Mining Incidents

PLANT #80001: 7 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

N R Hamm Quarry Inc · Surface
Controlled by Summit Materials LLC
Jefferson County, KS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1401469

MSHA record for PLANT #80001 (mine ID 1401469). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1988–1996
Latest incident
Dec 1996
Ownership history
  1. N R Hamm Quarry Inc 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

PLANT #80001 sits in Jefferson 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.
Jefferson County, Kansas · Population 18,391
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$77,393
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

1996 · 1 incident

December 12, 1996 KS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
N R Hamm Quarry Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS WANTING TO GET DOWN TO A CONVEYOR BELT (5-6' BELOW). INSTEAD OF USING THE WALKWAY AND LADDER THAT WAS IN PLACE, HE DECIDED TO CLIMB DOWN THE FRONT OF THE CRUSHER WHEN HE SLIPPED, FALLIN G 5-6' TO THE CONVEYOR. THE EQUIPMENT WAS LOCKED OUT.

1994 · 2 incidents

January 7, 1994 KS · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
N R Hamm Quarry Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STEPPED OFF CONVEYOR & TURNED RT ANKLE FX OF RT ANKLE

1990 · 2 incidents

September 29, 1990 KS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
N R Hamm Quarry Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS CUTTING FLASHING ON CRUSHER WITH KNIFE & KNIFE SLIPPED & CUT LEFT AND LITTLE FINGER REQUIRING 5 STITCHES.

February 20, 1990 KS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
N R Hamm Quarry Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CRAWLING OUT FROM UNDER A 769 HAUL UNIT AND RAISED UP STRIKING HIS BACK ON THE BUMPER.

1989 · 1 incident

May 19, 1989 KS · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
N R Hamm Quarry Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING CAMSHAFT ASSEMBLE (APPROX. 40 LBS.) OUT OF SCRAPER AND TWISTED TO THE LEFT TO LET IT DOWN ON TIRE OF SCRAPER AND TWISTED BACK OUT OF PLACE.

1988 · 1 incident

March 23, 1988 KS · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
N R Hamm Quarry Inc · Struck against a moving object

LOADER WAS BEING TAKEN TO THE CRUSHER AREA GOING DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD LOADED 769 WAS COMING UP BEHIND AND DECIDED TO PASS ON THE RT HAND SIDE THERE WAS NOT SUFFICIENT ROOM TO PASS AND HE SLID AND ROLLED OVER THE SIDE DAMAGE TO TRUCK WAS A COUPLE SMASHED HYDRAULIC HOSES AND A BROKEN CROSS MEMBER