Plower Quarry Metal/Non-Metal
Wendling Quarries Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Manaco Corporation
Linn County,
IA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1300179
MSHA record for Plower Quarry (mine ID 1300179). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
- —
Ownership history
- Alpha Crushed Stone Inc 1950 to 1987
- Wendling Quarries Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Plower Quarry sits in Linn County, Iowa, where the Census mining category is 0.2% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Linn County, Iowa · Population 229,463
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$76,421
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.