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Koch's South Metal/Non-Metal

Paulsen Inc · Surface

Controlled by Larry Paulsen

Cozad, Dawson County, NE · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 2501019

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 1
Years on record: 2008
Latest incident: Jul 2008

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2008

citations

significant & substantial

$1,496

proposed penalties

$1,496

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	Per 1M hrs
2025 Q1	24	0	0.0
2024 Q4	1,218	0	0.0
2024 Q3	1,974	0	0.0
2024 Q2	1,569	0	0.0
2024 Q1	753	0	0.0
2023 Q4	1,647	1	607.2
2023 Q3	1,665	0	0.0
2023 Q2	1,931	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

1 on file

2008 · 1 incident

July 18, 2008 NE · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Paulsen Inc · Fall from headframe, derrick or tower

EE was working from the catwalk attached to the sand separating unit on the aggregate gravity screening tower when the unit became out of balance and shifted knocking him over the guardrail causing him to fall approx 15 feet to the gravel pile below. He landed on his back causing bruises and a lacerated spleen.