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Portable Rock Plant #2: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Larry E Moore
Pocahontas County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1302187

MSHA record for Portable Rock Plant #2 (mine ID 1302187). 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
1992
Latest incident
Aug 1992
Ownership history
  1. Midwest Limestone Company Inc 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Portable Rock Plant #2 sits in Pocahontas County, Iowa, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
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

1 on file

1992 · 1 incident

August 11, 1992 IA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Midwest Limestone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

11603RUSHER WAS PLUGGED.ALL PERSONEL AT SITE WERE DIGGING IT OUT BY HAND.WHILE INJURED WAS MOVING A ROCK ANOTHER ROCK SHIFTED.PINCHING HIS FINGER.TIP OF MIDDLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND WAS PINCHED 06660EXPOSING BONE.HE WAS WEARING GLOVES.