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Mines in Keith County, Nebraska

Keith County, Nebraska has 10 mines on MSHA's register: 1 active, 3 intermittent, 6 abandoned. 1 miner has died and 4 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2022. Inspectors have issued 131 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Keith 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 Keith County →

Mines on register
10
Active
1
Fatalities on record
1
Citations issued
131
0 underground · 10 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 10 metal and non-metal 3 intermittent 6 abandoned 4 reported accidents, 1983–2022
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.
Keith County, Nebraska · Population 8,239
2.1%
Mining share of county employment
$58,132
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
Pine Bluffs Gravel & Excavating 3 1 0
Paulsen Inc 2 0 1
Anderson Sand & Gravel 1 0 0
Brown Sand & Gravel Inc 1 0 0
Gayman Sand & Gravel 1 0 0
Simon Contractors 1 0 0
Valley Sand & Gravel Company 1 0 0
Mines in Keith County10 on register
  1. Ogallala Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Pine Bluffs Gravel & Excavating · MSHA ID 4801570
    Active
  2. Portable #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Paulsen Inc · MSHA ID 2501000
    Abandoned
  3. Lexington Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Pine Bluffs Gravel & Excavating · MSHA ID 2500183
    Intermittent
  4. Ogallala Portable Barge
    Surface metal/non-metal · Simon Contractors · MSHA ID 2500443
    Intermittent
  5. Ogallala Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Paulsen Inc · MSHA ID 2500413
    Intermittent
  6. Burnett Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Pine Bluffs Gravel & Excavating · MSHA ID 2501055
    Abandoned
  7. U Cross Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Anderson Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 2501196
    Abandoned
  8. Brown Sand And Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Brown Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 2500703
    Abandoned
  9. Brule Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Valley Sand & Gravel Company · MSHA ID 2500701
    Abandoned
  10. Roscoe Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Gayman Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 2500955
    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.