Mining Incidents

Stripping #3Metal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Mark Schildberg
Greenfield, Adair County, IA · Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1302196
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
2002–2025
Latest incident
Aug 2025
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2025 · 1 incident

Struck against stationary object

Getting out of work truck and stepped on a rock, twisting leg

2024 · 1 incident

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

Cutting little finger on left hand. Shutting cab door on drill.

2021 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Stepped out of cab to get off of machine that EE was measuring. Turned to position self to step down backwards & grab grab-iron. This is the motion that tweaked EE's back. EE was in the parking lot not in the mine itself. EE has prior back issues from past injuries.

2019 · 1 incident

Struck against a moving object

Loading boulders into employees truck, rocking the truck and hurting their back, mid back pain.

2016 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner slipped on a rock pile while catching a sample. This caused a pain in the back.

2015 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was grabbing a spade from the dozer operator and didn't keep mind on task. The spade stuck his lower lip and had to have 2 stitches. Returned to work with no lost time.

2014 · 1 incident

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

Miner was replacing a belt on a conveyor when his finger was pinched. Miner then went to hospital and had his finger stitched and returned to work 9-15-2014 with no restrictions.

2011 · 1 incident

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Truck driver was helping excavator operator remove a rock from tracks of excavator.

2004 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WORKING ON A HEATER FAN. HE STUCK HIS HAND IN THE HOT AIR DISCHARGE CHANNEL AND CONTACTED THE ROTATING BLADE, CUTTING HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGERTIP.

2002 · 1 incident

Accident type, without injuries

AT APPROX 5 AM ON SEPT 3, 02 THE EXPLOSIVES STORAGE MAGAZINE EXPLODED. I FIRST HAD KNOWLEDGE OF THE EXPLOSION AT 6:00 AM AND CALLED MSHA AT APPROX 6:20 AM CST. MAGAZINE WAS LOCATED IN UNION AT THE THAYER QUARRY.