Mining Incidents

Chetopa #40 Metal/Non-Metal

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

MSHA record for Chetopa #40 (mine ID 1400139). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Chetopa #40.

Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Oct 1983

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

For insurers, brokers, and safety consultants

The full compliance file on Chetopa #40

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.