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Portable Cedar Rapids: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Hardrives Inc · Surface
Controlled by CRH PLC
Stearns County, MN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2101578

Portable Cedar Rapids has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1987.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1987
Latest incident
Jul 1987
Ownership history
  1. Hardrives Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1989 0
1988 2
1987 5
1985 3
1984 1
1983 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Portable Cedar Rapids sits in Stearns County, Minnesota, 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.
Stearns County, Minnesota · Population 159,358
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$76,447
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

July 22, 1987 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hardrives Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WRENCH SLIPPED 5ND BUMPED ELBOW.EQUIPMENT MOVED TO DIFFERENT PIT AND THE INJURED WAS OFF UNTIL SET UP AT NEW PIT COMPLETED AND MAINNENCE DONE. NO LOSS TIME UNTIL 2ND WEEK AUGUST.