Mining Incidents
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Mines in Sherman County, Kansas

Sherman County, Kansas has 13 mines on MSHA's register: 2 intermittent, 10 abandoned. 5 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1994 and 2009. Inspectors have issued 126 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Sherman 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 Sherman County →

Mines on register
13
Active
0
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
126
0 underground · 12 surface · 1 facilities 0 coal · 13 metal and non-metal 2 intermittent 10 abandoned 5 reported accidents, 1994–2009
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.
Sherman County, Kansas · Population 5,919
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$64,444
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
Sherman County Highway Department 4 0 0
APAC Kansas Inc Shears Division 2 0 0
J & P Sand & Gravel 1 0 0
Klotz Sand Company Incorporated 1 0 0
Linder Construction LLC 1 0 0
Miller Brothers Construction Company Inc 1 0 0
Miller Sand 1 0 0
Nl Industries Inc 1 0 0
Siebert Sand Company Inc 1 0 0
Mines in Sherman County13 on register
  1. Portable Plant CO
    Surface metal/non-metal · Klotz Sand Company Incorporated · MSHA ID 1401338
    Intermittent
  2. HAYS PIT NO A-3
    Surface metal/non-metal · Apac Kansas Inc Shears Division · MSHA ID 1401276
    Abandoned
  3. Hays Portable Plant #3
    Surface metal/non-metal · APAC Kansas Inc Shears Division · MSHA ID 1401649
    Intermittent
  4. Stephens Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Sherman County Highway Department · MSHA ID 1401371
    Abandoned
  5. Errington Sand Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Miller Sand · MSHA ID 1401316
    Abandoned
  6. Flanders Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Sherman County Highway Department · MSHA ID 1401364
    Abandoned
  7. J & P Sand & Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · J & P Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 1401206
    Abandoned
  8. Linder Construction Pit 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Linder Construction LLC · MSHA ID 1401861
    New Mine
  9. Miller Brother Construction Sand Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Miller Brothers Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 1400554
    Abandoned
  10. Nl Industries Inc Ind Chem Div
    Facility metal/non-metal · Nl Industries Inc · MSHA ID 1400129
    Abandoned
  11. Portable Plant No 740
    Surface metal/non-metal · Sherman County Highway Department · MSHA ID 1401363
    Abandoned
  12. Portable Plant No 756
    Surface metal/non-metal · Sherman County Highway Department · MSHA ID 1401389
    Abandoned
  13. Rockwell Pit And Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Siebert Sand Company Inc · MSHA ID 1400536
    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.