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Grand River Quarry: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Decatur County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1300039

MSHA record for Grand River Quarry (mine ID 1300039). 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
Feb 1983
Ownership history
  1. E I Sargent Quarries Inc 1950 to 1982
  2. Martin Marietta-Construction Aggregates Division 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Grand River Quarry sits in Decatur 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.
Decatur County, Iowa · Population 7,669
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$57,146
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

February 1, 1983 IA · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler MACHINERY
Martin Marietta-Construction Aggregates Division · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS GRINDING ON PUNCH END, A PIECE OF EMERY WHEEL OR DUST, GLANCED OFF SHIELDS ON GRINDER AND GOT IN CORNER OF EYE. DIDNT KNOW ANYTHING WAS WRONG UNTIL EVENING, THEN WENT TO DOCTOR. T HIS WAS ORIGINALLY THOUGHT TO BE A FIRST AID CASE, BUT RECURRING PAIN RESULTED IN REMOVING FOREIGN BODY FROM CORNER.