Mining Incidents

Onaga Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Onaga, Pottawatomie County, KS  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1401583

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2002–2003
Latest incident
Sep 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
95
citations
38
significant & substantial
$19,930
proposed penalties
$18,293
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 0 0 0
2025 Q3 6 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 917 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 880 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,184 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,949 2 0 506.5
2024 Q2 467 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 170 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

2 on file

2003 · 1 incident

September 8, 2003 KS · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
N R Hamm Quarry LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

OVER A TWO MONTH TIME PERIOD THE EMPLOYEE'S ARM STARTED TO HURT. HE NOTIFIED US ON 9-8-03 AND THEN WENT TO A DOCTOR. UPPER ARM OR SHOULDER STRAIN.

2002 · 1 incident

July 17, 2002 KS · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
N R Hamm Quarry LLC · Struck by falling object

TAKING WEDGES OUT OF HAMMER MILL, WAS HOLDING ON TO WEDGE WHILE OTHER EMPLOYEE HIT WEDGE. WEDGE DROPPED ON EMPLOYEE'S HAND.