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Quarry No 3: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Darrell (Skip) Bailey
Appanoose County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1301768

Quarry No 3 has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1984.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1984
Latest incident
Feb 1984
Ownership history
  1. L & W Construction Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1986 12
1985 21
1984 22
1983 23
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Quarry No 3 sits in Appanoose County, Iowa, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Appanoose County, Iowa · Population 12,242
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$51,146
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

1984 · 1 incident

February 22, 1984 IA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
L & W Construction Company · Fall from ladders

INJURED SLIPPED WHILE DESCENDING FROM SCREEN SECTION OF SECONDARY PLANT. LADDER WAS FROSTY & INJURED HAD FLASHLIGHT IN ONE HAND. INJURED FELL TO G ROUND RESULTING IN COMPRESSED FRACTURE OF LU MBAR VEREBRA.