Mining Incidents

Towanda Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by H T Ritchie
Butler County, KS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1401294

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Jan 1983
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1983 · 1 incident

January 27, 1983 KS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Quality Rock Company · Fall from machine

HE STEPPED DOWN OFF THE MOVE TRUCK ONTO A RUT AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE AND TORE SOME LIGAMENTS. 2ND DEGREE ANKLE SPRAIN. DID NOT SEED TREATMENT UNTIL THE AFTERNOON OF THE 28TH DISABILITY BE GAN THE 29TH.