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Mason City Sand: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Martin Marietta Corp · Facility
Cerro Gordo County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1300776

MSHA record for Mason City Sand (mine ID 1300776). 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
1986–1988
Latest incident
Aug 1988
Ownership history
  1. Weaver Construction Company 1950 to 1986
  2. Martin Marietta Corp 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mason City Sand sits in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Cerro Gordo County, Iowa · Population 42,785
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$65,537
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

1988 · 1 incident

August 29, 1988 IA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Martin Marietta Corp · Fall from machine

EMPL WAS CLIMBING INTO 966 CAT LOADER WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF 2ND STEP OF THE LADDER THIS CAUSED THE EMPL TO FALL TO THE GOUND HE LANDED ON HIS FEET JARRING HIS BACK

1986 · 1 incident