Mining Incidents

Geary County Sand PlantMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by Christopher J Eichman
Junction City, Geary County, KS · Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1401040
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2001–2020
Latest incident
Feb 2020
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2020 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee pinched EE's right middle finger tip while using a rock bar to break up and clear some frozen sand.

2014 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee pinched his left thumb nail while driving out a pin.

2011 · 1 incident

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

There was light rain prior to start of shift causing mud, which stuck to his work boots, causing his foot to slip on step of stairway.

2001 · 2 incidents

Struck by flying object

GRINDING METAL WITH GRINDER. FACE SHIELD WAS BEING WORN. EE WAS UNAWARE THAT A METAL SHAVING HAD LANDED IN HIS EYE TIL 3 DAYS LATER.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FRONT END LOADER WAS BEING USED TO SEPARATE BARGE HOSE FROM THE 10"" PLASTIC PIPE FEEDING THE CLASSIFIER. THE INSTANT IT WAS PULLED OFF, THE HOSE SNAPPED BACK AND HIT EE. IT BRUISED THE BACK OF HIS LEFT CALF.