Knight Brothers Inc · Fall from machine
PUTTING HAND RAILING ON TOP OF GRAVEL AND HE SLIPPED AND FELL 25-30FT.
Knight Asphalt Pit: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal
Knight Asphalt Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Knight Roger J-Tom Atkins
Merrick County,
NE
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2500790
MSHA record for Knight Asphalt Pit (mine ID 2500790). 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
- 1988
- Latest incident
- May 1988
Ownership history
- Knight Brothers Inc 1950 to 1992
- Knight Asphalt Inc 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Knight Asphalt Pit sits in Merrick County, Nebraska, where the Census mining category is 0.0% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.