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DOLEZAL SAND & GRAVEL: 106 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Larry Dolezal
Morse Bluff, Saunders County, NE  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2501052

DOLEZAL SAND & GRAVEL has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2013
Latest incident
Aug 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
106
citations
27
significant & substantial
$18,027
proposed penalties
$17,802
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $225 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Dolezal Sand & Gravel's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
47
inspections on record
461
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 461 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

DOLEZAL SAND & GRAVEL has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
ⓘ Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$18K
proposed penalties
$18K
current assessed
$18K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
103 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $810 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
26.2%
significant & substantial
6.8%
high negligence or reckless
26.2%
reasonably likely or greater
65.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 4.9% low, 88.3% moderate, 6.8% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
22%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $810 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2009-11-13.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
CENT 2010-142M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $1K → $810
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2025-07-23
4
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-07-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-09-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-04-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2010-04-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2025-07-23
3
samples
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2025-07-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 SF ORE PROCESSING
2025-07-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 SF GENERAL
2016-09-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 SF GENERAL
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Dolezal Sand & Gravel 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 2
2024 2
2023 2
2022 2
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 3
2012 2
2011 3
2010 3
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 3
2003 3
2002 3
2001 3
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

DOLEZAL SAND & GRAVEL sits in Saunders County, Nebraska, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Saunders County, Nebraska · Population 22,761
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$89,395
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘ 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
2026 Q2 774 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 640 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 602 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 818 3 0 3667.5
2025 Q2 806 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 152 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 190 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 712 0 0 0.0
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,085 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 195 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 204 2 0 9803.9
2023 Q3 1,060 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,152 15 6 13020.8
2023 Q1 220 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 176 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 982 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,225 4 0 3265.3
2022 Q1 195 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 685 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,230 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,121 5 1 4460.3
2021 Q1 202 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 457 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,280 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 912 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 254 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 605 13 5 21487.6
2019 Q3 1,321 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,206 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 187 1 0 5347.6
2018 Q4 620 3 0 4838.7
2018 Q3 1,208 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,248 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 112 3 1 26785.7
2017 Q4 1,082 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,182 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,148 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 3 1
2016 Q4 114 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 380 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 970 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 90 2 0 22222.2
2015 Q4 357 3 0 8403.4
2015 Q3 510 3 0 5882.4
2015 Q2 640 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 31 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 365 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 508 1 1 1968.5
2014 Q2 614 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 50 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 487 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 398 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 965 2 1 2072.5
2013 Q1 65 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 774 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 940 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 147 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,189 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,326 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,064 4 0 3759.4
2011 Q1 614 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,048 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,537 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,695 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 562 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,442 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,263 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,545 6 2 3883.5
2009 Q1 638 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 875 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 984 4 0 4065.0
2008 Q2 887 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 75 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 541 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 734 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 816 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 225 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 771 4 2 5188.1
2006 Q3 704 12 2 17045.5
2006 Q2 695 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 359 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 512 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 879 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 777 7 3 9009.0
2005 Q1 270 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 864 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,217 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 784 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 352 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 912 4 1 4386.0
2003 Q3 1,448 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,029 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 328 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 902 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,224 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,004 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 230 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,024 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,235 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,179 1 0 848.2
2001 Q1 593 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 780 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,573 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,433 1 1 411.0
2000 Q1 1,017 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2013 · 1 incident

August 5, 2013 NE · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dolezal Sand & Gravel · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE lifted another ee in the loader bucket to replace a cylinder in the backhoe. Unbeknownst to them, the bucket was hung up on the arm of the backhoe. The bucket slipped and ee was pinned momentarily between the bucket and the backhoe. He was transported to the hospital and was kept overnight for observation.