Dredge 3 Metal/Non-Metal
Vontz Paving, Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Brad Louis Vontz
Kearney,
Buffalo County,
NE
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2501273
Dredge 3 has $4K 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 2011
24
citations
10
significant & substantial
$3,619
proposed penalties
$3,619
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
17
inspections on record
227
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: 227 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 3 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
24 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-08.
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 | 1,360 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 1,659 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 1,409 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 476 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 988 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 1,395 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 1,761 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 793 | 1 | 0 | 1261.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 1,413 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 1,380 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 111 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 1,073 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 1,544 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 1,845 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 1,399 | 2 | 1 | 1429.6 |
| 2021 Q3 | 1,819 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 1,342 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 199 | 1 | 0 | 5025.1 |
| 2020 Q4 | 892 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 1,662 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 2,042 | 2 | 1 | 979.4 |
| 2020 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q1 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2017 Q3 | 1,282 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 1,403 | 9 | 5 | 6414.8 |
| 2015 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q4 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q2 | 1,637 | 1 | 0 | 610.9 |
| 2014 Q1 | 340 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 1,031 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 1,530 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 1,391 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 316 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 1,249 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q2 | 162 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 782 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 1,032 | 2 | 1 | 1938.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 2,042 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 1,153 | 4 | 1 | 3469.2 |
| 2011 Q1 | 79 | 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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