Mining Incidents

White Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Wright County Highway Department · Surface
Wright County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1301902

MSHA record for White Pit (mine ID 1301902). 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. Wright County Highway Department 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

White Pit sits in Wright 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.
Wright County, Iowa · Population 12,817
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$64,033
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.