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Exira Pit: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Hallett Materials · Surface
Audubon County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1302019

Exira Pit has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1986.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1986–1987
Latest incident
Jul 1987
Ownership history
  1. Hallett Construction Company 1984 to 1986
  2. Hallett Materials 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1989 0
1988 0
1987 2
1986 6
1985 2
1984 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Exira Pit sits in Audubon 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.
Audubon County, Iowa · Population 5,622
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$54,152
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

1987 · 1 incident

July 11, 1987 IA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hallett Materials · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PU7TING A TARP ON EQUIPMENT WHEN IT SNAPPED BACK AND HIT HIM IN THE GLASSES AND BROKE THEM GETTING GLASS IN HIS LEFT EYE.

1986 · 1 incident

June 25, 1986 IA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hallett Construction Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PI7KING CLAY & LARGE ROCKS OFF OF THE CONVEYOR BELT AT THE PICKING STATION, WHEN A LARGE ROCK CAME UP & AS HE WAS REMOVING IT, HE STRAINED HIS BACK MUSCLES. HE WENT TO A DR. WITH PAIN & DISCOMFO9T, WAS EXAMINED & RECEIVED TREATMENTS, BUT CONTINUED ON THE JOB WITH THE TREATING DR. (D.O.) OKAY.