Mining Incidents

SERGEANT BLUFF PIT: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Howard Randy D
Woodbury County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1302219

MSHA record for SERGEANT BLUFF PIT (mine ID 1302219). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1998
Latest incident
Jul 1998
Ownership history
  1. Howard Construction Company 1998 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

SERGEANT BLUFF PIT sits in Woodbury County, Iowa, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Woodbury County, Iowa · Population 105,760
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$70,147
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
July 23, 1998 IA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Howard Construction Company · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS PUSHED THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD BY THE BACK OF THE ROLL CANOPY.