Mining Incidents

Oakland East Sand Metal/Non-Metal

Topeka, Shawnee County, KS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1401742

Oakland East Sand has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2015–2017
Latest incident
May 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
34
citations
3
significant & substantial
$4,581
proposed penalties
$4,107
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $474 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
26
inspections on record
237
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 237 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Oakland East Sand has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$5K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
34 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-02-09.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 2,053 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,463 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,348 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,014 1 0 496.5
2021 Q4 1,977 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,360 2 0 847.5
2021 Q2 2,690 0 0 0.0
Show 36 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2021 Q1 2,229 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,173 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,633 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,199 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,837 8 0 4354.9
2019 Q4 1,550 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,202 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,113 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,774 1 0 563.7
2018 Q4 1,699 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,012 1 1 497.0
2018 Q2 1,978 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,429 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,779 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,833 2 0 1091.1
2017 Q2 2,024 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,753 1 0 570.5
2016 Q4 1,726 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,933 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,687 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 833 1 0 1200.5
2015 Q4 1,018 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,529 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,662 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,233 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,208 1 0 827.8
2014 Q3 1,122 1 0 891.3
2014 Q2 1,129 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,045 6 1 5741.6
2013 Q4 1,307 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,541 9 1 5840.4
2013 Q2 1,465 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,437 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,204 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,449 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 963 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2017 · 1 incident

May 17, 2017 KS · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Builder's Choice Aggregates · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Was pulling on a safety cable out of the water to attach to the dredge, when EE felt a pop in the right shoulder. EE went to hospital where it was determined that EE strained the shoulder.

2015 · 1 incident

June 19, 2015 KS · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand MACHINERY
Builder's Choice Aggregates · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using a 5" portable grinder with a metal cutting wheel to cut a slot in a bracket when the grinder kicked back into him.

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