Mining Incidents

GREAT BEND SAND PIT Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Westhoff Julie
Barton County, KS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1401141

MSHA record for GREAT BEND SAND PIT (mine ID 1401141). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1989–1990
Latest incident
Mar 1990
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1990 · 1 incident

March 22, 1990 KS · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Westhoff Sand Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

LOOSENED RADIATOR CAP TO RELEASE SOME PRESSURE SINCE THE EQUIPMENT WAS RUNNING HOT. ANTI-FREEZE & WATER PRESSURE POPPED THE CAP CAUSING THE CONTENTS TO SPRAY THE EMPLOYEE, WHICH RESULTED IN 1S T & 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO THE RIGHT FOREARM, RIGHT SIDE & SIDE OF CHEST.

1989 · 1 incident

May 23, 1989 KS · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Westhoff Sand Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WELDING ON THE SAND PLANT.

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