Mining Incidents

Portable Crushing Dept 415 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Manaco Corporation
Dewitt, Clinton County, IA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1302061

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
12
Years on record
2003–2024
Latest incident
Nov 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
50
citations
13
significant & substantial
$20,959
proposed penalties
$20,959
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 5,307 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 6,445 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,563 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 997 2 0 2006.0
2024 Q4 4,665 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 5,148 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 4,346 2 0 460.2
2024 Q1 341 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
January 8, 2020 IA · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wendling Quarries Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FELL INTO LIME BIN.

Reportable incidents

11 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2024 · 1 incident

November 22, 2024 IA · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wendling Quarries Inc · Fall onto or against objects

While operating hand valve on dewatering equipment, employee slipped on muddy ground and struck knee against the pipe flange causing two small (approximately 1") lacerations. Employee went to ER and they closed the wound with medical adhesive, gave EE a prescription antibiotic and returned EE to full duty immediately.

2020 · 1 incident

2018 · 1 incident

June 8, 2018 IA · Metal/Non-Metal refuse truck driver, backfill truck driver, stock pile truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wendling Quarries Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

TOSSING ROCK INTO THE BACK OF THE TRUCK. EE SAID FELT A POP IN LEFT SHOULDER.

2011 · 1 incident

May 4, 2011 IA · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wendling Quarries Inc · Struck by falling object

Supervisor was clearing a rock jam on a piece of equipment and a rock came down hitting him on the left hand breaking his index finger.

2010 · 2 incidents

July 6, 2010 IA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wendling Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was unhooking a trailer from a pickup. The ball was stuck in the cast, the employee stepped on the bumper to release it and it rolled slightly and caught his left foot between the hitch and bumper. Employee was taken to the doctor and has a contusion of the left foot.

June 10, 2010 IA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wendling Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Three Employees were loading metal panels on to a trailer. Each employee was holding a corner. When the panel was put down, it smashed one of the employee's middle left finger, causing a laceration to the nail bed.

2008 · 2 incidents

December 4, 2008 IA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Wendling Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Injury was operating a bull dozer and he was hooking a lime bin to the dozer so the bin could be moved. After the bin was hooked up and ready to move he noticed a rock underneath a wheel on the bin and attempted to remove it. As he did this the dozer pulled forward. The wheel went over his arm, shoulder, back, and center of his body.

July 28, 2008 IA · Metal/Non-Metal pumper POWERED HAULAGE
Wendling Quarries Inc · Struck against a moving object

Employee was operating a haul truck and had back pain. He believes sitting in the haul truck strained his back.

2005 · 1 incident

June 24, 2005 IA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Wendling Quarries Inc · Struck against a moving object

Employee had stockpile truck with concrete stone. Went to scale to weigh and forgot to dump his load at stockpile. EE started down road to the pit. He was not going very fast but weight of truck and decline made it difficult to stop. He came to curve and truck tipped over. He was wearing seatbelt. He climbed out and was taken to hospital for x-rays and stitches.

2004 · 1 incident

October 12, 2004 IA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wendling Quarries Inc · Fall onto or against objects

PLANT HAD SHUT DOWN AND EE WAS CLEANING ROCKS OFF CONVEYOR BELT. HE HAD 3 POINTS OF CONTACT ON CONVEYOR AS HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN. HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON A TIRE AND HIS FINGER CAUGHT ON A SHARP CORNER AND SLICED HIS LEFT RING FINGER, REQUIRING 9 STITCHES.

2003 · 1 incident