Mining Incidents
MSHA mine register by county

Mines in Reno County, Kansas

Reno County, Kansas has 11 mines on MSHA's register: 2 active, 3 intermittent, 6 abandoned. 1 miner has died and 473 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2025. Inspectors have issued 1,502 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Reno 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.

Abandoned and historical mine features in Reno County →

Mines on register
11
Active
2
Fatalities on record
1
Citations issued
1,502
1 underground · 7 surface · 3 facilities 0 coal · 11 metal and non-metal 3 intermittent 6 abandoned 473 reported accidents, 1983–2025
Local economic context
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.
Reno County, Kansas · Population 61,693
1.0%
Mining share of county employment
$60,498
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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MSHA-registered mine, any status

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.

Operators with the most mines herecurrent operator of record
Operator Mines Active Fatalities
Hutchinson Salt Company 1 1 1
Apac-Kansas Inc 1 1 0
Cargill Inc 1 0 0
Gravel & Concrete Inc 1 0 0
Hoskinson Sand & Gravel 1 0 0
J H Shears' Sons Inc 1 0 0
Morton Salt Division 1 0 0
Mt Hope Sand Company Inc 1 0 0
North American Salt Company 1 0 0
Shears Inc 1 0 0
Mines in Reno County11 on register
  1. Hutchinson Salt Company
    Underground metal/non-metal · Hutchinson Salt Company · MSHA ID 1400412
    Active
  2. HUTCHINSON SAND PLANT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Apac-Kansas Inc · MSHA ID 1400501
    Active
  3. Brine Wells & Plant
    Facility metal/non-metal · North American Salt Company · MSHA ID 1400803
    Abandoned
  4. 152-922 PORTABLE
    Surface metal/non-metal · Shears Inc · MSHA ID 1401240
    Abandoned
  5. Hoskinson Sand And Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hoskinson Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 1400495
    Intermittent
  6. GRAVEL & CONCRETE INC.
    Surface metal/non-metal · Gravel & Concrete Inc · MSHA ID 1400484
    Intermittent
  7. Southeast Sand
    Surface metal/non-metal · Southeast Sand · MSHA ID 1401541
    Intermittent
  8. Mt Hope Sand Company Inc
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mt Hope Sand Company Inc · MSHA ID 1400516
    Abandoned
  9. Cargill Salt Plant
    Facility metal/non-metal · Cargill Inc · MSHA ID 1400415
    Abandoned
  10. Edwards Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · J H Shears' Sons Inc · MSHA ID 1401391
    Abandoned
  11. Morton Salt Co Brine Wells And Plant
    Facility metal/non-metal · Morton Salt Division · MSHA ID 1400416
    Abandoned

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.

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How to read these numbers

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.