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McPherson Mine Metal/Non-Metal

E-M Sand & Gravel LLC · Surface

Controlled by Mitchell A Opat; Mark E Opat

McPherson, Mcpherson County, KS · Intermittent

MSHA Mine ID: 1401746

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 1
Years on record: 2021
Latest incident: Oct 2021

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2016

citations

significant & substantial

$7,454

proposed penalties

$7,454

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4	544	0	0	0.0
2025 Q3	514	0	0	0.0
2025 Q2	710	0	0	0.0
2025 Q1	489	0	0	0.0
2024 Q4	600	1	0	1666.7
2024 Q3	376	10	1	26595.7
2024 Q2	310	0	0	0.0
2024 Q1	370	0	0	0.0

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2021 · 1 incident

October 29, 2021 KS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

E-M Sand & Gravel LLC · Fall from machine

Employee had been loading dirt from stockpile that is hauled in from offsite. Employee got out of machine to check cleanliness of bucket. Employee was climbing steps to enter cab of wheel loader when hand slipped from hand railing. Employee fell backward landing on ground. Employee sustained broken ribs from fall.