Mining Incidents

Portable Plant #3 Metal/Non-Metal

Cornejo & Sons LLC · Surface
Controlled by Summit Materials LLC
Neodesha, Wilson County, KS  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1401464

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2000–2018
Latest incident
Jun 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
137
citations
32
significant & substantial
$85,249
proposed penalties
$60,300
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
2025 Q4 1,386 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 6,131 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 654 2 0 3058.1
2025 Q1 5,056 3 0 593.4
2024 Q4 2,476 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,421 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 716 4 1 5586.6
2024 Q1 1,526 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

8 on file

2018 · 1 incident

June 22, 2018 KS · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Midwest Minerals LLC · Struck against stationary object

EE was dismounting the haul truck (Euclid R-35)using three points of contact. EE stepped down on a piece of rock and felt a pop in right foot. EE has a metatarsal fracture in right foot.

2009 · 1 incident

June 2, 2009 KS · Metal/Non-Metal weighman, scale person SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Midwest Minerals LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE was fueling the loader when she stepped down on the berm around the fuel tank, she lost her balance and fell backward, injuring her left wrist.

2005 · 1 incident

February 18, 2005 KS · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent POWERED HAULAGE
Midwest Minerals LLC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

EE was using a 3 pound hammer to try & free a stuck troughing roller on a belt conveyor. The conveyor was running at the time. The conveyor belt grabbed the hammer and pulled his arm into the head pulley, causing his right arm to be severed.

2004 · 1 incident

September 1, 2004 KS · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Midwest Minerals LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was helping install a handrail on a piece of crushing equipment and caught his hand between the handrail and the bracket, cutting the palm and little finger of his left hand.

2003 · 1 incident

January 13, 2003 KS · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Midwest Minerals LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS CLEANING OUT THE PRIMARY IMPACT CRUSHER, WHICH HAD STALLED, USING A PRY BAR. A LARGE ROCK ROLLED UNEXPECTEDLY, SMASHING HIS FINGER AGAINST ANOTHER ROCK. THE FINGER WAS CUT AND REQUIRED STITCHES.

2002 · 1 incident

March 21, 2002 KS · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Midwest Minerals LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS DOING MAINTENANCE AROUND CRUSHING PLANT, SOMETIME DURING THE DAY GOT SOMETHING IN HIS EYE.

2000 · 2 incidents

July 27, 2000 KS · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Midwest Minerals LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS FIXING A TWISTED V-BELT ON THE MAIN DRIVE OF THE PRIMARY CRUSHER. WHEN THE BELT FLIPPED OVER, HE CAUGHT HIS LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN THE BELT AND THE DRIVE SHEAVE. THE TIP OF HIS FI NGER WAS FRACTURED AND CUT. HIS FINGER WAS SUTURED AND SPLINTED.

July 25, 2000 KS · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Midwest Minerals LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUT A KEEPER PIN IN TO HOLD UP THE BED OF A 25 TON HAUL TRUCK AND SMASHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE BED AND THE HANDLE OF THE KEEPER PIN. THE TIP OF HIS MIDDLE FINGER O N THE RIGHT HAND WAS FRACTURED AND CUT. HIS FINGER WAS SUTURED AND SPLINTED.