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Iola Quarry: 4 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Iola Quarry Inc · Surface
Clay County, IL  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1100206

MSHA record for Iola Quarry (mine ID 1100206). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1984–1985
Latest incident
Jul 1985
Ownership history
  1. Iola Quarry Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Iola Quarry sits in Clay County, Illinois, where the Census mining category is 2.4% 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.
Clay County, Illinois · Population 13,173
2.4%
Mining share of county employment
$57,266
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1985 · 2 incidents

July 10, 1985 IL · Metal/Non-Metal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Iola Quarry Inc · Struck by flying object

I.NAME HAD PLACED TWO WEDGES IN THE JAW TO MOVE A ROCK WHICH WAS CAUGHT ONE OF THE WEDGES FLEW BACK AND HIT I.NAME IN THE RT FOREARM BUMP FORMED LATER AND CAUSED A BLOOD CLOT WHICH LED TO AN INFECTION IN ARM

June 17, 1985 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Iola Quarry Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS STANDING STRADDLED OF TWO ANGLE IRON BARS THE BOTTOM ANGLE IRON BROKE LOOSE HE HAD BEEN REPLACING THE FEEDER MOTOR BELTS

1984 · 2 incidents

December 3, 1984 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Iola Quarry Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INSTALLING PIN IN DRIVE CHAIN DRAGLINE

September 27, 1984 IL · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Iola Quarry Inc · Fall from machine

I,NAME HAD BEEN ABOUT TO CLIMB ONTO THE WHEEL TO PUT ETHER IN WHEN HE SLIPPED AND LOST HIS FOOTING.