Struck against a moving object
Victim was removing sand from the sand wall with a Volvo L120E loader and the wall sloughed off covering the loader and victim with sand.
Mining Incidents in Kansas
Every reportable accident on file with MSHA at a Kansas mine. Operators below are ranked by recorded fatality count in this state.
- Fatalities recorded
- 8
- Total incidents
- 1,775
- Years on record
- 2000–2026
Year-over-year fatalities
- 20031
- 20081
- 20102
- 20131
- 20251
Top operators in Kansas by fatality count
- 01Bayer Construction Company, Inc.1fatal47 total
- 02Martin Marietta Aggregates1fatal14 total
- 03N R Hamm Quarry LLC1fatal15 total
- 04Midwest Materials By Mueller Inc1fatal1 total
- 05Wheeler Construction Company Inc1fatal1 total
Recent fatalities in Kansas
Struck by rolling or sliding object
An individual was standing in the vicinity of a stockpile when material sloughed off from the stockpile and engulfed them.
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Victim was caught between track hoe bucket and haul truck. An excavator was loading material in a haul truck parked in the pit. When the victim exited the truck, he was struck by the bucket of the excavator and pinned against the truck.
Struck by flying object
Individual was hit by fly rock while setting off a shot.
Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects
Adjusting and cleaning of a tail pulley on a 110' Masaba Conveyor LOTO was not performed by the EE before entering the tail pulley section of the conveyor. Belt was energized by the operator; EE was in tangled in the pulley from his feet to his mid section of his body. EE was fatally injured.
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Haul truck was dumping a load of dirt when the dozer operator approched from blind side to get driver's attention when he was struck by the truck and was fatally injured.
Drowning
Employee somehow fell into the water. There were no witnesses so no details available.
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
THE EMPLOYEE WAS PINNNED BETWEEN THE FRONT BUMPER OF A PICKUP AND A FILING CABINET. THE PICKUP WAS DRIVEN BY THE PLANT MANAGER WHILE HAVING A SEIZURE. THE EE DIED AS A RESULT OF HER INJURI ES.