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LOUISVILLE WEST: 49 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Nebco Inc
Sarpy, Sarpy County, NE  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2500983

LOUISVILLE WEST has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
18
Years on record
1983–2020
Latest incident
Nov 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
49
citations
8
significant & substantial
$5,680
proposed penalties
$5,529
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $151 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Western Sand & Gravel Company's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
60
inspections on record
632
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: 632 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

LOUISVILLE WEST has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
48 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $151 in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-04.
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.
16.3%
significant & substantial
6.1%
high negligence or reckless
16.3%
reasonably likely or greater
46.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 16.3% low, 77.6% moderate, 6.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
  • Stood as issued 1 · 100%
100%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$151 proposed, $0 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2026-02-18.
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
CENT 2026-0094 Dismissal 2026 $151 → $0
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2024-09-25
11
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg8
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (11)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-09-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2024-09-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-09-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2020-03-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Pipe Fitter/Millright/Plumber
2020-03-05 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.48 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-03-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Pipe Fitter/Millright/Plumber
2020-03-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Pipe Fitter/Millright/Plumber
2017-04-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-05-25 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 4.57 Dredge/Barge Operator
2004-05-25 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Washer Operator
2004-05-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.

LOUISVILLE WEST recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2006.

Injury rate, 2006
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.41 and the all-US-mining average was 3.91 cases per 100 workers.
In Nebraska, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.06 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Western Sand & Gravel Company 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 4
2025 6
2024 5
2023 6
2022 5
2021 5
2020 6
2019 7
2018 8
2017 7
2016 6
2015 5
2014 6
2013 5
2012 5
2011 4
2010 5
2009 6
2008 8
2007 8
2006 10
2005 6
2004 7
2003 6
2002 6
2001 7
2000 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

LOUISVILLE WEST sits in Sarpy County, Nebraska, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Sarpy County, Nebraska · Population 194,051
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$101,402
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
2026 Q2 2,152 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 2,273 1 0 439.9
2025 Q4 2,789 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,226 4 0 1239.9
2025 Q2 3,087 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,549 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,157 3 1 950.3
2024 Q3 3,470 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 3,948 1 0 253.3
2024 Q1 3,113 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 3,278 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,972 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,062 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 4,166 1 0 240.0
2022 Q4 2,881 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,951 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,673 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,622 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 4,602 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,094 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,597 1 1 278.0
2021 Q1 2,489 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 3,624 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,664 2 1 545.9
2020 Q2 4,368 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,982 2 0 670.7
2019 Q4 3,214 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3,352 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,608 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,381 1 0 295.8
2018 Q4 4,638 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 4,335 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,950 2 0 678.0
2018 Q1 3,775 1 0 264.9
2017 Q4 4,386 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,624 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,650 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 3,193 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,472 1 0 288.0
2016 Q3 4,281 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,166 1 0 315.9
2016 Q1 3,855 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 4,832 2 1 413.9
2015 Q3 3,456 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,787 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,561 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,697 3 0 811.5
2014 Q3 3,253 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,979 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,711 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,243 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,999 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,320 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,912 1 0 523.0
2012 Q4 2,295 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,740 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,729 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,005 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,151 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,474 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,551 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,837 2 1 1088.7
2010 Q4 2,544 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,807 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,418 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,792 1 0 558.0
2009 Q4 3,171 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,321 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,370 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,934 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 4,380 2 0 456.6
2008 Q3 4,219 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,682 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,825 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 4,783 2 0 418.1
2007 Q3 5,018 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 5,256 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 4,369 1 0 228.9
2006 Q4 6,590 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 6,144 1 1 162.8
2006 Q2 6,789 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 4,311 9 2 2087.7
2005 Q4 4,452 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,833 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,382 1 0 228.2
2005 Q1 2,845 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 4,934 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,353 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,788 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,403 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,077 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,380 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,786 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,491 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,028 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,092 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,281 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,356 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,045 1 0 247.2
2001 Q3 4,165 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,493 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,063 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,374 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,643 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,347 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,803 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

18 on file

2020 · 1 incident

November 25, 2020 NE · Metal/Non-Metal dry screening plant operator, screen house operator MACHINERY
Western Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by flying object

Employee was using an impact wrench and a combination wrench to unscrew rusted bolts/nuts from a chute on the plant. While engaging the impact wrench on the bolt head, the combination wrench, which was positioned to hold the nut in place, slipped from the employees grip and struck them in the area of the left eye causing a contusion and laceration to the upper eye/eyelid.

