Independence Clay Pit Metal/Non-Metal
Lehigh Portland Cement Company
· Surface
Controlled by
Heidelberg Materials AG
Montgomery County,
KS
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1400730
MSHA record for Independence Clay Pit (mine ID 1400730). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
- —
Ownership history
- Universal Atlas Cement Company 1950 to 1980
- Lehigh Portland Cement Company 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Independence Clay Pit sits in Montgomery County, Kansas, where the Census mining category is 1.5% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Montgomery County, Kansas · Population 31,143
1.5%
Mining share of county employment
$53,242
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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.