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Chetopa #40: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Summit Materials LLC
Labette County, KS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1400139

Chetopa #40 has had 1 fatality among 1 reportable incident since 1983.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Oct 1983
Ownership history
  1. O'Brien Rock Company Inc 1950 to 1984
  2. Midwest Minerals Inc 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1985 8
1984 5
1983 12
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Chetopa #40 sits in Labette County, Kansas, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Labette County, Kansas · Population 19,949
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$55,439
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
October 4, 1983 KS · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · ELECTRICAL
O'Brien Rock Company Inc · Contact with electrical current

IT HAD RAINED EARLY IN MORNING & VICTIM WAS WET VICTIM WORKED AT CLEANUP AROUND PLANT & THEN WAS STANDING BESIDE PLANTS LIME MILL WATCHING LOADER PUT SPILLED AGRICULTURAL LIME IN TRUCK HE REA HED UP & GRABBED RUNG OF LADDER GOING UP LIME MILL & COULD NOT LET GO FELLOW EMPLOYEE PULLED HIM LOOSE VICTIM GOT UP FROM GROUND & SAID HE WAS ALRIGHT BUT FELL BACK DOWN HE DIED LATER IN HOS