Mining Incidents

Dredge 2 Metal/Non-Metal

Vontz Paving, Inc · Surface
Controlled by Brad Louis Vontz
Alda, Hall County, NE  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2501223

Dredge 2 has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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 2008
55
citations
19
significant & substantial
$12,802
proposed penalties
$12,802
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
29
inspections on record
279
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: 279 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Dredge 2 has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
54 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 2,871 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,731 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,845 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 283 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 889 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,337 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,361 2 1 1469.5
2024 Q1 103 0 0 0.0
Show 62 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,297 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,844 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,700 3 0 1764.7
2023 Q1 94 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 920 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,544 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,832 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 206 2 1 9708.7
2021 Q4 735 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,448 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,870 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 1,112 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,449 2 0 1380.3
2020 Q2 1,448 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 242 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 965 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,607 1 0 622.3
2019 Q2 1,657 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 595 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,718 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,848 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,630 1 0 613.5
2017 Q3 1,916 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,585 2 2 1261.8
2017 Q1 358 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,842 1 0 542.9
2016 Q3 2,830 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,135 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 1,289 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 2,470 1 1 404.9
2015 Q1 292 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,600 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,215 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 779 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 1,190 4 2 3361.3
2013 Q3 1,318 1 0 758.7
2013 Q2 168 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 1,185 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,845 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,493 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,251 4 0 3197.4
2011 Q3 1,865 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,011 4 2 1989.1
2011 Q1 705 1 0 1418.4
2010 Q4 778 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,813 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,766 1 0 566.3
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 968 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,768 9 3 5090.5
2009 Q2 1,784 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 887 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,095 12 5 5727.9
2008 Q2 1,443 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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