Mining Incidents

Plant #3 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Hunt Midwest Enterprises
Douglas County, KS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1401510

MSHA record for Plant #3 (mine ID 1401510). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1988–1994
Latest incident
Mar 1994
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

1994 · 2 incidents

March 17, 1994 KS · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Killough Quarries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE REPORTED ACCIDNET 3-21-94, ALLEGEDLY HE WAS SHOVLEING ROCK AND STRAINED BACK.

March 8, 1994 KS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Killough Quarries Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS USING PRY BAR WHEN OVEREXERTING HE STRAINED HIS BACK, & BRUISED HIS CHEST.

1993 · 2 incidents

September 20, 1993 KS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Killough Quarries Inc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS UNCOVERING EQUIPMENT AFTER A SHOT WHEN HE SLIPPED IN MUDDY AREA AND FELL AGAINST EQUIPMENT STRAINGING BACK AND SHOULDERS.

March 8, 1993 KS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Killough Quarries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING UP ON CONVEYOR BELT WHEN HE SLIPPED AND PULLED BACK OUT.

1991 · 1 incident

July 30, 1991 KS · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Killough Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING THE DRILL AND HE RAN OVER THE HOSE, HE PULLED THE HOSE OUT OF THE FITTING AND THE HOSE AND AIR HIT HIM IN THE FACE AND NECK.

1990 · 3 incidents

September 7, 1990 KS · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES
Killough Quarries Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE HIT THE BACK OF HIS HAND ON WHILE SHOVELING HE INJURED TENDONS & MUSCLES ON RT HAND

July 5, 1990 KS · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Killough Quarries Inc · Contact with heat

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING SCREENS ON PLANT WHEN IS PASSED OUT SUFFERING FROM APPARENT HEAT EXHAUSTION

June 14, 1990 KS · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Killough Quarries Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OUT OF TRUCK, HE STEPPED DOWN ON THE STEP, WHEN THE CABLE BROKE CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND. HE COMPLAINED OF HIS RIGHT HIP AND LOWER RIGHT SIDE OF BACK BEING SORE .

1989 · 1 incident

September 11, 1989 KS · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Killough Quarries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE WAS CLIMBING INTO A BIN WHEN HE TWISTED RT KNEE DID NOT GO TO GET ANY TEATMENT UNTIL AFTER HIS SHIFT WAS RAINED OUT ON 091289 WAS TREATED WITH RX & PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY WI TH FULL RELEASE ON 091089

1988 · 1 incident

June 6, 1988 KS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Killough Quarries Inc · Fall from machine

HE WAS STEPPING FROM 769 CAT HAUL TRUCK TO FOREMANS PICKUP SLIPPED & FELL TO GROUND. FELL APPROX 4'.

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