Elm Creek Metal/Non-Metal
Paulsen Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Larry Paulsen
Elm Creek,
Phelps County,
NE
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2501242
Elm Creek has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
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- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
37
citations
8
significant & substantial
$6,221
proposed penalties
$5,030
paid to date
81% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,191 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
25
inspections on record
338
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: 338 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Elm Creek has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.$6K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
37 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-03-26.
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 | 693 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 991 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 912 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 229 | 1 | 1 | 4366.8 |
| 2024 Q4 | 1,297 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 1,449 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 1,947 | 1 | 0 | 513.6 |
| 2024 Q1 | 1,159 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 1,435 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 1,502 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 1,795 | 3 | 0 | 1671.3 |
| 2023 Q1 | 563 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 659 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 505 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 411 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q4 | 416 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 522 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 435 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 179 | 2 | 0 | 11173.2 |
| 2020 Q4 | 963 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 1,198 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 462 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 424 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 451 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 436 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 1,812 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 803 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 1,294 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 1,064 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q4 | 1,040 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 1,180 | 1 | 0 | 847.5 |
| 2017 Q2 | 1,168 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 478 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 984 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 1,246 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 1,221 | 1 | 0 | 819.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 252 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 1,097 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 1,715 | 5 | 3 | 2915.5 |
| 2015 Q2 | 1,703 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 330 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 777 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 2,032 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 1,471 | 1 | 0 | 679.8 |
| 2014 Q1 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 866 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 2,370 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 1,833 | 2 | 2 | 1091.1 |
| 2013 Q1 | 427 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 1,931 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 2,220 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 2,410 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 867 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 1,482 | 3 | 1 | 2024.3 |
| 2011 Q3 | 1,961 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 1,439 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 560 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 896 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 1,332 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 595 | 14 | 1 | 23529.4 |
| 2009 Q3 | 1,097 | 3 | 0 | 2734.7 |
| 2009 Q2 | 1,097 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 753 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 1,084 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 1,410 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 573 | 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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The full compliance file on Elm Creek
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.