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KANSAS FALLS QUARRY Metal/Non-Metal

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. · Surface

Controlled by Martin Marietta Materials Inc

Chapman, Dickinson County, KS · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1400164

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 6
Years on record: 2000–2004
Latest incident: Jun 2004

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$2,107

proposed penalties

$2,055

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2006 Q1	0	0	0
2002 Q4	11,053	0	0	0.0
2002 Q3	14,120	4	0	283.3
2002 Q2	17,448	0	0	0.0
2002 Q1	11,886	0	0	0.0
2001 Q4	18,562	0	0	0.0
2001 Q3	6,630	0	0	0.0
2001 Q2	15,729	4	1	254.3

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2004 · 1 incident

June 12, 2004 KS · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES

Martin Marietta Aggregates · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Employee got poision ivy it is believed while working at the quarry.

2003 · 2 incidents

August 14, 2003 KS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Martin Marietta Aggregates · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE STUCK A SHOVEL IN A DIRT PILE AFTER SHOVELING. THE SHOVEL STARTED TO FALL OVER AND THE EMPLOYEE REACHED FOR IT. AS HE REACHED FOR IT THE SHOVEL CONTACTED THE EDGE OF A CONVEYOR BELT A ND KICKED IT AROUND CONTACTING HIS HAND. THE EMPLOYEE JERKED HIS HAND BACK AND CONTACTED THE SHARP EDGE OF A GUARD BEHIND HIM CAUSING SCRAPES & PUNCTURE WOUNDS THAT REQUIRED 2 SUTURES TO CLOS

March 8, 2003 KS · Metal/Non-Metal NO VALUE FOUND

Martin Marietta Aggregates · No Value Found

EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO USE A EXTENSION LADDER AND DISLOCATED HIS SHOULDER, AS HE WAS SETTING UP THE LADDER.

2000 · 3 incidents

October 28, 2000 KS · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE

Walker Stone Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON SKID STEER LOADER, HAVING TROUBLE GETTING CAGE TO LINE UP. BUCKET ROLLED FORWARD ON HIS NECK. THE SAFETY LOCK WAS ON. TRIED TO SUPPORT BUCKET WITH NECK AND SHOULDERS TO GET OUT FROM UNDER IT.

July 29, 2000 KS · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Walker Stone Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TRYING TO KNOCK (WITH A HAMMER) CHAIN LINK IN BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF METAL.

July 5, 2000 KS · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator MACHINERY

Walker Stone Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS GUIDING BULL GEAR COVER INTO PLACE WHEN IT SLIPPED AND JERKED HIS LEFT ARM. POSSIBLY PULLED MUSCLE IN SHOULDER AREA OF LEFT ARM.