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Buildex Clay Pit: 5 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Buildex Inc · Surface
Franklin County, KS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1400213

MSHA record for Buildex Clay Pit (mine ID 1400213). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1983–1985
Latest incident
Jul 1985
Ownership history
  1. Buildex Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Buildex Clay Pit sits in Franklin County, Kansas, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Franklin County, Kansas · Population 25,994
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$72,142
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1985 · 2 incidents

July 25, 1985 KS · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Buildex Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS USING A SHOVEL TO THROW MATERIAL TO ONE SIDE & FELT HE PULLED A MUSCLE INH IS BACK.

June 24, 1985 KS · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Buildex Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CLOSING FED GATE & FELT A STRAINING PAIN IN HIS STOMACH HE DID NOT CONSULT A DOC WUNTIL 070885 & THEN FOUND OUT HE HA A VENTRAL HERNIA

1983 · 3 incidents

September 18, 1983 KS · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Buildex Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS INSPECTING NO.4 KILN WHEN PIECE OF GRIT BLEW INTO HIS LEFT EYE. HE RECEIVED EMERGENCY TREATMENT AT RANSOM MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. HE WAS NOT WEARING SAFETY GLASSES PROVIDED.

September 2, 1983 KS · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Buildex Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE CLIMBING DOWN FROM HI LOADER STEPPED INTO AHOLE IN GROUND AND SPRAINED RIGHT ANKLE

August 8, 1983 KS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Buildex Inc · Fall from ladders

EMPLOYEE CLIMBING LADDER TO CHECK NO 2 RAW SHALE PIT HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON RUNG CAUSING PULLED MUSCLE IN RIGHT KNEE