Mining Incidents

PORTABLE #874: 5 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Marion County, KS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1401544

MSHA record for PORTABLE #874 (mine ID 1401544). 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
1991–1995
Latest incident
Jun 1995
Ownership history
  1. Martin Marietta Aggregates 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

PORTABLE #874 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

5 on file

1995 · 2 incidents

June 19, 1995 KS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Struck against stationary object

EE SCRAPED ARM ON JAGGED EDGE OF ROCK, SUFFERINGA LACERATION TO LEFT FOREARM.

April 12, 1995 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 · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AN EE TOSSED A TIRE OUT OF A PICKUP TRUCK, THE INJURED EE ATTEMPTED TO CATCH IT. IT STRUCK HIM IN THE MOUTH RESULTING IN 6 STITCHES IN THE LOWER LIP.

1994 · 2 incidents

December 3, 1994 KS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING BATTEIES IN LOADER AS HE LIFTED UP HE STAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK. EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT THIS UNTIL 12/12/94.

August 22, 1994 KS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

EMPLOYEE FELT THROUGH A CATWALK WITH HIS LEFT LEG. HE REFUSED MEDICAL TREATMENT THEN ON 8-25-94 ON THE ADVICE OF HIS ATTORNEY HE DID SEEK MEDICAL ATTORNEY IN WHICH IT WAS FOUND. HE FARTHER I NJURED HIS BACK.

1991 · 1 incident

July 22, 1991 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 SHOVELING ON 07-22-91 AND APPARENTLY STRAINED A BACK MUSCLE.SHE RECEIVED TREATMENT ON 08-02-91 AFTER WORK HOURS,SHE DID NOT INFORM HER SUPERVISOR UNTIL 08-07-91.IT IS A MILD STRAI N AND NO RESTRICTIONS WERE GIVEN.