Barnston Quarry Metal/Non-Metal
Hard Rock Quarries, LLC.
· Surface
Controlled by
Erich K Tiemann; Robert L Tiemann
Barnston,
Gage County,
NE
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2501222
Barnston Quarry has $49K in proposed MSHA penalties and $10K outstanding across 10 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
- —
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
132
citations
48
significant & substantial
$49,267
proposed penalties
$38,228
paid to date
78% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $11,039 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
55
inspections on record
568
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 568 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Barnston Quarry has $49K in proposed MSHA penalties and $10K outstanding across 10 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$49K
proposed penalties
$48K
current assessed
$38K
paid to date
$10K
outstanding
129 assessments are final orders; 10 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-13.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 2,687 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 2,169 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 2,077 | 1 | 0 | 481.5 |
| 2024 Q4 | 2,300 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 1,301 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 2,572 | 2 | 0 | 777.6 |
| 2024 Q1 | 2,337 | 6 | 1 | 2567.4 |
| 2023 Q4 | 2,205 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q3 | 2,086 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 1,927 | 16 | 5 | 8303.1 |
| 2023 Q1 | 2,216 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 2,279 | 5 | 1 | 2193.9 |
| 2022 Q3 | 2,772 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 2,563 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 2,188 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 2,265 | 2 | 0 | 883.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 2,536 | 11 | 6 | 4337.5 |
| 2021 Q2 | 2,623 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 2,158 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 2,436 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 2,118 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 1,926 | 25 | 13 | 12980.3 |
| 2020 Q1 | 2,008 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 2,029 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 1,766 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 1,665 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 378 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 1,137 | 3 | 1 | 2638.5 |
| 2018 Q3 | 1,132 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 1,512 | 5 | 2 | 3306.9 |
| 2018 Q1 | 1,447 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 1,257 | 4 | 1 | 3182.2 |
| 2017 Q3 | 876 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 1,412 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 1,369 | 7 | 1 | 5113.2 |
| 2016 Q4 | 2,476 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 440 | 6 | 5 | 13636.4 |
| 2016 Q2 | 1,440 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 310 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 720 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 680 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 240 | 4 | 1 | 16666.7 |
| 2014 Q4 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 760 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 480 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 640 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 320 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 720 | 2 | 1 | 2777.8 |
| 2013 Q2 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q4 | 370 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 430 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 320 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 576 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011 Q1 | 230 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 760 | 1 | 0 | 1315.8 |
| 2010 Q3 | 640 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 55555.6 |
| 2009 Q3 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 25000.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q3 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 25000.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 380 | 10 | 3 | 26315.8 |
| 2008 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 Q4 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 400 | 10 | 3 | 25000.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 840 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2005 Q4 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 880 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 2,240 | 3 | 1 | 1339.3 |
| 2005 Q1 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.
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