Mining Incidents

Plant No 1 Metal/Non-Metal

Prairie Mining Inc · Surface
Controlled by O'Rourke Dary
Johnson County, KS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1401323

MSHA record for Plant No 1 (mine ID 1401323). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
16
Years on record
1984–1993
Latest incident
Jul 1993
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

16 on file

1993 · 1 incident

July 28, 1993 KS · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Prairie Mining Inc · Fall from machine

INJURED CAUGHT HIS RIGHT HANDS IN BELTS AND FELL INTO THE BED OF THE STOCKPILE TRUCK.

1992 · 2 incidents

September 3, 1992 KS · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Prairie Mining Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS USING CUTTING TORCH WHEN HOT METAL SLAB FELL INTO RIGHT BOOT.

July 13, 1992 KS · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Prairie Mining Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPL REPLACING 1" STEEL PLATE IN IMPACTOR AND BURNED HIMSELF WITH A CUTTING TORCH.

1989 · 2 incidents

July 10, 1989 KS · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Prairie Mining Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF ROCK TRUCK, TRIPPED AND FELL OFF TRUCK. FELL APPROX. * FEET TO GROUND. HEAD STRUCK GROUND FRACTURED LEFT WRIST TORE RIGHHT EAR CARTILAGE AND LACERATIONS TO RIGHT SID E OF HEAD.

March 24, 1989 KS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Prairie Mining Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON A CONVEYOR BELT TAIL PULLEY APPLYING BELT DRESSING, OPERATOR INADVERTENTLY STARTED THE BELT. EMPLOYEES HAND CAUGHT IN DRIVE PULLEY ON HEAD PULLEY.

1988 · 1 incident

September 7, 1988 KS · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Prairie Mining Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING BROKEN BOLT FROM TRACK OF AIRTRACK DRILL.PIECE OF STEEL BROKE OFF PUNCH USED TO REMOVE BOLT AND STOCK IN LEFT HAND.

1987 · 1 incident

March 23, 1987 KS · Metal/Non-Metal driller operator ELECTRICAL
Prairie Mining Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS MO5ING DRILL.CLAIMS ELECTRICAL SHORT OCCURRED IN MACHINE CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO JUMP OFF MACHINE,HIT WALL AND INJURE BACK AND SHOULDER.

1986 · 1 incident

June 23, 1986 KS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader operator OTHER
Prairie Mining Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FELL OVER DEAD 0ROM HEART ATTACK.

1985 · 2 incidents

December 2, 1985 KS · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Prairie Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

PUTTING ROOF BO5T INTO ROOF DROPPED ROOF BOLT ONTO FINGER SMASHED LEFT INDEX FINGER ON TIP

September 25, 1985 KS · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey ELECTRICAL
J A Tobin Construction Company · Contact with electrical current

EE REACHED FOR THE DRILL WHEN HE FELT ELECTRIC SHOCK. SHOES & HANDS WERE WET. CABLE REEL HAD A SHORT IN ON OF THE PHASES SHORTING OUT TO THE FRAME OF THE DRILL. SHORT CONSIST OF 1 PHASE OF 440 VOLTS GOING TO GROUND THRU THE FRAME OF THE DRILL. EE SUFFERED MUSCLE SPASMS TO BACK & LEGS.

1984 · 6 incidents

October 15, 1984 KS · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
J A Tobin Construction Company · Fall from machine

WAS STANDING ON TRACKS OF DRILL WHILE GREASING IT HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO FLOOR STRAINED BACK HAD L LEG.

August 14, 1984 KS · Metal/Non-Metal driller operator MACHINERY
J A Tobin Construction Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS INSTALLING ROOF BOLT IN CEILING CAUGHT GLOVE IN ROTATING BOLT INJURING HAND.

August 14, 1984 KS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
J A Tobin Construction Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WORKING AT CEMENT TREATED BASE PLANT ON PREMISES. CEMENT BURNS ON ANKLES, ARMS & HANDS.

August 13, 1984 KS · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
J A Tobin Construction Company · Struck against a moving object

COMING DOWN HILL WITH FRONT END LOADER WHICH WAS FULL. BACK OF LOADER CAME UP OFF GROUND & THEN DOWN AGAIN.

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