Mining Incidents

Portable Crushing Dept 435 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Manaco Corporation
Dewitt, Muscatine County, IA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1302074

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2002–2018
Latest incident
Aug 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
51
citations
8
significant & substantial
$7,649
proposed penalties
$7,649
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 3,481 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,296 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,770 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 99 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,531 2 0 566.4
2024 Q2 4,058 2 0 492.9
2024 Q1 263 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 747 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

3 on file

2018 · 1 incident

August 29, 2018 IA · Metal/Non-Metal dry screening plant operator, screen house operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wendling Quarries Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING THEMSELVES UP AND THEIR SHOULDER POPPED RESULTING IN A LEFT SHOULDER STRAIN.

2003 · 1 incident

April 15, 2003 IA · Metal/Non-Metal NO VALUE FOUND
Wendling Quarries Inc · No Value Found

EE WAS TIGHTENING A TURNBUCKLE CONNECTED TO A CABLE ON A CONVEYER BELT ELEVATED 10 FT ABOVE GROUND. THE BOLT ON TURNBUCKLE BROKE, THE FORCE HE WAS APPLYING TO THE TURNBUCKLE PROPELLED HIM OFF THE CONVEYER TO THE GROUND. THE EE LANDED PRIMARLY ON HIS RIGHT ARM AND HIP. RESULTED IN A FRACTURE TO NAVICULAR BONE IN WRIST AND PROXIMAL HEADOF HIS RADIUS. IN CAST ABOUT 12 WEEKS.

2002 · 1 incident

March 19, 2002 IA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Wendling Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKER STRUCK THE DOOR WITH THE HANDLE END OF A LARGE CRESCENT WRENCH. AFTER STRIKING THE DOOR, THE WRENCH TRAVELED DOWN THE CHUTE FOLLOWING THE ANGLE. UPON REACHING THE BELT, THE WRENCH HANDL E WAS DRAWN UNDER THE CHAIN AND PULLED INWARD. PINNED HIS HAND AGAINST THE GUARD OVER TAIL PULLEY, IT PINCHED AND PULLED OFF ONE HALF OF THE INDEX FINGER, ALSO A THUMB LACERATION.