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Lewis Pit: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Kenneth H Butler
Guthrie County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1300705

Lewis Pit has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1984.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1984
Latest incident
Jun 1984
Ownership history
  1. K H Buttler Construction 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1985 1
1984 5
1983 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Lewis Pit sits in Guthrie 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.
Guthrie County, Iowa · Population 10,646
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$79,981
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

1984 · 1 incident

June 6, 1984 IA · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent POWERED HAULAGE
K H Buttler Construction · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THERE WS BUILDUP ON RETURN IDLER OF OVERHEAD CONVEYOR HAD 18INSCREWDRIVER CLEANING BACK SIDE WITH MACHINE RUNNING SCREWDRIVER WEDGED IN BOLT IDLER FORCING HAND INTO BELT SPLICE ON BELT COUGED OUT FLESH OF MIDDLE FINGERS & LITTLE FINGER RT HAND BETWEEN LOWERING JOINTS & UPPER & LOWER JOINTS LITTLE FINGER