Mining Incidents

Shawnee QuarryMetal/Nonmetal

Controlled by CRH PLC
Shawnee, Johnson County, KS · Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1401524
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2000–2017
Latest incident
May 2017
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2017 · 2 incidents

Struck by falling object

Employee received a contusion from hammer bit that struck ee.

Struck against a moving object

Employee was operating a skid steer on an small drainage berm when the machine become over balanced and turned on its side causing minor damage. Case was reported on 3-31-17 to the EHS department and the case become an reportable injury on 4-1-17.

2013 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was repairing an axle trunnion and while setting it on the ground, left hand middle finger became trapped between the part and a bolt causing fracture and laceration to finger.

2011 · 1 incident

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was cutting on a seam on a convey belt making repairs. He was cutting the belt with a box knife. He was cutting the belt towards him when the knife slipped off the belt hitting him in the right knee causing a small laceration to the knee.

2002 · 1 incident

Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS GETTING OUT OF BED OF POWDER TRUCK. HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF STEP AND HE STRUCK HIS FACE ON THE SIDE OF THE TRUCK CUTTING HIS NOSE AND LIP. HE REQUIRED APPROX. 15 STITCHES FOR 60TH WOUND S.

2000 · 1 incident

Struck by falling object

EE ATTEMPTED TO ENTER A MANLIFT WHICH WAS PARKED UNDER A CRUSHER FEED BIN. OTHER WORKERS WERE CUTTING A PIECE OF 1/2"" SHEET STEEL TO MODIFY THE CRUSHER FEED BIN. HE WAS NOT WEARING A REQUIRED HARD HAT. WHEN HE WALKED UNDER THE CRUSHER FEED BIN, A PIECE OF STEEL FELL, STRIKING THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS SCALP. HE HAD 5 STITCHES AND WAS RELEASED TO WORK IMMEDIATELY.