Mining Incidents

Hamilton County Highway Dept: 17 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Hamilton County-NE
Aurora, Merrick County, NE  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2500876

Hamilton County Highway Dept has $2K 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
1
Years on record
1993
Latest incident
Nov 1993
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
17
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,542
proposed penalties
$1,542
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
22
inspections on record
206
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: 206 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Hamilton County Highway Dept has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-03-31.
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.
11.8%
significant & substantial
23.5%
high negligence or reckless
11.8%
reasonably likely or greater
58.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 5.9% none, 0.0% low, 70.6% moderate, 23.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2010-11-16, 15 years ago
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2010-11-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-11-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
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. Hamilton County Highway Department 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 4
2012 2
2011 2
2010 3
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 2
2003 2
2002 2
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Hamilton County Highway Dept sits in Merrick County, Nebraska, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Merrick County, Nebraska · Population 7,696
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$62,849
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
2016 Q2 100 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 106 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 888 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 710 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 700 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 124 1 0 8064.5
2014 Q4 32 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 900 0 0 0.0
Show 57 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2014 Q2 760 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 232 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 512 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 920 1 0 1087.0
2013 Q2 720 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 142 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 196 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 940 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,020 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 24 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 400 1 1 2500.0
2011 Q3 1,450 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 760 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 126 1 0 7936.5
2010 Q4 440 2 0 4545.5
2010 Q3 900 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 800 1 0 1250.0
2010 Q1 204 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 496 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 980 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 940 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 508 1 0 1968.5
2008 Q3 1,000 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 820 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 144 1 0 6944.4
2007 Q4 856 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 50 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,000 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 616 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 900 3 1 3333.3
2006 Q2 840 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 400 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,000 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,020 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 48 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 28 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 920 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,000 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 544 2 0 3676.5
2003 Q3 1,000 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 780 2 0 2564.1
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 608 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,000 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 420 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 724 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,000 1 0 1000.0
2001 Q2 920 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 224 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 256 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,060 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1993 · 1 incident

November 22, 1993 NE · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hamilton County Highway Department · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MOVING PIPE OVER TO OTHER SIDE OF BOAT (DREDGE). WHILE PRYING THE PIPE WITH A PRY BAR IT SLIPPED AND FELT A PULL IN EMPLOYEES LOWER BACK.