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Blue Chip Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Overland Sand & Gravel Company · Surface

Controlled by Nebco Inc

Silver Creek, Merrick County, NE · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 2501057

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2015–2023
Latest incident: May 2023

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2002

citations

significant & substantial

$5,121

proposed penalties

$5,121

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 Q4	2,498	0	0.0
2025 Q3	2,535	1	394.5
2025 Q2	1,986	0	0.0
2025 Q1	2,032	1	492.1
2024 Q4	2,165	0	0.0
2024 Q3	2,242	0	0.0
2024 Q2	2,115	1	472.8
2024 Q1	1,890	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

2023 · 1 incident

May 10, 2023 NE · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Overland Sand & Gravel Company · Fall onto or against objects

They were adding a pipe to the sand slurry line and the flanges weren't lining up so EE pushed it.

2015 · 1 incident

November 12, 2015 NE · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand POWERED HAULAGE

Overland Sand & Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employees were lifting a pipe using a loader and chain. An employee was adjusting the chain and positioned his body under the loader bucket. The loader operator lowered the bucket to provide slack in the chain pinching the ground employee between the loader bucket and pipe, breaking three ribs.