Martin Marietta Materials Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Wind blew pickup door shut on employee's finger, requiring 5 sutures to employee's right index finger.
Alden Portable Sand Metal/Non-Metal
Martin Marietta Materials Inc.
· Surface
Controlled by
Martin Marietta Materials Inc
ALDEN,
Hardin County,
IA
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1302037
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 2001–2022
- Latest incident
- Oct 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
30
citations
3
significant & substantial
$4,228
proposed penalties
$4,228
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 | 963 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 984 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 991 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 1,082 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 958 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 637 | 1 | 0 | 1569.9 |
| 2022 Q3 | 621 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 536 | 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
4 on file2022 · 1 incident
2019 · 1 incident
July 8, 2019
IA · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Materials Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee went to mount the 966F front end loader. The door was not properly latched to the cab of the loader. When the employee attempted to grab the door handle for a 3rd point of contact, the door was pulled into the employee's shoulder. The employee immediately felt a slight tearing sensation in the right shoulder and a tingling pain that traveled down the right arm.
2016 · 1 incident
July 27, 2016
IA · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Martin Marietta Materials Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE was putting two sections of a suction hose together and smashed finger with a hammer causing the need for 10 stitches.
2001 · 1 incident
October 5, 2001
IA · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EE WAS DIRECTING A LOADER TO LIFT A GRIZZLY SCREEN TO REPLACE SPRINGS. THE GRIZZLY SLIPPED OFF THE LOADER DUCKED AND THE SPRING HOUSING PINCHED OFF THE END OF THE EE'S LEFT THUMB. EE WAS WEARI NG GLOVES AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.