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Lexington Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Paulsen Inc · Surface

Controlled by Larry Paulsen

Lexington, Dawson County, NE · Intermittent

MSHA Mine ID: 2500263

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2010–2012
Latest incident: Apr 2012

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2003

citations

significant & substantial

$46,378

proposed penalties

$3,711

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	1,731	0	0	0.0
2025 Q3	1,786	5	4	2799.6
2025 Q2	1,870	0	0	0.0
2025 Q1	333	0	0	0.0
2024 Q4	1,801	0	0	0.0
2024 Q3	2,129	0	0	0.0
2024 Q2	2,280	0	0	0.0
2024 Q1	1,088	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

2012 · 1 incident

April 23, 2012 NE · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Paulsen Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was replacing the drive belt on the shaker of the rock washer and sizing plant. Some the rock had fallen from the shaker onto the walkway. Employee slipped on the rock and began to loose his balance, he then reached out and grabbed a brace on the shaker. His shoulder felt a little sore but seemed ok. The next morning his right shoulder was stiff and sore.

2010 · 1 incident

March 26, 2010 NE · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER

Paulsen Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee suffered a stroke while preparing to leave work at the end of the day. He was found unconcious and unresponsive sitting in the Cat D7 dozer (by a Ready Mixed Concrete employee) where he had parked the dozer at the end of the shift.