Mining Incidents

Mountain Park: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Fairfax Granite Inc · Surface
Controlled by Kurt M Swenson
Kiowa County, OK  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3400021

MSHA record for Mountain Park (mine ID 3400021). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Nov 1983
Ownership history
  1. Fairfax Granite Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mountain Park sits in Kiowa County, Oklahoma, where the Census mining category is 3.8% 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.
Kiowa County, Oklahoma · Population 8,458
3.8%
Mining share of county employment
$42,063
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

1983 · 2 incidents

October 26, 1983 OK · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fairfax Granite Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A QUARRY HOOK AND PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK