Mining Incidents

Wetherell Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Wetherell Sand & Gravel Inc · Surface
Controlled by Douglas R Wetherell
Buena Vista County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1301956

MSHA record for Wetherell Pit (mine ID 1301956). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Ownership history
  1. Wetherell Sand & Gravel Inc 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Wetherell Pit sits in Buena Vista 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.
Buena Vista County, Iowa · Population 20,684
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$66,564
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.