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Portable #1: 4 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Ash Grove Cement Company
Black Hawk County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1302154

MSHA record for Portable #1 (mine ID 1302154). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1988
Latest incident
Nov 1988
Ownership history
  1. Hartford Sand & Gravel Company 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Portable #1 sits in Black Hawk County, Iowa, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Black Hawk County, Iowa · Population 130,693
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$64,581
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1988 · 4 incidents

November 17, 1988 IA · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hartford Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE REMOVING BOAT MOTOR FROM MOTOR BOAT FOOT SLIPPED & PAIN DEVELOPED IN LOWER ABDOMEN

October 29, 1988 IA · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand MACHINERY
Hartford Sand & Gravel Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMP WA> WELDING A PC OF PIPE WHEN A SPARK BALL ENTERED THE L. EAR. AND THE SPARK BURNED THE EAR DRUM.

June 20, 1988 IA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hartford Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE NEEDED SOMETHING HE COULD STAND ON TO BE ABLE TO PERFORM HIS MAINTENANCE WORK EASIER. THERE WAS AN EMPLTY WOODEN CABLE SPOOL CLOSE BY. WHEN THE EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE SP OOL, THAT WAS PARTIALLY IN SAND, HE FELT SOMETHING IN HIS LOWER BACK.

May 28, 1988 IA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hartford Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLS WERE UNLOADING 16" STEEL ELBOW & WHEN EMPL WENT TO LIFT ELBOW FROM BED OF PICKUP ELBOW SLIPPED & FLANGE FELL ONTO RIGHT HAND OF EMPL LACERATING RIGHT INDEX FINGER, REQUIRING 5 SUTURES & BRUISES TO MIDDLE FINGER OF RIGHT HAND.