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Four County Quarry: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

B L Anderson Inc · Surface
Johnson County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1300121

MSHA record for Four County Quarry (mine ID 1300121). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Jun 1983
Ownership history
  1. Martin Marietta Aggregates 1950 to 1982
  2. B L Anderson Inc 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Four County Quarry sits in Johnson 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.
Johnson County, Iowa · Population 154,881
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$74,721
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1983 · 1 incident

June 23, 1983 IA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
B L Anderson Inc · Contact with heat

OPERATING FRONT END LOADER ON VERY HOT DAY PERFORMING NORMAL DUTIES CHARGING PRIMARY CRUSHER.WORKING IN FAIRLY DEEP QUARRY WITH VERY LITTLE AIR MOVEMENT AND WAS OVERCOME BY HEAT EXHAUSTION.