Mines in Franklin County, Kansas
Franklin County, Kansas has 11 mines on MSHA's register: 3 active, 8 abandoned. 75 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2024. Inspectors have issued 288 citations.
Every mine MSHA has registered in Franklin County, working or not, with the accident, fatality and citation record each one carries on this site. Active mines are listed first, then the rest by the weight of their record.
- Mines on register
- 11
- Active
- 3
- Fatalities on record
- 0
- Citations issued
- 288
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County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.Mines plot only where MSHA holds a surveyed coordinate for the site; mines the agency locates to a town, county or state centroid are in the counts and the list above but not drawn. Click a point for the mine's status and record.
| Operator | Mines | Active | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killough Quarries Inc | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Blacktop Construction Company Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Buildex Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fogle Quarry Company Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hunt Midwest Mining Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay-Tee Company Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Oswego Coal Company Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Penny's Aggregates, Inc. | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Whitaker Aggregates Inc. | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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Ottawa QuarryActive 0 fatal 95 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. · MSHA ID 1401590
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LeLoup QuarryActive 0 fatal 93 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Penny's Aggregates, Inc. · MSHA ID 1401517
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Portable Plant #2Active 0 fatal 54 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Whitaker Aggregates Inc. · MSHA ID 1401718
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FOGLE QUARRY CO INCAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Fogle Quarry Company Inc · MSHA ID 1400071
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KANSAS PLANT #3Abandoned 0 fatal 31 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Hunt Midwest Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1401476
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Buildex Clay PitAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Buildex Inc · MSHA ID 1400213
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OSWEGO COAL COMPANY INCAbandoned 0 fatal 15 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Oswego Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1401514
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Edwards Quarry & MillAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Killough Quarries Inc · MSHA ID 1400804
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Edwards Quarry #1Abandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Blacktop Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 1401352
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Princeton Quarry (20)Abandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Killough Quarries Inc · MSHA ID 1401301
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Ross QuarryAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Jay-Tee Company Inc · MSHA ID 1401113
Status, type and operator are as reported to MSHA. Fatality and accident counts are MSHA's reportable accident records for the mine; citations are inspector-issued violations on record. Each mine's own page carries the full detail.
The register is MSHA's Mine Data Retrieval System: every operation ever assigned a mine ID, including ones abandoned decades ago, so the count is a history of mining in the county, not a count of working mines. A mine's county is the one its operator reported to MSHA. Fatality and accident counts start with MSHA's reportable-accident records (1983 onward); citation counts are inspector-issued violations on record. We are an independent research tool, not MSHA.