Mining Incidents

Portable Rock Plant #4: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by James L Niemann
Fayette County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1302114

MSHA record for Portable Rock Plant #4 (mine ID 1302114). 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
1985
Latest incident
Oct 1985
Ownership history
  1. Paul Niemann Construction Company 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Portable Rock Plant #4 sits in Fayette County, Iowa, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Fayette County, Iowa · Population 19,393
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$58,764
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

October 7, 1985 IA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Paul Niemann Construction Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

CHANGING GRATES IN PLANT GOT MUSCLE SPASM IN MIEDDLE OF BACK WHILE LIFTING ON GRRATE.MUSCLE IN BACK WAS PULLED.