Mining Incidents
MSHA mine register by county

Mines in Seward County, Kansas

Seward County, Kansas has 12 mines on MSHA's register: 1 intermittent, 11 abandoned. 1 accident has been reported at these mines in 1996. Inspectors have issued 40 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Seward 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 Seward County →

Mines on register
12
Active
0
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
40
0 underground · 12 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 12 metal and non-metal 1 intermittent 11 abandoned 1 reported accidents, 1996
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.
Seward County, Kansas · Population 21,640
3.7%
Mining share of county employment
$62,269
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
J & R Sand Company Inc 3 0 0
Carlile Sand & Gravel Inc 2 0 0
Carlile Sand Company 1 0 0
Herzog Contracting Corp 1 0 0
KLOTZ SAND CO., INC 1 0 0
Pioneer Aggregates Inc 1 0 0
Ripper Raceway Inc 1 0 0
Seward County Highway Department 1 0 0
Seward County Road Department 1 0 0
Mines in Seward County12 on register
  1. Frazier Pit or Plant #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · J & R Sand Company Inc · MSHA ID 1400499
    Abandoned
  2. RITTER #19
    Surface metal/non-metal · KLOTZ SAND CO., INC · MSHA ID 1401753
    Intermittent
  3. Colbun Pit And Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · J & R Sand Company Inc · MSHA ID 1401245
    Abandoned
  4. Davis Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Carlile Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 1401402
    Abandoned
  5. JOLLY PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Pioneer Aggregates Inc · MSHA ID 1401579
    Abandoned
  6. Jolly Sand Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Carlile Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 1401359
    Abandoned
  7. Lemert Pit And Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · J & R Sand Company Inc · MSHA ID 1401331
    Abandoned
  8. Louderback Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Herzog Contracting Corp · MSHA ID 1401375
    Abandoned
  9. Portable #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Carlile Sand Company · MSHA ID 1401504
    Abandoned
  10. Ripper Sand Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ripper Raceway Inc · MSHA ID 1401356
    Abandoned
  11. Seward Co Gravel Pit & Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Seward County Highway Department · MSHA ID 1400883
    Abandoned
  12. Seward County Gravel Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Seward County Road Department · MSHA ID 1401582
    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.