Mining Incidents

Jones Quarry: 8 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Custer County, OK  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3401310

MSHA record for Jones Quarry (mine ID 3401310). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1985–1989
Latest incident
Jul 1989
Ownership history
  1. Western Plains Materials 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Jones Quarry sits in Custer County, Oklahoma, where the Census mining category is 4.8% 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.
Custer County, Oklahoma · Population 28,332
4.8%
Mining share of county employment
$57,562
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

1989 · 3 incidents

July 11, 1989 OK · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Western Plains Materials · Struck against a moving object

JARRED EMPLOYEES BODY WHEN HIS TRUCK HIT THE CRUSHER.

May 1, 1989 OK · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Western Plains Materials · Fall from machine

EMPL STEPPING DOWN OFF LOADER TWISTED HIS KNEE.

March 16, 1989 OK · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Western Plains Materials · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS SAWING ELECTRIC CABLE AND A METAL FRAGMENT FLEW INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

1987 · 4 incidents

August 18, 1987 OK · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Western Plains Materials · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PR2ING ON A JAMMED ROCK WITH A BAR, WHEN BAR SLIPPED AND RIPPED HIS AND. LACERATION ON HAND TOOK 17 STITCHES.

April 29, 1987 OK · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Western Plains Materials · Fall onto or against objects

EMP WAS TRYING 7O MOVE A ROCK FROM THE HAUL ROAD. HE SLIPPED AND HIT HIS CHIN ON THE ROCK AND SPLIT IT OPEN

1985 · 1 incident

October 4, 1985 OK · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Western Plains Materials · Fall from machine

OPERATING LOADE9 ON DOWNHILL RAMP INTO QUARRY.AT THE BOTTOM OF RAMP HE PULLED UP ON TILT HYDRAULIC LEVER IT WAS IN UP POSITION-THIS KILLED ENGINE ON LOADER LEFT NO STEERING OR RAISE OR LOWER O N BUCKET.INSTEA8 OF BRAKING HE JUMPED OFF BRUISING BALL OF FOOT.SENT TO DR -POSSIBLE NAVICULAR FRACTURE OF METATARSAL BONE LEFT FOOT.WALKING CAST.