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Decatur Quarry: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Decatur County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1300200

MSHA record for Decatur Quarry (mine ID 1300200). 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
1983–1985
Latest incident
Feb 1985
Ownership history
  1. E I Sargent Quarries Inc 1950 to 1982
  2. Martin Marietta-Construction Aggregates Division 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Decatur Quarry sits in Decatur 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.
Decatur County, Iowa · Population 7,669
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$57,146
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1985 · 1 incident

February 11, 1985 IA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Martin Marietta-Construction Aggregates Division · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH WHEN HOT PIECES OF METAL CAUGHT A RAG ON FIRE. HE THEN TRIED TO KNOCK RAG AWAY BUT IT STUCK TO HIS HAND. THIS LEFT 2ND DEGREE BURNS ON THE PALM AND FINGERS (BELOW FIRST KNUCKLE) OF HIS RIGHT HAND.

1984 · 1 incident

1983 · 1 incident

December 15, 1983 IA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Martin Marietta-Construction Aggregates Division · Fall from machine

INJURED WAS GETTING OUT OF CAB HOLDING ON TO H ANDLE ON TOP OF CAB AS HE T URNED TO GO DOWN THE LADDER & CHANGE HOLD TO LADDER HANDRAIL HE SLIPPED & FELL TO THE GROUND PULLED LIGAMENTS IN R IGHT LEG.