Mining Incidents

PLANT # 2: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Hunt Midwest Enterprises
Douglas County, KS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1401576

MSHA record for PLANT # 2 (mine ID 1401576). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1994–1999
Latest incident
Apr 1999
Ownership history
  1. Killough Quarries Inc 1994 to 1995
  2. Hunt Midwest Mining Inc 1995 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2001 0
2000 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

PLANT # 2 sits in Douglas 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.
Douglas County, Kansas · Population 119,547
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$68,756
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
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 0 0 0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 1,079 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1999 · 1 incident

April 6, 1999 KS · Metal/Non-Metal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator POWERED HAULAGE
Hunt Midwest Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE EE WAS DISMOUNTING HIS MACHINE WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING. HE FELL BACK INTO THE OPERATOR'S COMPARTMENT AND ACTIVATED THE 2 SAFETY ARMS AND THE CURL LEVER ON THE BUCKET. HIS FOOT WAS BETWEEN THE BUCKET AND THE BUCKET ARMS. WHEN THE BUCKETCURLED BACK IT BENT HIS FOOT BACKWARDS AND BROKE HIS FOOT. OUR MECHANIC EXAMINED THE SAFETY FEATURES OF THE EQUIPMENT AND FOUND NO DEFECTS.

1994 · 2 incidents

September 1, 1994 KS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Killough Quarries Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A BOULDER FROM THE CR USHER HE STEPPED ON A ROCK & TURNED HIS RT ANKLE

March 5, 1994 KS · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Killough Quarries Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING OUT CRUSHER & CUT HAND ON BAR.