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CRUSHING PLANT: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Marshall County, KS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1401413

MSHA record for CRUSHING PLANT (mine ID 1401413). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1984–1992
Latest incident
May 1992
Ownership history
  1. Blue River Sand & Gravel Company 1981 to 1986
  2. Blue River Sand & Gravel 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

CRUSHING PLANT sits in Marshall County, Kansas, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Marshall County, Kansas · Population 10,001
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$70,828
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
July 16, 1987 KS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Blue River Sand & Gravel · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ACCIDENT VICTIM3WAS AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR HAULER AND WAS ALONE AT THE QUARRY LOADING HIS TRUCK WITH A RUBBER TIRED FRONT END LOADER OWNED BY THE QUARRY OPERATOR. WHEN A QUARY EMP RETURNED TO THE QUARRY H9 FOUND THE FRONT END LOADER HAD OVERTURNED AT A DITCH WITH THE VICTIM BENEATH THE MACHINE. VICTIM WAS DEAD WHEN FOUND

Reportable incidents

4 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1992 · 1 incident

May 7, 1992 KS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blue River Sand & Gravel · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A PIECE OF STEEL PLATE WHICH WAS BEING PLACED AT THE BOTTOM OF A SCREEN VIBRATOR STAND,THE PLATE MOVED,MASHING AND BRUISING HIS LEFT HAND.X-RAY WAS TAKEN SHOWING NO FRACTU RE,AND MEDICATION FOR PAIN WAS PRESCRIBED.

1990 · 1 incident

October 2, 1990 KS · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Blue River Sand & Gravel · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL STANDING ON SIDE OF TRUCK BED GETTING MATERIAL SAMPLE AS TRUCK WAS BEING LOADED FROM ROCK BIN.FOOT SLIPPED OFF & TWISTED LEFT LEG.TORN LIGAMENTS AT KNEE AREA.DR DRAINED BLOOD FROM LEG,WRA PPED IT AND RX MEDICATION.

1986 · 1 incident

July 14, 1986 KS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Blue River Sand & Gravel · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

A LARGE PIECE O0 SHOT ROCK STUCK ON THE CRUSHER FEEDER AND WHEN EMPLOYEE TRIED TO LOOSEN IT BOUNCED UP PINCHING HIS LEFT FOOT HIS BOOT WAS PULLED PARTLY OFF AND HIS BIG TOE WAS INJURED X-RAYS SHOWED 2 CHIPS3ON THE BONE OF THE BIG TOE ON LEFT FOOT THE TOENAIL HAD TO BE REMOVED AND MEDICATION WAS PRESCRIBED

1984 · 1 incident

July 31, 1984 KS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Blue River Sand & Gravel Company · Fall from machine

WHILE DISMOUNTING FROM PAYLOADER EMP JUMPED ONTO MOUND OF DIRT BESIDE THE LOADER IN DOING SO HE WRENCHED HIS RT KNEE CAUSING PAIN AND SWELLING DIAGNOSIS BY PHYSICIAN WAS TORN LIGAMNETS IN TH KNEE THE KNEE WAS DRAINED OF FLUIDS AND TIGHTLY WRAPPED AT PHYSICIANS OFFICE