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Universal Portable Plant: 5 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by CRH PLC
Linn County, KS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1401564

MSHA record for Universal Portable Plant (mine ID 1401564). 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
1993–1995
Latest incident
Jul 1995
Ownership history
  1. Ash Grove Aggregates Inc 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Universal Portable Plant sits in Linn County, Kansas, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Linn County, Kansas · Population 9,723
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$59,200
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 · 1 incident

July 5, 1995 KS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ash Grove Aggregates Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING ON A ROCK WITH A PRY BAR AND THE BAR SLIPPED PINCHING HIS HAND AGAINST THE PLANT.

1994 · 3 incidents

May 25, 1994 KS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ash Grove Aggregates Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UP AROUND THE PLANT AND PICKED UP SOM ETRASH WITH SOME METLA IN IT AND CUT HIS RIGHT RING FINGER, REQURIING TWO STICHES.

January 22, 1994 KS · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ash Grove Aggregates Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

UEMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING AN OIL BARREL AND PULLE DMUSCLES IN HIS BACK.

January 20, 1994 KS · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ash Grove Aggregates Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN AN INCLINE AND SLIPPED ON TEH ICE RE-INJURING AN OLD INJURY IN HIS SHOULDERS.

1993 · 1 incident

September 21, 1993 KS · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ash Grove Aggregates Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OUT OF A UNI-LOADER AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.