Mining Incidents

Earlham Quarry And Mill: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Madison County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1300123

MSHA record for Earlham Quarry And Mill (mine ID 1300123). 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
1984–1985
Latest incident
Mar 1985
Ownership history
  1. Martin Marietta Aggregates 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Earlham Quarry And Mill 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

1985 · 1 incident

March 1, 1985 IA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A ROCK FROM THE PLATE IN THE GABION CHUTE. THE PLATE MOVED WHEN THE ROCK WAS REMOVED SMASHING AND CUTTING THE END OF HIS LEFT THUMB.

1984 · 1 incident

March 6, 1984 IA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman STRIKING OR BUMPING
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Struck against stationary object

MAN HAD PARKED BOOM TRUCK AFTER STEPPING OUT OF SAME TURNED & STEPPED INTO A BY PASS CHUTE FROM THE CLINKER COOLER DUST COLLECTOR SCREW. THIS CAUSED LACERATION UNDER RIGHT EYE JUST ABOVE CHEEK BONE.