Mining Incidents

Big River Sand Co #4 Metal/Non-Metal

Big River Sand Company Inc · Surface
Controlled by Foundation Inc
Sedgwick County, KS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1400547

MSHA record for Big River Sand Co #4 (mine ID 1400547). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Ownership history
  1. R A Ruud & Son Inc 1950 to 1979
  2. Big River Sand Company Inc 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Big River Sand Co #4 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 reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.