Mining Incidents

Fremmont Pit #6a: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Ash Grove Cement Company
Dodge County, NE  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2500247

MSHA record for Fremmont Pit #6a (mine ID 2500247). 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
1987
Latest incident
Jul 1987
Ownership history
  1. Hartford Sand & Gravel Company 1950 to 1988
  2. Hartford Sand & Gravel Company 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Fremmont Pit #6a sits in Dodge County, Nebraska, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Dodge County, Nebraska · Population 37,146
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$71,294
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

1987 · 1 incident

July 10, 1987 NE · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hartford Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LAID A SECTION 2F14 INCH PIPE ON FLATATION TANK TO PUT A FLEXABLE RUBBER CONNECTION THE END OF PIPE. THE PIPE ROLLED OFF THE FLAT TANK AND HIT LEFT LEG AND ANKLE.