Mining Incidents

Armstrong Sand & Gravel Pit & Plant: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Armstrong Clyde J
Pratt County, KS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1400746

MSHA record for Armstrong Sand & Gravel Pit & Plant (mine ID 1400746). 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
1984
Latest incident
Oct 1984
Ownership history
  1. Armstrong Sand & Gravel Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Armstrong Sand & Gravel Pit & Plant sits in Pratt County, Kansas, where the Census mining category is 4.8% 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.
Pratt County, Kansas · Population 9,120
4.8%
Mining share of county employment
$64,348
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

1984 · 1 incident

October 9, 1984 KS · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Armstrong Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by falling object

HE WAS LIFTING TAIL GATE ON TRUCK AND HE FELL ON HIS MIDDLE AND KING FINGER LEFT HAND.