Mining Incidents

Fertile Sand, Shop & Wash PlantMetal/Nonmetal

Fertile, Worth County, IA · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1301701
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2021–2024
Latest incident
Feb 2024
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2024 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Miner was moving mobile metal welding bench and pinched hand/finger between bench and another piece of equipment.

2021 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was working on brakes on aggregate primary crusher (impact). While reinstalling brake drum, drum slipped off brake pads pitching finger between brake drum and axle.