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Portable Screening Plant #1: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Harold Morgison
Ford County, KS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1401400

Portable Screening Plant #1 has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1994.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1994
Latest incident
May 1994
Ownership history
  1. Dodge City Sand Company 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1995 1
1994 1
1993 1
1992 1
1991 0
1990 0
1989 4
1988 3
1987 4
1986 3
1985 2
1984 3
1983 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Portable Screening Plant #1 sits in Ford County, Kansas, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Ford County, Kansas · Population 34,133
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$70,495
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1994 · 1 incident

May 25, 1994 KS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dodge City Sand Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WORKER WAS PICKING UP AN 8' LENGTH OF 2" PIPE AND HIS BACK POPPED OUT OF PLACE (THE PORTABLE PLANT IS ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS AND WAS IDLE AT THE TIME.