EMPLOYEES WERE INSTALLING A 30HP ELECTRIC MOTOR.EMPLOYEES RIGHT INDEX FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE MOTOR AND THE MOTOR STAND. MOTOR WAS NOT HOOKED UP.
Portable Rock Plant #1: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
Martin Marietta Corp
· Surface
Controlled by
Martin Marietta Materials Inc
Pocahontas County,
IA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1302139
MSHA record for Portable Rock Plant #1 (mine ID 1302139). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 1990–1991
- Latest incident
- Aug 1991
Ownership history
- Midwest Limestone Company Inc 1986 to 1992
- Martin Marietta Corp 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Portable Rock Plant #1 sits in Pocahontas County, Iowa, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.Pocahontas County, Iowa · Population 7,040
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$63,423
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file1991 · 1 incident
August 1, 1991
IA · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Midwest Limestone Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
1990 · 2 incidents
July 20, 1990
IA · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Midwest Limestone Company Inc · Struck by falling object
EE WAS MOVING RR TIES INTO HIS LOADER BUCKET PREPRATORY TO MOVING A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT HE DROPPED A RR TIE ON HIS FINGER. INJURY CRUSHED THE FINGERTIP OF HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER.
Midwest Limestone Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS CROUCHED DOWN POUNDING ON A HOSE END. HE SOMEHOW STRAINED HIS BACK WHEN HE STOOD UP.