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PERRY SAND & GRAVEL PIT: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Alan W Pound
Dallas County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1300739

MSHA record for PERRY SAND & GRAVEL PIT (mine ID 1300739). 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
1984
Latest incident
Oct 1984
Ownership history
  1. Pound Construction Company Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

PERRY SAND & GRAVEL PIT sits in Dallas 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.
Dallas County, Iowa · Population 104,136
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$102,349
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

October 1, 1984 IA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pound Construction Company Inc · Fall from machine

HE HAD FAILED TO RELEASE THE END-GATE LATCH WITH THE BOX IN THE DOWN POSITION & HAD RAISED THE BOX WITH A LOAD ON IT & THEN CRAWLED INTO THE BOX TO ATTEMPT TO RELEASE THE LATCH, HE FELL TO THE GROUND IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO RELEASE IT. WHEN HE FELL HE FELL ON HIS BOTTOM & TRIED TO CATCH HIS FALL WITH HIS ARM. IN THE PROCESS HE BROKE HIS LEFT RADIUS RIGHT TIBIA, FRACTURED HIS ST