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

Controlled by MDU Resources Group Inc
Winneshiek County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1302106

Portable Rock Plant #1 has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1985.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1985
Latest incident
Aug 1985
Ownership history
  1. Roverud Construction Inc 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1989 17
1988 8
1987 7
1986 10
1985 10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Portable Rock Plant #1 sits in Winneshiek 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.
Winneshiek County, Iowa · Population 19,972
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$75,652
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

1985 · 1 incident

August 23, 1985 IA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Roverud Construction Inc · Fall from machine

EMP WAS HELPING3TO INSTALL A SIDE CONVEYOR WHEN TWO BOLTS BROKE OFF THE BOTTOM CAUSING IT TO TIP OVER AND THROWING HIM OFF TO THE GROUND