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Alden Plant: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Hardin County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1301720

MSHA record for Alden Plant (mine ID 1301720). 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
1984
Latest incident
Mar 1984
Ownership history
  1. American Cyanamid Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Alden Plant sits in Hardin County, Iowa, where the Census mining category is 0.3% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Hardin County, Iowa · Population 16,729
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$64,906
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1984 · 1 incident

March 19, 1984 IA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
American Cyanamid Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STIELOW WAS WALKING TOWARDS THE R/R SCALE WHEN HE SLIPPED ON SOME SNOW WITH ICE UNDER IT & STARTED TO FALL CAUGHT HIMSELF SOON ENOUGH NOT TO FALL DOWN. HE THINKS HE WRENCHED HIS SHOULDER & BAC K WHEN HE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF.