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Midland Brick Company: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Wapello County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1300349

MSHA record for Midland Brick Company (mine ID 1300349). 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
Dec 1983
Ownership history
  1. Can-Tex Industries 1950 to 1982
  2. Midland Brick Company 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Midland Brick Company sits in Wapello 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.
Wapello County, Iowa · Population 35,265
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$60,034
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

December 28, 1983 IA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman FIRE
Midland Brick Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PROPANE TORCH TO ASSIST WHILE POUNDING ON HOPPER TO LOOSEN FROZEN CHUNKS OF SHALE HUNG UP IN CHUTE. THERE WAS NO WITNESS AND EMPLOYEE DOES NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, BUT THE TORCH APPARENTLY FELL TO THE FLOOR CAUSING A FIRE WHICH BURNED HIS HANDS, ARMS FACE & HEAD