Mining Incidents

Earlham Quarry: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Madison County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1300113

MSHA record for Earlham Quarry (mine ID 1300113). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Jul 1983
Ownership history
  1. Marquette Cement Manufacturing Company 1950 to 1979
  2. Monarch Cement Company 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Earlham Quarry sits in Madison County, Iowa, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Madison County, Iowa · Population 16,760
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$89,542
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1983 · 2 incidents

July 19, 1983 IA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Monarch Cement Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING RAILROAD TIES INTO ENDLOADER BUCKET AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK

July 7, 1983 IA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Monarch Cement Company · Fall from machine

STEPPED DOWN FROM ROAD PATROL ONTO ROUGH GROUND TWISTING HIS LEFT KNEE