Mining Incidents

SAND CREEK PIT & PLANT Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Nebco Inc
Ashland, Saunders County, NE  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2500759

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
2001–2021
Latest incident
Nov 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
43
citations
7
significant & substantial
$5,549
proposed penalties
$5,549
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 7,825 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 6,932 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,476 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 4,280 1 0 233.6
2024 Q4 5,881 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 6,041 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 5,674 1 0 176.2
2024 Q1 3,874 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

9 on file

2021 · 1 incident

November 15, 2021 NE · Metal/Non-Metal dry screening plant operator, screen house operator OTHER
Western Sand & Gravel Company · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee stepped up onto the switch engine steps and felt knee give out. Employee reported having a history of pain in the affected knee and thought the pain would resolve itself, so didn't report the injury until a week after the incident occurred.

2020 · 1 incident

March 13, 2020 NE · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by falling object

Employee was performing plant maintenance activities, which included removing a loose piece of steel that had just been cut loose from the plant. When the employee tried to remove the loose piece of steel, it dropped suddenly and pinched employee's right hand.

2019 · 2 incidents

June 5, 2019 NE · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Western Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee was tightening a bolt on a dredge pump when the wrench EE was using slipped, causing EE to hit their hand on the pump and / or was struck on the wrist by the wrench.

January 9, 2019 NE · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Western Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was completing a pre-operation check of a skid loader when EE stepped off of the skid loader track into a hole and twisted EE's ankle.

2018 · 1 incident

December 11, 2018 NE · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Western Sand & Gravel Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee was using a cutting torch to cut a bolt on the bottom of a pipeline joint when the hot end of the bolt fell into employee's glove and burned hand.

2016 · 1 incident

November 7, 2016 NE · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Western Sand & Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was injured while guiding a 20" diameter steel pipe elbow, which was being lowered by a crane, onto some floor mounted pipe stands on the dredge. As the pipe was lowered, it was not seated properly on the stands. The crane was signaled to stop, but the pipe shifted and pinched the employee's lower left leg between the elbow and another piece of equipment.

2012 · 1 incident

January 25, 2012 NE · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Western Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by flying object

Employee was grinding steel on the underside of the dredge ladder. The employee was wearing safety glasses and a face shield. A foreign object made its way into the employee's right eye. The injury was not reported until two days after the incident. The foreign object was found to be imbedded and then removed by an eye doctor.

2003 · 1 incident

December 10, 2003 NE · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Western Sand & Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

A 1 1/2 TON CHAIN COME-ALONG MALFUNCTIONED WHEN SWITCHING IT TO DOWN POSITION WHILE LOWERING IMPELLER ON DREDGE. FINGERTIPS WERE CAUGHT BETWEEN SUPPORT & POLE CAUSING BROKEN TIPS ON RING & MID DLE FINGERS OF RIGHT HAND.

2001 · 1 incident

July 16, 2001 NE · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Western Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PLACING BEAM UNDER THE DREDGE LADDER USING A CABLE COMEALONG. BEAM BECAME STUCK. HE PULLED UP ON THE CABLE TO FREE UP BEAM. INJURED LOWER BACK. 4TH & 5TH DISC IN BACK STRAINED.