Mining Incidents

Floating Dredge Metal/Non-Metal

Builders Sand & Cement Company · Surface
Controlled by Valley Corp
Scott County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1300655

MSHA record for Floating Dredge (mine ID 1300655). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Ownership history
  1. Builders Sand & Gravel Company 1950 to 1981
  2. Builders Sand & Cement Company 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Floating Dredge sits in Scott 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.
Scott County, Iowa · Population 174,302
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$76,363
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.