Mining Incidents

Plant No 1: 16 reportable incidents 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
Ownership history
  1. J A Tobin Construction Company 1979 to 1985
  2. Prairie Mining Inc 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Plant No 1 sits in Johnson 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.
Johnson County, Kansas · Population 614,764
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$107,261
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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.