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BELVIDERE PIT: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Merlin Gaston
Thayer County, NE  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2500760

MSHA record for BELVIDERE PIT (mine ID 2500760). 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
1985
Latest incident
Jul 1985
Ownership history
  1. Merlin Gaston Construction 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

BELVIDERE PIT sits in Thayer County, Nebraska, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Thayer County, Nebraska · Population 4,938
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$63,095
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

1985 · 1 incident

July 13, 1985 NE · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Merlin Gaston Construction · Fall from machine

THE ACCIDENT DID NOT OCCUR ON MINE SITE HE W AS GETTING OFF LOADER AND FOOT SLIPPED AND HE WRENCHED HIS LEG AND CRACKED BONE IN IT HE WAS OFF WORK 18 DAYS AND CAME BACK TO WORK ON 8-5-85