Mining Incidents

Williams SandpitMetal/Nonmetal

S & G Materials · Surface
Iowa City, Johnson County, IA · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1302163
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2002–2026
Latest incident
Jan 2026
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2026 · 1 incident

Fall from machine

Employee fell from dozer track while adding hydraulic oil. Employee lost footing and fell to the ground, landing on frozen surface. Conditions contributing to the accident included frozen ground and elevated work position on equipment. Injury resulted in a hip fracture requiring medical treatment and lost work time.

2025 · 1 incident

Contact with electrical current

Contractor electrician and another EE went to the GFI, talked about what was happening w/dredge etc. They pulled the handle to trip fuses. EE opened the GFI door and talked about how everything worked. EE looked and tested the fuses down low w/EE's meter then went to test things up higher and that's when EE's meter blew up.

2022 · 1 incident

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

Employees were unloading a pallet from a semi using a skidsteer. Employee had injured employee stand on the forks as a counter balance. When the pallet came off the edge of the truck it dropped and flipped up catching injured employee's legs between the back of the pallet and forks cutting injured employee's legs.

2021 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE put new batteries in the dozer. When EE stepped back up on the track to tighten the batteries, EE felt pain in the back. The pain got worse when EE got in the truck. Went to the doctor and they said EE pulled a muscle. Sent EE home - next appointment is on 4/8/2021.

2015 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using a hand held 4 1/2"" angle grinder on a piece of metal, he felt something go in his eye even though he was wearing safety glasses. he continued working, it wasn't until that evening that his eye hurt and he realized he still had something in it. He went to the doctor the next morning.

2005 · 1 incident

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

THEY WERE WORKING ON THE DREDGE PUMP. THEY HAD MOVED THE PUMP SHELL TO THE FRONT OF THE HULL TO LEAN AGAINST THE HULL. THE SHELL FELL BACK PINNING EMPLOYEE BETWEEN THE SHELL AND THE IMPELLOR. INJURED AND CO-WORKER PUSHED THE SHELL AWAY SO HE COULD FREE HIMSELF.

2003 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUTTING STAIRWAY LOOSE FROM PLANT. HAD CRANE HOOKED ON, CUT LAST WELD, STAIRS POPPED LOOSE AND HANDRAIL HIT ME IN RIBS.

2002 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I HOOKED A CABLE ON BACKHOE BUCKET AND STARTED BACK TO LOADER. WOKE UP IN HOSPITAL. ROCK CAUGHT CABLE, WHEN CABLE PULLED LOOSE IT HIT EE IN THE FACE AND THE HEAD. Y