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Kkoo4 Crushing Unit: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Duininck Companies
Kandiyohi County, MN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2102722

Kkoo4 Crushing Unit has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1987.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1987–1989
Latest incident
May 1989
Ownership history
  1. Duininck Brothers Inc 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1994 1
1993 3
1992 2
1991 2
1990 2
1989 2
1988 2
1987 3
1986 3
1985 3
1984 0
1983 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Kkoo4 Crushing Unit sits in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Kandiyohi County, Minnesota · Population 43,757
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$75,097
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1989 · 1 incident

May 27, 1989 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Duininck Brothers Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING SCREENS WHEN ONE SCREEN SLIPPED AND CRUSHED MIDDLE FINGER, ON RIGHT HAND. HE WAS THEN TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AND SKIN WAS GRAPHED TO FINGER. HE IS NOT EXPECTED TO LOSE ANY P ART OF FINGER.

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1987 · 1 incident

September 1, 1987 MN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Duininck Brothers Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CRUSHER OPERATO9 WAS CLEANING OUT CONVEYOR. HE HAD JACKET ON WHEN IT CAUGHT IN ROLLER AND PULLED HIS ARM IN . ARM REQUIRED STITCHES. IT WAS ALSO BRUISED.