Mining Incidents

Lexington Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Paulsen Inc · Surface
Controlled by Larry Paulsen
Lexington, Dawson County, NE  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2500263

Lexington Pit has $46K in proposed MSHA penalties and $43K outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2010–2012
Latest incident
Apr 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
35
citations
10
significant & substantial
$46,378
proposed penalties
$3,711
paid to date
8% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $42,667 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
30
inspections on record
367
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: 367 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Lexington Pit has $46K in proposed MSHA penalties and $43K outstanding across 4 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.
$46K
proposed penalties
$46K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$43K
outstanding
29 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-21.
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 1,731 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,786 5 4 2799.6
2025 Q2 1,870 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 333 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,801 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,129 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,280 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,088 0 0 0.0
Show 95 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,677 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,112 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,496 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 739 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,373 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,136 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,363 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 834 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,822 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,476 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,033 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 807 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,447 1 0 691.1
2020 Q3 2,010 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,340 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 32 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,886 3 1 1590.7
2019 Q3 2,329 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,688 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 94 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,464 2 0 1366.1
2018 Q3 2,323 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,433 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 100 1 0 10000.0
2017 Q4 1,604 4 0 2493.8
2017 Q3 1,962 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,173 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 719 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,506 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,039 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,926 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 158 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,796 1 0 556.8
2015 Q3 2,035 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,121 3 1 1414.4
2015 Q1 452 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,603 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,063 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,009 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 107 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,168 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,374 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,885 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 241 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,054 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,234 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,162 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 265 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,621 4 2 2467.6
2011 Q3 2,067 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,020 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 717 1 0 1394.7
2010 Q4 2,010 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 4,234 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,360 2 0 847.5
2010 Q1 355 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,671 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,263 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,189 3 0 1370.5
2009 Q1 608 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,645 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,734 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,416 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 486 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,920 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,248 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,692 1 0 371.5
2007 Q1 765 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,003 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,775 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,538 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,332 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,612 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,932 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,429 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,325 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,319 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,840 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,940 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,008 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,182 2 1 478.2
2003 Q3 4,457 1 1 224.4
2003 Q2 3,017 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 743 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,048 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,241 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,936 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 665 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,194 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,195 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,336 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,151 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,816 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,585 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,454 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2012 · 1 incident

April 23, 2012 NE · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Paulsen Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was replacing the drive belt on the shaker of the rock washer and sizing plant. Some the rock had fallen from the shaker onto the walkway. Employee slipped on the rock and began to loose his balance, he then reached out and grabbed a brace on the shaker. His shoulder felt a little sore but seemed ok. The next morning his right shoulder was stiff and sore.

2010 · 1 incident

March 26, 2010 NE · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Paulsen Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee suffered a stroke while preparing to leave work at the end of the day. He was found unconcious and unresponsive sitting in the Cat D7 dozer (by a Ready Mixed Concrete employee) where he had parked the dozer at the end of the shift.

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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.