, GLANCED OFF SHIELDS ON GRINDER AND GOT IN CORNER OF EYE. DIDNT KNOW ANYTHING WAS WRONG UNTIL EVENING, THEN WENT TO DOCTOR. T HIS WAS ORIGINALLY THOUGHT TO BE A FIRST AID CASE, BUT RECURRING PAIN RESULTED IN REMOVING FOREIGN BODY FROM CORNER.

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