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Moore Quarry: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Riley County, KS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1400190

Moore Quarry has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Sep 1983
Ownership history
  1. Bayer Construction Company Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1985 5
1984 4
1983 10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Moore Quarry sits in Riley County, Kansas, 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.
Riley County, Kansas · Population 71,710
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$59,560
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1983 · 1 incident

September 19, 1983 KS · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bayer Construction Company Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF PICKUP AND THE PICKUP BEGAN TO MOVE AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE BUMPER WHICH RESULTED INTWISTING THE LEG - WHICH PULLED THE LIGAMENTS AND MUSCLES OF LEFT LEG BEL OW THE KNEE. TOO SORE TO STAND ON SO USED CRTUCHES FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS.