Vic'S Sand & Gravel Company · Fall down stairs
HE WAS CHECKING THE SCREEN ON THE TIPPLE BOUTS WERE WET. SLIPPED AND FELL DOWN THE STEPS. BACK AND ARMS WERE BADLY BRUISED.
Vic's Sand Pit: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
Vic'S Sand & Gravel Company
· Surface
Controlled by
Eisenring Victor B
Sedgwick County,
KS
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1400483
Vic's Sand Pit has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1988.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 1988–1990
- Latest incident
- Jun 1990
Ownership history
- Globe Construction Company 1950 to 1978
- Vic'S Sand & Gravel Company 1978 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1997 | 6 |
| 1996 | 4 |
| 1995 | 4 |
| 1994 | 4 |
| 1993 | 6 |
| 1992 | 8 |
| 1991 | 11 |
| 1990 | 12 |
| 1989 | 10 |
| 1988 | 8 |
| 1987 | 10 |
| 1986 | 15 |
| 1985 | 15 |
| 1984 | 10 |
| 1983 | 8 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.
Vic's Sand Pit sits in Sedgwick County, Kansas, where the Census mining category is 0.3% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Sedgwick County, Kansas · Population 524,810
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$67,675
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file1990 · 2 incidents
April 11, 1990
KS · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
OTHER
Vic'S Sand & Gravel Company · Unclassified, insufficient data
I,NAME WAS PUMPING SAND AND THE CLUTCH DISINTEGRATED.
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1988 · 1 incident
July 15, 1988
KS · Metal/Non-Metal
prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor
EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Vic'S Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HE WAS WORKING ON HIS PERSONAL TIRE AND WAS MOUNTING THE TIRE ON A RIM AND THE TIRE EXPLODED.