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Portable Rock Plant #5: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Hardin County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1302142

MSHA record for Portable Rock Plant #5 (mine ID 1302142). 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
1986
Latest incident
Jul 1986
Ownership history
  1. Martin Marietta Aggregates 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Portable Rock Plant #5 sits in Hardin County, Iowa, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Hardin County, Iowa · Population 16,729
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$64,906
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

1986 · 1 incident

July 22, 1986 IA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP DIDNT WAIT 0OR JAWS TO STOP COMPLETELY BEFORE HE STARTED TO REMOVE THE ROCKS WHICH HAD PLUGGED IT. TWO MIDDLE FINGERS ON HIS RIGHT HAND WERE SMASHED ON THE ENDS. ONE ALSO HAD A BONE CHIPPE D 3