Mining Incidents

Ellis County Sand Plant: 9 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Ellis County Public Works · Surface
Controlled by Ellis County-KS
Schoenchen, Ellis County, KS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1401538

Ellis County Sand Plant has $1K 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 2014
9
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,148
proposed penalties
$1,148
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
21
inspections on record
186
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: 186 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Ellis County Sand Plant has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
9 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-11-25.
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.
11.1%
significant & substantial
22.2%
high negligence or reckless
11.1%
reasonably likely or greater
33.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 22.2% low, 55.6% moderate, 22.2% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Ellis County Public Works 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2020 0
2019 2
2018 1
2017 2
2016 1
2015 1
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 3
2007 4
2006 3
2005 3
2004 2
2003 2
2002 1
2001 1
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Ellis County Sand Plant sits in Ellis County, Kansas, where the Census mining category is 2.5% 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.
Ellis County, Kansas · Population 28,870
2.5%
Mining share of county employment
$59,889
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
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 162 2 0 12345.7
2019 Q3 0 3 0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 144 0 0 0.0
Show 75 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 90 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 150 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 136 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 80 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 112 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 128 1 0 7812.5
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 308 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 64 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 48 2 1 41666.7
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 272 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 200 1 0 5000.0
2013 Q4 184 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 160 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 104 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 154 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 90 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 104 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 110 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 148 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 72 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 100 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 116 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 192 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 60 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 112 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 64 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 256 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 152 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 512 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 544 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 416 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 128 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 592 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 320 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 528 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q1 96 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 576 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 304 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 200 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 360 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 368 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 320 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 232 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 376 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 176 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 476 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 280 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 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.