Mining Incidents

Indianola Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Paulsen Inc · Surface
Controlled by Larry Paulsen
Indianoia, Red Willow County, NE  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2501065

Indianola Pit has $3K 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 2001
23
citations
5
significant & substantial
$2,704
proposed penalties
$2,704
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
31
inspections on record
313
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: 313 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Indianola Pit has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
22 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-19.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 1,408 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,604 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,619 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 31 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,720 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,166 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,181 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,425 2 1 1403.5
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,995 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,100 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,119 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,453 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,811 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,189 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,023 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,493 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,509 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,337 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,906 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,392 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,610 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,919 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,878 2 0 1065.0
2020 Q1 39 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,583 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,075 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,579 1 0 633.3
2019 Q1 60 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,906 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,401 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,395 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 13 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,100 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,113 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,110 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,189 2 1 1682.1
2016 Q4 1,732 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,964 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,466 1 0 405.5
2016 Q1 168 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,751 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,929 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,702 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,498 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,459 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,331 1 0 300.2
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 1,969 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,444 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,399 1 1 416.8
2013 Q1 414 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,425 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,081 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,203 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 321 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,402 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,898 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,284 1 1 437.8
2011 Q1 339 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,933 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,591 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,635 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 783 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,138 1 0 878.7
2009 Q3 1,571 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,041 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 764 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,259 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,591 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,495 3 1 2006.7
2008 Q1 431 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,422 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,003 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,673 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 613 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,515 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,015 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,661 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,255 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,247 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,477 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,854 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 894 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,236 1 0 809.1
2004 Q3 1,448 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,448 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 277 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,303 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,886 1 0 530.2
2003 Q2 1,700 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 779 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,417 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,469 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,828 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 361 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,633 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,919 3 0 1563.3
2001 Q2 1,811 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 525 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,379 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,524 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,532 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 927 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 Indianola Pit

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.