Midwest Materials By Mueller Inc
· Struck against a moving object
Victim was removing sand from the sand wall with a Volvo L120E loader and the wall sloughed off covering the loader and victim with sand.
Mining Incidents in Kansas
Every reportable accident on file with MSHA at a Kansas mine. Operators below are ranked by recorded fatality count in this state.
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- Fatalities recorded
- 8
- Total incidents
- 1,776
- Fatal rate
- 0%
Year-over-year fatalities
- 2003 1
- 2008 1
- 2010 2
- 2013 1
- 2014 1
- 2020 1
- 2025 1
Top mines in Kansas by fatality count
- 01 SOUTH PLANT 1fatal 1 total
- 02 DARTMOUTH 1fatal 1 total
- 03 North Marion Quarry #27116 1fatal 5 total
- 04 PLANT 2 1fatal 14 total
- 05 Eudora Quarry 1fatal 4 total
Top operators by fatality count
- 01 Bayer Construction Company, Inc. 1fatal
- 02 Dartmouth Sand & Gravel 1fatal
- 03 Hafenstine Construction 1fatal
- 04 Harshman Construction L L C 1fatal
- 05 Martin Marietta Aggregates 1fatal
- 06 Midwest Materials By Mueller Inc 1fatal
- 07 N R Hamm Quarry LLC 1fatal
- 08 Wheeler Construction Company Inc 1fatal
Recent fatalities
June 19, 2020
KS · Metal/Non-Metal
quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant
Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Harshman Construction L L C
· Struck by rolling or sliding object
An individual was standing in the vicinity of a stockpile when material sloughed off from the stockpile and engulfed them.
April 17, 2014
KS · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
Fatality · MACHINERY
Hafenstine Construction
· Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Victim was caught between track hoe bucket and haul truck. An excavator was loading material in a haul truck parked in the pit. When the victim exited the truck, he was struck by the bucket of the excavator and pinned against the truck.
December 4, 2013
KS · Metal/Non-Metal
outside foreman, leadman
Fatality · EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Bayer Construction Company, Inc.
· Struck by flying object
Individual was hit by fly rock while setting off a shot.
October 16, 2010
KS · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
N R Hamm Quarry LLC
· Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects
Adjusting and cleaning of a tail pulley on a 110' Masaba Conveyor LOTO was not performed by the EE before entering the tail pulley section of the conveyor. Belt was energized by the operator; EE was in tangled in the pulley from his feet to his mid section of his body. EE was fatally injured.
October 7, 2010
KS · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Wheeler Construction Company Inc
· Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Haul truck was dumping a load of dirt when the dozer operator approched from blind side to get driver's attention when he was struck by the truck and was fatally injured.
January 23, 2008
KS · Metal/Non-Metal
barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand
Fatality · OTHER
Dartmouth Sand & Gravel
· Drowning
Employee somehow fell into the water. There were no witnesses so no details available.
Martin Marietta Aggregates
· Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
THE EMPLOYEE WAS PINNNED BETWEEN THE FRONT BUMPER OF A PICKUP AND A FILING CABINET. THE PICKUP WAS DRIVEN BY THE PLANT MANAGER WHILE HAVING A SEIZURE. THE EE DIED AS A RESULT OF HER INJURI ES.