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MORRIS DREDGE AND PLANT Metal/Non-Metal

Kaw Valley Sand & Gravel Inc · Surface

Controlled by Ben G Kates

Kansas City, Wyandotte County, KS · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 1400894

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 4
Years on record: 2004–2011
Latest incident: Sep 2011

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$25,091

proposed penalties

$25,080

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	Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4	3,676	0	0.0
2025 Q3	3,577	0	0.0
2025 Q2	2,751	1	363.5
2025 Q1	2,820	0	0.0
2024 Q4	4,817	0	0.0
2024 Q3	4,368	0	0.0
2024 Q2	3,471	4	1152.4
2024 Q1	3,727	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

4 on file

2011 · 2 incidents

September 19, 2011 KS · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Kaw Valley Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Dredge cutter chain came out of track. A chain come-a-long was secured to the cutter chain to reposition the links. The come-a-long chain slacked off, engineer reached under the water line to secure chain, the come-a-long chain slapped. 2.1 burst laceration to web between pinky and ring fingers. Prescrip. meds, stitches and drain to left hand. Mod. duty, no left hand work.

June 17, 2011 KS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Kaw Valley Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Laborer installing speed limit sign pinched right hand and thumb. Flesh wound and stitches.

2010 · 1 incident

August 30, 2010 KS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman STRIKING OR BUMPING

Kaw Valley Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE was loosening bearing bolt on dredge hull pump. Backed up and hit right rear rib cage just below shoulder. Contusion Posterior rt ribs 3 to 8 Contusion Strain Thoracic Spine Muscles.

2004 · 1 incident

April 2, 2004 KS · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY

Kaw Valley Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by falling object

5 men were butt welding 10" steel together. Two men were attempting to signal when the joint was closed. One pipe @ 450' was positioned atop a 3' foot concrete knee wall. A short pipe was being lifted into position with a trac hoe. One pipe sprung, falling onto the left leg of injured.