Mining Incidents

LA CYGNE PLANT Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by CRH PLC
Topeka, Linn County, KS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1401180

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
2001–2002
Latest incident
Nov 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
24
citations
5
significant & substantial
$4,562
proposed penalties
$4,562
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 Q4 3,390 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 58 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q2 997 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 425 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 934 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 5,691 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,275 5 0 1526.7
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

2002 · 4 incidents

November 25, 2002 KS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ash Grove Aggregates Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING THE BUCKET AND INSTALLING CLEAN-UP STINGER ON CASE UNILOADER WHEN THE STINGER FELL AND SMASHED THE TOP OF HIS LEFT FOOT. IT FRACTURED THE 3RD METATARSAL ON HIS LEFT FOOT.

July 29, 2002 KS · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver OTHER
Ash Grove Aggregates Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE WAS HAULING LIME AND SOME DUST BLEW INTO HIS EYES. DIDN'T REPORT UNTIL 7/29/02. EYE DOCTOR COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING IN HIS EYES BUT APPLIED DROPS TO RELIEVE IRRITATION.

July 10, 2002 KS · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ash Grove Aggregates Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS CHAINING DOWN THE DRILL WHEN THE CHEATER PIPE BROKE, CAUSING THE PIPE TO REBOUND AND STRIKE HIM ON THE FOREHEAD. THE LACERATION REQUIRED 10 STITCHES.

May 15, 2002 KS · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Ash Grove Aggregates Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE HAS JUST STARTED RUNNING A BULLDOZER FOR THE FIRST TIME. HE SAYS THAT THE JOLTING OF THE DOZER HURTS HIS BACK. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH LUMBER STRAIN.

2001 · 5 incidents

December 13, 2001 KS · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ash Grove Aggregates Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF HIS HAUL TRUCK AND MISSED THE LAST STEP, FALLING APPROXIMATELY 4 FEET TO THE CONCRETE FLOOR. NO WITNESSES. HE REFUSED MEDICAL TREATMENT BUT COMPLAINED OF SORE ELBOW. ON 2/18/02 HE VERBALLY REPORTED HURTING HIS BACK & RELATED IT BACK TO THAT FALL.

June 11, 2001 KS · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver MACHINERY
Ash Grove Aggregates Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A UNILOADER AROUND THE PLANT. THE HYDRAULIC HOSE BROKE AND SOME HYDRAULIC FLUID DRIPPED INTO HIS EYES AROUND HIS SAFETY GLASSES. THE CLINIC IRRIGATED HIS EYE.

June 4, 2001 KS · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ash Grove Aggregates Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A JUG OD OIL AND SLIPPED ON THE PLATFORM OF THE SCALEHOUSE AND SCRAPED HISLOWER LEFT LEG. HE DECLINED MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR TWO DAYS AND WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON 6-6-01, TREATED FOR POSSIBLE INFECTION.

March 9, 2001 KS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Ash Grove Aggregates Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON A CHUTE AND A PIECE OF SLAG BURNED HIS STOMACH.