Mining Incidents

Portable Rock Plant #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Pocahontas County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1302139

MSHA record for Portable Rock Plant #1 (mine ID 1302139). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1990–1991
Latest incident
Aug 1991
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1991 · 1 incident

August 1, 1991 IA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Midwest Limestone Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEES WERE INSTALLING A 30HP ELECTRIC MOTOR.EMPLOYEES RIGHT INDEX FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE MOTOR AND THE MOTOR STAND. MOTOR WAS NOT HOOKED UP.

1990 · 2 incidents

July 20, 1990 IA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Midwest Limestone Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS MOVING RR TIES INTO HIS LOADER BUCKET PREPRATORY TO MOVING A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT HE DROPPED A RR TIE ON HIS FINGER. INJURY CRUSHED THE FINGERTIP OF HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER.

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