Mining Incidents

HOMESTEAD PIT: 31 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Tri-Co Recycling Inc · Surface
Beatrice, Jefferson County, NE  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2501008

HOMESTEAD PIT has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 2 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 2000
31
citations
5
significant & substantial
$3,850
proposed penalties
$495
paid to date
13% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,355 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
11
inspections on record
124
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: 124 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

HOMESTEAD PIT has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 2 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$495
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
31 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-04-17.
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.
16.1%
significant & substantial
16.1%
high negligence or reckless
16.1%
reasonably likely or greater
41.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 54.8% low, 29.0% moderate, 16.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Contested penalties
A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
CENT20020250M Settlement Zielinski 2002 $2K → $750
CENT20010090M Settlement Zielinski 2002 $530 → $495
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Tri-Co Recycling Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2007 1
2006 2
2005 2
2004 2
2003 2
2002 2
2001 2
2000 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

HOMESTEAD PIT sits in Jefferson 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.
Jefferson County, Nebraska · Population 7,155
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$60,568
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
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 800 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,040 2 1 1923.1
2006 Q1 400 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 400 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
Show 22 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 800 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,040 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 320 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 640 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 980 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 960 10 1 10416.7
2002 Q1 220 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 640 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,140 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 480 13 3 27083.3
2000 Q3 800 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 800 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 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.