Mining Incidents

Amick Pit: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Bauer Don J
Hall County, NE  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2500241

MSHA record for Amick Pit (mine ID 2500241). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Jun 1983
Ownership history
  1. H & M Equipment Company Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Amick Pit sits in Hall County, Nebraska, where the Census mining category is 0.0% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Hall County, Nebraska · Population 62,431
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$67,549
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1983 · 1 incident

June 15, 1983 NE · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
H & M Equipment Company Inc · Fall from piled material

HE WAS HOOKING CHAIN ON SAND TROUGH LEG MANUALLY WHEN SAND CAVED AWAY UNDER HIS FEET CAUSING HIM TO FALL DOWN