EMP ASKED PLANT SUPT ABOUT TRYING TO PUT ON NO SLIP TAPE ON DRIVE PULLEY OF DOZER TRAP CONVEYOR BELT WHILE RUNNING SUPT ADVISED EMP NOT TO DO OR TRY THEN LATER SUPT WENT TO TOWN FOR REPAIRS AND DRIVE BELTS WERE SLIPPING TOO EMP GOT R FOREARM ENTANGLED BETWEEN HEAD PULLEY AND CONVEYOR BELT DRIVE BELTS SLIPPED MORE PREVENTING FURTHER INJRUY AND ENTANGLEMENT DOZER OPERATOR SEEN EMP
Ulmer Pit & Plant: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
MSHA record for Ulmer Pit & Plant (mine ID 1301998). 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
- 1984
- Latest incident
- Jul 1984
Ownership history
- Hallett Construction Company 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Ulmer Pit & Plant sits in Sac County, Iowa, where the Census mining category is 0.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Sac County, Iowa · Population 9,759
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$70,991
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file1984 · 2 incidents
July 23, 1984
IA · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Hallett Construction Company · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
July 9, 1984
IA · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
POWERED HAULAGE
Hallett Construction Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS AT THE MUD-CLAY PICKING BELT STATION WORKING HE REACHED DOWN FOR A ROCK & ANOTHER ROCK ROLLED DOWN & HE GOT HIS LEFT HAND\S 4TH FINGER CAUGHT & SMASHED BETWEEN THE ROCKS & REC\D A FRACT URED BONE. HIS FINGER WAS PUT IN A SPLINT.