Mining Incidents

Fertile Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Worth County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1300127

MSHA record for Fertile Quarry (mine ID 1300127). 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
1983–1984
Latest incident
Jun 1984
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1984 · 1 incident

June 4, 1984 IA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Basic Materials Corp · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WRENCH BEING USED TO LOOSEN NUT.PIPE EXTENSION USED TO GET MORE LEVERAGE.ADAPTER N WRENCH BROKE AND HE FELL TO GROUND 3\ FALLING ON UPPER BACK.

1983 · 1 incident

October 7, 1983 IA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Basic Materials Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS CARRYING 5 GAL GREASE BUCKET IN ONE HAND AND A BAR IN THE OTHER HOSE ON GREASE BUCKET CAUGHT SOMETHING AND PULLED HIS ARM BACK DR SAY HE TORE SOME MUSCLES IN LEFT SHOULDER HE DID NOT NOTICE ANY INJURY UNTIL THE NEXT MORNING WHEN HE WOKE WITH PAIN ACCIDENT WAS NOT RELATED TO JOB SKILLS MINER PROFICIENCY TRAINING OR ATTITUDE

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The full compliance file on Fertile Quarry

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.