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Towanda Quarry: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by H T Ritchie
Butler County, KS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1401294

MSHA record for Towanda Quarry (mine ID 1401294). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Jan 1983
Ownership history
  1. L A Knebler & Son Rock Company Inc 1979 to 1981
  2. Quality Rock Company 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Towanda Quarry sits in Butler 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.
Butler County, Kansas · Population 67,916
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$80,375
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

1983 · 1 incident

January 27, 1983 KS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Quality Rock Company · Fall from machine

HE STEPPED DOWN OFF THE MOVE TRUCK ONTO A RUT AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE AND TORE SOME LIGAMENTS. 2ND DEGREE ANKLE SPRAIN. DID NOT SEED TREATMENT UNTIL THE AFTERNOON OF THE 28TH DISABILITY BE GAN THE 29TH.