Mining Incidents

63rd Street Sand Pit: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by L A Knebler
Sedgwick County, KS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1401430

MSHA record for 63rd Street Sand Pit (mine ID 1401430). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Jun 1983
Ownership history
  1. Bradburn Sand Company 1983 to 1983
  2. L A Knebler Construction Company Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

63rd Street Sand Pit sits in Sedgwick County, Kansas, where the Census mining category is 0.3% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Sedgwick County, Kansas · Population 524,810
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$67,675
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1983 · 1 incident

June 16, 1983 KS · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand POWERED HAULAGE
Bradburn Sand Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS REPLACING BELTS ON SAND BARGE THE LOSS OF LEFT INDEX FINGER