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Portable Sand & Gravel Plant #1: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Hardin County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1302034

MSHA record for Portable Sand & Gravel Plant #1 (mine ID 1302034). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1987–1988
Latest incident
Aug 1988
Ownership history
  1. Weaver Construction Company 1985 to 1986
  2. Martin Marietta Aggregates 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Portable Sand & Gravel Plant #1 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

2 on file

1988 · 1 incident

August 8, 1988 IA · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Rubbed or abraded

EMPLOYEE WAS UNDER RIGHT SIDE OF SECONDARY STRAIGHENING V-BELTS,CRAWLED FROM UNDER PLANT STOOD UP TURNED.HE THEN FELT A SHARP PAIN IN HIS LEFT KNEE.WENT BACK TO OPERATING DRAGLINE FOR 1 1/2 HO URS WENT TO STAND UP, AND COULD NOT SUPPORT WEIGHT ON LEFT LEG.

1987 · 1 incident

April 1, 1987 IA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SPRING TENSION 6OLT BROKE RELEASING SPRING ASSEMBLY HITTING EMPLOYEE IN ABDOMEN BRUISING HIM.