Miner was using a pry bar trying to dislodge rock stuck in the tail pulley. The bar came loose striking the miner in the mouth damaging a tooth.
Portable Crushing Dept 425 Metal/Non-Metal
Wendling Quarries Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Manaco Corporation
Dewitt,
Clinton County,
IA
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1301292
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 2008–2023
- Latest incident
- Apr 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
96
citations
17
significant & substantial
$18,135
proposed penalties
$17,435
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 4,458 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 4,241 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 3,691 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 4,100 | 1 | 0 | 243.9 |
| 2024 Q2 | 3,761 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q4 | 3,835 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 5,845 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 4,142 | 0 | 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
5 on file2023 · 1 incident
April 11, 2023
IA · Metal/Non-Metal
refuse truck driver, backfill truck driver, stock pile truck driver
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Wendling Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
2019 · 1 incident
March 26, 2019
IA · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wendling Quarries Inc · Fall onto or against objects
MECHANIC FINISHED WORK ON HOIST CYLINDER ON TRUCK TURNED TO GO BACK TO SERVICE TRUCK AND TRIPPED ON BUCKET OF SKID LOADER FALLING ACROSS BUCKET AND DRAW BAR. BRUISED LEFT SIDE, RIBS AND BACK.
2014 · 2 incidents
August 14, 2014
IA · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wendling Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Changing teeth on excavator bucket. Small piece of metal came off tooth and went into left arm.
May 19, 2014
IA · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Wendling Quarries Inc · Struck by falling object
Piece of metal fell over grazing the back of leg.
2008 · 1 incident
June 27, 2008
IA · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Wendling Quarries Inc · Struck against a moving object
Employee had been operating skidloader and was having back pain. He believes the cause is operating the skid loader extended amounts and the jarring off the ride on rough terrain.