Mining Incidents

Edwards Quarry & Mill: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by R B Killough
Franklin County, KS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1400804

MSHA record for Edwards Quarry & Mill (mine ID 1400804). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1984
Latest incident
Jul 1984
Ownership history
  1. Killough Quarries Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Edwards Quarry & Mill sits in Franklin County, Kansas, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Franklin County, Kansas · Population 25,994
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$72,142
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1984 · 1 incident

July 14, 1984 KS · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent MACHINERY
Killough Quarries Inc · Struck by flying object

HE WAS WELDING ON CONVEYOR AND WAS CHIPING SLAG.