Mining Incidents
MSHA mine register by county

Mines in Kearney County, Nebraska

Kearney County, Nebraska has 5 mines on MSHA's register: 5 abandoned. 6 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1988 and 1995. Inspectors have issued 4 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Kearney County, working or not, with the accident, fatality and citation record each one carries on this site. Active mines are listed first, then the rest by the weight of their record.

Abandoned and historical mine features in Kearney County →

Mines on register
5
Active
0
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
4
0 underground · 5 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 5 metal and non-metal 5 abandoned 6 reported accidents, 1988–1995
Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Kearney County, Nebraska · Population 6,697
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$79,167
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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MSHA-registered mine, any status

Mines plot only where MSHA holds a surveyed coordinate for the site; mines the agency locates to a town, county or state centroid are in the counts and the list above but not drawn. Click a point for the mine's status and record.

Operators with the most mines herecurrent operator of record
Operator Mines Active Fatalities
Broadfoot Sand & Gravel Inc 1 0 0
Carl Whitney Sand & Gravel Inc 1 0 0
Kearney County Road & Bridge Department 1 0 0
Kearney County Road Department 1 0 0
Werner Construction Company 1 0 0
Mines in Kearney County5 on register
  1. Kearney County Gravel Operation
    Surface metal/non-metal · Kearney County Road Department · MSHA ID 2501089
    Abandoned
  2. Kearney #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Carl Whitney Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 2501070
    Abandoned
  3. Kearney County Gravel Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Kearney County Road & Bridge Department · MSHA ID 2500700
    Abandoned
  4. NEWARK PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Werner Construction Company · MSHA ID 2501164
    Abandoned
  5. YANNEY
    Surface metal/non-metal · Broadfoot Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 2501088
    Abandoned

Status, type and operator are as reported to MSHA. Fatality and accident counts are MSHA's reportable accident records for the mine; citations are inspector-issued violations on record. Each mine's own page carries the full detail.

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How to read these numbers

The register is MSHA's Mine Data Retrieval System: every operation ever assigned a mine ID, including ones abandoned decades ago, so the count is a history of mining in the county, not a count of working mines. A mine's county is the one its operator reported to MSHA. Fatality and accident counts start with MSHA's reportable-accident records (1983 onward); citation counts are inspector-issued violations on record. We are an independent research tool, not MSHA.