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Sunflower Sand & Gravel: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Stout Roger-George & Sam
Rice County, KS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1401495

MSHA record for Sunflower Sand & Gravel (mine ID 1401495). 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
1988–1991
Latest incident
Mar 1991
Ownership history
  1. S & S Bulldozer Service 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Sunflower Sand & Gravel sits in Rice County, Kansas, where the Census mining category is 1.8% 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.
Rice County, Kansas · Population 9,389
1.8%
Mining share of county employment
$63,947
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

1991 · 1 incident

March 5, 1991 KS · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
S & S Bulldozer Service · Struck by falling object

OPERATOR WAS PICKING UP A PIECE OF CHANNEL IRON WHEN IT HIT ANOTHER LENGTH OF CHANNEL IRON FREE STANDING THUS CAUSING IT TO FALL. THE HARD HAT BEING WORN FELL OFF DURING THE PICKING UP OF THE FIRST CHANNEL IRON. WHEN THE SECOND CHANNEL IRON FELL IT HIT HIM ON THE HEAD AND BACK CAUSING A SCALP FRATURE AND LACERATION AND A FRACTURED SCAPULA.

1988 · 1 incident

January 11, 1988 KS · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
S & S Bulldozer Service · Fall onto or against objects

OPENING CURTAIN8 LEANING OVER UNSTABLE CHAIR, CHAIR FELL OVER PERSON FELL INTO WINDOW CUT HAND & WRIST.