Mining Incidents

Baugher Valley Rock & Sand: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Baugher Paul
Appanoose County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1302159

MSHA record for Baugher Valley Rock & Sand (mine ID 1302159). 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
1988
Latest incident
Oct 1988
Ownership history
  1. Baugher Valley Rock & Sand 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Baugher Valley Rock & Sand sits in Appanoose County, Iowa, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Appanoose County, Iowa · Population 12,242
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$51,146
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

1988 · 1 incident

October 17, 1988 IA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Baugher Valley Rock & Sand · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING A STATIONARY MOTOR FROM AN ENDLOADER WHILE SLIDING IT OUT WHILE THE END LOADER BUCKET WAS ON THE GROUND EMPLOYEE IN SOME WAY PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK HE WORKED THE REST OF OCT 17 WEEK EVEN THOUGH IN PAIN