Mining Incidents

Portable Plant #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Cornejo & Sons LLC · Surface
Controlled by Summit Materials LLC
Pittsburg, Crawford County, KS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1401462

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2000–2022
Latest incident
Aug 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
90
citations
19
significant & substantial
$17,893
proposed penalties
$17,893
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
2023 Q1 3,235 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 48 8 2 166666.7
2022 Q3 5,985 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 6,895 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 587 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 5,832 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,109 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,818 0 0 0.0
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

2022 · 1 incident

August 10, 2022 KS · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cornejo & Sons LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cleaning material under the Cone when employee hit hard material in the center of the pile. The employee felt a "pop" between the shoulder blades and had pain in neck.

2017 · 1 incident

June 1, 2017 KS · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Midwest Minerals LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE was attempting to attach a chain from a front end loader bucket to a trailer to lift it up and remove jack stands. The front end loader moved forward and ee stepped back, stumbled and fell on back. EE has a cracked T7 vertebrae.

2010 · 1 incident

December 8, 2010 KS · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Midwest Minerals LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE climbed down from his haul truck and stepped on a piece of rock, causing him to fall backwards.When he reached back to break his fall he caused a slight fracture to his right wrist (distal radius).

2009 · 1 incident

July 15, 2009 KS · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Midwest Minerals LLC · Struck against stationary object

Employee was using a pry bar. The bar slipped and he hit his hand on the machinery he was prying on, causing a slight fracture to the back of his left hand.

2006 · 1 incident

March 6, 2006 KS · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Midwest Minerals LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was helping clean trapped material from behind the driven sheave on the primary crusher. He was manually turning the sheave while another employee knocked the material out. He caught his left index finger between the sheave and the crusher frame, fracturing the finger.

2000 · 1 incident

November 8, 2000 KS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Midwest Minerals LLC · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE CLAIMS THAT IN EARLY OCT. HE WAS OPERATING A DOZER PUSHING ROCK, CLEANING UP PIT FLOOR.HE STATES HE WOKE UP THE NEXT MORNING & HIS LEGSWERE NUMB. HE NOTIFIED US ON 11/10/00 AFTER AN MRI SHOWED A HERNIATED DISK. HE'S BEEN OFF WORK SINCE 11/8/00. SURGERY PERFORMED ON 11/13/00.