Struck by flying object
While performing maintenance on a conveyor belt, an employee was using a hammer when a metal fragment splintered off and lodged into their left thigh.
Coolidge Sand PlantMetal/Nonmetal
Mid-States Materials LLC · Surface
Controlled by Eric H Bettis; Matt McPherson
Coolidge, Hamilton County, KS · Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1401647
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 2021–2025
- Latest incident
- Jul 2025
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file2025 · 1 incident
2021 · 1 incident
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EE was entering operation shack of dredge when a gust of wind blew operator into shack. EE caught self on the door frame with EE's left hand when the door shut pinching the index finger on EE's left hand. After EE's shift, EE went to Prowers Medical Center to get EE's finger cleaned up. The tip to EE's finger was amputated at the time of the incident.