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Plant #855: 5 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Shawnee County, KS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1401454

MSHA record for Plant #855 (mine ID 1401454). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1987
Latest incident
Sep 1987
Ownership history
  1. Martin Marietta Aggregates 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Plant #855 sits in Shawnee County, Kansas, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Shawnee County, Kansas · Population 178,315
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$66,043
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1987 · 5 incidents

September 14, 1987 KS · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS PR9PARING TO PUT A DOLLY UNDER A BIN. THE TONGUE FELL TO THE GROUND LANDING 1/2" BEHIND STEEL TOE RESULTING IN 4 BROKEN AND MASHED TOES ON LEFT FOOT.

September 11, 1987 KS · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS DI5GNOSED TO HAVE A HERNIA MANAGEMENT WAS NOT INFORMED THAT THIS WAS WORK RELATED UNTIL RECEIVING DOC.BILLS ON 100187

August 1, 1987 KS · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE STATED3THAT HE HAD HIS TRUCK PARKED AND THAT IT BEGAN TO ROLL.HE JUMPED INTO THE TRUCK TO STOP IT AND HE SOMEHOW TWISTED OR STRAINED HIS BACK.

June 15, 1987 KS · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS TI1HTENING LUG NUTS ON TRUCK AND HIS WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARD AND STRAIN HIS ANKLE.