Mining Incidents

Kansas Sand Plant #2: 7 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Monarch Cement Company
Shawnee County, KS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1400473

MSHA record for Kansas Sand Plant #2 (mine ID 1400473). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1983–1992
Latest incident
Oct 1992
Ownership history
  1. Consumers Sand Company Inc 1950 to 1989
  2. Kansas Sand & Concrete Inc 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Kansas Sand Plant #2 sits in Shawnee County, Kansas, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Shawnee County, Kansas · Population 178,315
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$66,043
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

1992 · 1 incident

October 27, 1992 KS · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kansas Sand & Concrete Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WALKING DOWN DIKE AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE WHEN HE FELL IN HOLE IN THE DARK WENT TO EMERGENCY ROOM TOOK EX RAYS AND APPLIED OAN ACE BANDAGE.

1987 · 2 incidents

October 1, 1987 KS · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Consumers Sand Company Inc · Struck by falling object

AFTER LOADING A3 ARTICLE IN H IS TRUNK HE ACCIDENTALLY SHUT THE TRUNK LID DOWN ON HIS FINGER

April 13, 1987 KS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Consumers Sand Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

AS THE LOADER O1ERATOR WAS GETTING OFF LOADER, THE WIND BLEW THE DOOR SHUT ON HIS HAND, CAUSING CUTS ON HIS FINGERS.

1986 · 3 incidents

November 25, 1986 KS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Consumers Sand Company Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

THROWING MATERI5LS INTO TRACTOR BUCKET, TWISTED BACK.

November 24, 1986 KS · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Consumers Sand Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS ON AN E9RAND FOR THE COMPAY WHEN HIS CAR DEVELOPED TIRE TROUBLE AT THE NORTH END OF THE TOPEKA AVE BRIDGE IN LIFTING TIRE FROM THE TRUCNK HE TWISTED HIS BACK

May 28, 1986 KS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Consumers Sand Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

UPON CLIMBING I3TO THE LOADDER HE SLIPPED AND BUMPED HIS KNEE ON THE STEP

1983 · 1 incident

May 23, 1983 KS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Consumers Sand Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CAUGHT FINGER RING ON EDGE OF METAL BIN.