Koch's South Metal/Non-Metal
Paulsen Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Larry Paulsen
Cozad,
Dawson County,
NE
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2500693
Koch's South has $391 in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
5
citations
0
significant & substantial
$391
proposed penalties
$240
paid to date
61% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $151 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
16
inspections on record
136
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 136 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Koch's South has $391 in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 1 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$391
proposed penalties
$391
current assessed
$240
paid to date
$151
outstanding
4 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-14.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 1,556 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 1,384 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 1,642 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 Q4 | 346 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 659 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 1,629 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 564 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 660 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 575 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 717 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 228 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 859 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 1,899 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 2,858 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 998 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 652 | 3 | 0 | 4601.2 |
| 2004 Q3 | 1,243 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 1,186 | 1 | 0 | 843.2 |
| 2004 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q4 | 918 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 1,868 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q2 | 1,241 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002 Q4 | 1,227 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 399 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 718 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2001 Q4 | 1,161 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q3 | 1,592 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q2 | 1,098 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000 Q3 | 892 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 300 | 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.
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