Mining Incidents

Clemence Pit & Thomas Dredge: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Abilene Sand Inc · Surface
Controlled by Boyd Clyde
Dickinson County, KS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1400450

MSHA record for Clemence Pit & Thomas Dredge (mine ID 1400450). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1983–1986
Latest incident
Apr 1986
Ownership history
  1. Abilene Sand Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Clemence Pit & Thomas Dredge sits in Dickinson 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.
Dickinson County, Kansas · Population 18,423
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$67,982
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1986 · 1 incident

April 1, 1986 KS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Abilene Sand Inc · Struck against stationary object

STEPPED OUT OF 6OAT ONTO BOLT AND SPRAINED HIS ANKLE.

1983 · 1 incident

February 17, 1983 KS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Abilene Sand Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE SPRAINED BACK SOME TIME ON AFTERNOON OF 021783 REPORTED IT ON MINDAY MORNING 022183 HE WAS REPLACING WEAR SHOES ON SAND WASHER