Mining Incidents

DSM Portable 2 Metal/Non-Metal

FERGUSON, Marshall County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1300932

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2002–2014
Latest incident
Jun 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
26
citations
1
significant & substantial
$2,555
proposed penalties
$2,555
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 7,839 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2014 · 1 incident

June 19, 2014 IA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) OTHER
Martin Marietta Materials · Struck by flying object

Wind gust stirred up dust that got in the employee's eye while walking. Notification that employee had gotten medical treatment, outside working hours, (eye flushing, antibiotics) wasn't received until 9/25/14.

2006 · 1 incident

November 14, 2006 IA · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Martin Marietta Materials · Struck against stationary object

EE was cleaning of rock and dirt off of a low-boy trailer by sweeping the material with his gloved hand. The employee contacted a steel splinter approximately 1 inch in length that penetrated his glove and pierced his right index finger nearly going completely through the finger.

2005 · 1 incident

February 24, 2005 IA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS STANDING ON THE GROUND REMOVING CHAINS AND BINDERS FROM A LOW-BOY TRAILER IN PREPARATION TO LOAD A TRUCK. ONE OF THE CHAINS HUNG UP ON THE TRAILER AS THE EE PULLED ON IT. EE FELT A "POP" IN RIGHT SHOULDER

2002 · 1 incident

August 30, 2002 IA · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INTERNAL COIL OF THE FLEXIBLE CONDUIT IS EMTREMELY SHARP AND WHEN THE OLD FITTING WAS REMOVED THE COIL WIRE CUT THE LEFT THUMB BAS. SEVERED FLEXOR TENDON REQUIRING SURGERY ON 8-31-02 AND A GAINS ON 9-14-02 TO REATTACH.