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Topeka Stone Incorporated: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Topeka Stone Inc · Surface
Controlled by Christner Arthur
Lagrange County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1202031

MSHA record for Topeka Stone Incorporated (mine ID 1202031). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1988–1989
Latest incident
Apr 1989
Ownership history
  1. Topeka Stone Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Topeka Stone Incorporated sits in LaGrange County, Indiana, 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.
LaGrange County, Indiana · Population 40,596
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$83,741
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
April 7, 1989 IN · Metal/Non-Metal Fatality · HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Topeka Stone Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHAIN SUPPORTING THE I-BEAMS SLIPPED OFF OF I-BEAM AND UNRAVELED FROM FRONT END LOADER BUCKET. I.NAME JUMPED OFF OF I-BEAM, WHICH HE WAS TRYING TO RE-HOOK AND FELL BETWEEN THE TWO I-BEAMS AND A CROSS PIECE BETWEEN I-BEAMS HIT HIM IN THE CHEST. (THE VICTIM CLIMBED A SUPPORT STANDARD OF I-BEAMS TO RESECURE A CHAIN USED IN THE SUPPORT. THE CHAIN CAME UNDONE AND STANDARD FELL CRUSHING

Reportable incidents

2 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1988 · 2 incidents

July 26, 1988 IN · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Topeka Stone Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SEMI TTIRE RIM NOT SEATED PROPERLY PROPERLY WHEN INFLATED RIM BLEW OFF AND STRUCK EMPL ON BODY AND HEAD AND LEG CRUSHING R SIDE OF FACE AND ARM AND BREAKING LEG WRISTS

July 20, 1988 IN · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Topeka Stone Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CLUTCH USED FOR CRAWLING CRANE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. PRY BAR USED TO FIX IT. IN THE PROCESS, EMPLOYEE'S HAND WAS PINNED UNDER BAR AGAINST GROUND AND BROKE FINGER AND TORE SKIN AND FLESH BACK A T BASE OF FINGER.