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Robins Quarry: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

B L Anderson Inc · Surface
Linn County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1300003

Robins Quarry has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
May 1983
Ownership history
  1. B L Anderson Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1985 4
1984 12
1983 12
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Robins Quarry sits in Linn County, Iowa, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Linn County, Iowa · Population 229,463
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$76,421
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

1983 · 1 incident

May 25, 1983 IA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
B L Anderson Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED SUFFERED A GRADUAL DEVELOPMENT OF TENDONITIS OF THE LEFT ARM FROM OPERATING A SCRAPER OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. CONSTANT USE IN STEERING THE MACHINE IS THE PROBABLE CAUSE.