Mining Incidents

Wann Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Nebco Inc
Ashland, Saunders County, NE  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2501291

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2015–2026
Latest incident
Jan 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
40
citations
7
significant & substantial
$9,844
proposed penalties
$9,844
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 4,780 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,034 7 0 2307.2
2025 Q2 3,940 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,799 1 0 263.2
2024 Q4 4,002 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,641 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 3,434 1 0 291.2
2024 Q1 2,677 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

7 on file

2026 · 1 incident

January 12, 2026 NE · Metal/Non-Metal assistant mine foreman, assistant mine manager HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

The employee picked up one end of a small piece of steel dredge pipe located toward the front of their pickup bed and slid it toward the rear of the truck near the tailgate so it could be removed by a forklift. After setting the pipe down near the tailgate, the employee experienced back pain and was determined to have sustained a back strain.

2023 · 1 incident

August 3, 2023 NE · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee was exiting the loader and, while climbing down the loader steps in normal fashion, they felt a pop in their right shoulder.

2022 · 1 incident

October 18, 2022 NE · Metal/Non-Metal weighman, scale person HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

The employee was lifting a full box of copy paper from on top of a desk in order to move it to the floor. When they went to set the box of paper down on the floor, they felt a pop in their left shoulder.

2021 · 2 incidents

August 11, 2021 NE · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Western Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using a pocket knife to cut a zip tie from underneath a wheel loader, while performing an oil change, and the knife slipped and cut EE's left index finger.

February 11, 2021 NE · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Western Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was working in the shop on lining a chute with polyurethane sheet material. While fitting a piece of the polyurethane into the chute, the employee was using a utility knife to trim one of the edges of sheet when the utility knife slipped and cut the employee's right index finger and part of EE's palm.

2020 · 1 incident

April 28, 2020 NE · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Western Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was starting preshift inspection of the plant and tripped over a fire hose that the employee had left on the ground the day before and sprained left ankle.

2015 · 1 incident

July 16, 2015 NE · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Western Sand & Gravel Company · Struck against a moving object

Employee with an undisclosed history of back problems began complaining of back pain at the end of his shift on 7/16/15. Employee spent duration of shift loading trucks using a loader under normal conditions. There are no noteworthy factors contributing to this incident except normal loader operation in combination with employee's previously undisclosed history of back problems.