Mining Incidents

PLANT #873: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Marion County, KS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1401566

MSHA record for PLANT #873 (mine ID 1401566). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1993–1997
Latest incident
Jul 1997
Ownership history
  1. Martin Marietta Aggregates 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

PLANT #873 sits in Marion County, Kansas, where the Census mining category is 0.8% 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.
Marion County, Kansas · Population 11,795
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$63,438
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1997 · 1 incident

July 26, 1997 KS · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Struck by flying object

WHILE WORKING ON A 988B LOADER BUCKET WITH A HAMMER, A SMALL SLIVER OF STEEL BECAME EMBEDDED IN THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT THUMB.

1993 · 1 incident

August 25, 1993 KS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE PLACED HIS FINGERS BETWEEN SCREEN BASKET & SPRAY BARS. THE BASKET PINCHED THE FINGERTIPS ON THE LITTLE, MIDDLE & RING FINGER.