Mining Incidents

EARLY BIRD PORTABLE: 5 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Sandra Lee Williams
BAXTER SPRINGS, Cherokee County, KS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1401765

EARLY BIRD PORTABLE has $675 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
5
citations
1
significant & substantial
$675
proposed penalties
$675
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
3
inspections on record
41
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 41 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

EARLY BIRD PORTABLE has $675 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$675
proposed penalties
$675
current assessed
$675
paid to date
$0
outstanding
5 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-09-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
20.0%
significant & substantial
20.0%
high negligence or reckless
20.0%
reasonably likely or greater
20.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 80.0% moderate, 20.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. BINGHAM SAND & GRAVEL CO INC 2013 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2018 1
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 1
2013 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

EARLY BIRD PORTABLE sits in Cherokee County, Kansas, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Cherokee County, Kansas · Population 19,236
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$58,274
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 117 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1 2 0 2000000.0
2017 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 38 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 79 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 43 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 23 0 0 0.0
Show 10 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q1 31 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,089 2 1 1836.5
2015 Q3 457 1 0 2188.2
2015 Q2 89 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 57 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 59 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 75 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 74 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 84 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.