Mining Incidents

Marion Portable #873: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Washington County, NE  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2500056

MSHA record for Marion Portable #873 (mine ID 2500056). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1990
Latest incident
Sep 1990
Ownership history
  1. Hopper Brothers Quarries 1950 to 1980
  2. Martin Marietta Aggregates 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Marion Portable #873 sits in Washington County, Nebraska, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Washington County, Nebraska · Population 20,989
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$90,188
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1990 · 2 incidents

September 27, 1990 NE · Metal/Non-Metal rock driller HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL TAKING HAMMER APART ON DRILL.WAS TAPPING BOTTOM OFF.HAMMER FELL CATCHING HAND BETWEEN PLATE AND HAMMER CUTTING FINGER.