Mining Incidents

Pit No 1: 21 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Edwards County Highway Department · Surface
Controlled by Edwards County-Ks
Kinsley, Edwards County, KS  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1400845

Pit No 1 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
21
citations
4
significant & substantial
$2,454
proposed penalties
$2,454
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
33
inspections on record
258
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: 258 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Pit No 1 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
21 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-29.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
19.0%
significant & substantial
14.3%
high negligence or reckless
19.0%
reasonably likely or greater
52.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 4.8% low, 81.0% moderate, 14.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2024-09-25
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-09-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2011-11-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2016-03-17, 10 years ago
1
samples
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2016-03-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 SF ORE TRANSFER
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Edwards County Highway Department 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 7
2025 7
2024 6
2023 6
2022 4
2021 3
2020 3
2019 2
2018 3
2017 2
2016 3
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 3
2011 2
2010 3
2009 2
2008 2
2007 3
2006 3
2005 3
2004 18
2003 1
2002 1
2001 1
2000 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Pit No 1 sits in Edwards County, Kansas, where the Census mining category is 3.2% 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.
Edwards County, Kansas · Population 2,817
3.2%
Mining share of county employment
$53,792
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2026 Q2 115 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 413 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 265 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 250 1 0 4000.0
2025 Q2 396 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 123 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 182 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 198 0 0 0.0
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 441 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 174 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 125 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 125 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 380 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 271 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 98 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 137 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 191 1 0 5235.6
2021 Q4 51 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 62 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 203 4 0 19704.4
2021 Q1 114 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 194 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 225 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 144 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 94 3 0 31914.9
2019 Q4 30 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 30 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 14 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 39 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 58 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 153 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 230 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 180 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 45 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 10 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 122 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 64 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 10 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 102 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 554 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 86 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 15 3 1 200000.0
2015 Q2 167 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 190 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 60 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 168 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 88 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 61 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 14 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 188 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 55 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 134 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 185 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 15 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 23 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 127 3 2 23622.0
2010 Q4 91 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 79 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 177 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 121 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 18 4 1 222222.2
2009 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 56 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 159 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 138 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 234 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 224 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 95 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 39 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 406 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 348 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 213 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 487 1 0 2053.4
2006 Q2 547 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 838 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 149 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 302 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 517 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 144 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 134 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 267 1 0 3745.3
2004 Q2 221 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 72 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 124 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 200 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 228 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 53 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 17 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 133 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 175 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 142 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 91 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 221 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 248 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 166 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 129 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 137 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 205 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 201 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.