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Portable #1: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Greene County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1301776

MSHA record for Portable #1 (mine ID 1301776). 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
1987
Latest incident
Aug 1987
Ownership history
  1. F & D Construction Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Portable #1 sits in Greene County, Iowa, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Greene County, Iowa · Population 8,722
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$59,159
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

1987 · 1 incident

August 12, 1987 IA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
F & D Construction Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

IN SECRECY, DAD3TOOK A LOADER TO AN INFREQUENTLY USED AREA. HE LOADED THE BUCKET (4 YDS) SHUT OFF THE ENGINE SET THE PARKING BRAKE, LEF THE OPERATORS PLATFORM AND LAID DOWN BENEATH THE BUCKET ALLOWING IT TO 8ETLE UPON HIS CHEST AND ABDOMINAL CAVITY. DEATH PLACED AT 2:00 DISCOVERY MADE AT 8:00 (APAPROX) THAT EVENING