Mining Incidents

Silver Lake West SandMetal/Nonmetal

Topeka, Shawnee County, KS · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1401702
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2022–2025
Latest incident
Nov 2025
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2025 · 1 incident

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was attempting to lift the end of a office desk and pulled a muscle in the left arm. Lifting item.

2022 · 1 incident

Fall onto or against objects

Employee was pulling chain onto dredge pontoon for repair. Chain got caught on a bolt head of pontoon access panel. When chain popped free, the resulting slack caused employee to slip backwards into the hand railing of the steps built over the lift winch.