2017 · 1 incident

February 22, 2017 NE · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Western Sand & Gravel Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee was repairing a piece of plant equipment and, while using a cutting torch to remove an overhead bolt, the wind blew a piece of hot metal into left ear causing an inner ear burn.

2013 · 1 incident

February 19, 2013 NE · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Western Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A hydraulic ram was being used to push a shaft out of a pulley when the ram slipped off the shaft, as a result of this the spacer separated from the ram bounced off pulley then struck the employee under his chine, requiring three stitches.

2009 · 2 incidents

March 19, 2009 NE · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Western Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee cut the base of his left thumb with a utility knife when cutting a conveyot belt.The employee pulled the knife towards his body when the knife cut loose from the belting & came in contact with his left hand and cut through his leather glove. Five stitches were required and the employee returne to work the same day.

January 8, 2009 NE · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Western Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was stepping down on the bank next to the dredge when his knee gave out. The employee and foreman did not report the incident until 1/26/09. The employee went to the doctor on 1/26/09 where it was diagnosed as a sprain. The employee returned to work on the same day and did not miss work.

2005 · 1 incident

September 27, 2005 NE · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Western Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Tightening bolts on a piece of pipe using a ratchet. Right hand turned red and was sore. Sprained right hand from stretching or tearing ligaments while tightening bolts.

2004 · 1 incident

May 3, 2004 NE · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Western Sand & Gravel Company · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS STEPPING UP ON PLATFORM. FOOT SLIPPED OFF EDGE. HIT SHIN CAUSING DEEP CUT ON SHIN OF LEFT LEG.

2002 · 2 incidents

April 19, 2002 NE · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western Sand & Gravel Company · Struck against stationary object

CUT LITTLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND WHILE REPLACING A SCREEN ON SHAKER. HAND SLIPPED & CUT FINGER ON SHARP EDGE. REQUIRED TWO STITCHES.

2000 · 2 incidents

October 6, 2000 NE · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Western Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPLACING DIGGER LINK CHAIN ON DREDGE WAS DRIVING PIN OUT WITH HAMMER WHEN HAMMER HIT ROLLER CUASING ROLLER TO BOUNCE & HIT THUMB LEFT THUMB WAS SPLIT OPEN & BRUISED

March 23, 2000 NE · Metal/Non-Metal scalper-screen operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Western Sand & Gravel Company · Struck against stationary object

WELDING & ATTACHING HARDWARE IN TUB ROTARY, TURNED HEAD TO AVOID FLASH BURN FROM WELDER ON OTHEREND OF TUB & RAN HEAD INTO SCREENS BEING INSTALLED SCRATCH FOREHEAD CUT UNDER EYE REQUIRING 9 STITCHES

1999 · 1 incident

May 5, 1999 NE · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES
Western Sand & Gravel Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CONSTANT JARRING FROM OPERATING HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND MAINTENANCE IN SHOP OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.

1994 · 2 incidents

May 12, 1994 NE · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor MACHINERY
Western Sand & Gravel Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF PIPE WITH A CUTTING TORCH, HE SHUT OFF THE TORCH, PUSHED THE AIR RELEASE TO COOL OFF TIP,THE TORCH SELF-IGNITED SETTING HIS GLOVE ON FIRE AND BURNING HIS LEFT HAND ON THE PALM BETWEEN THE THUMB AND FOREFINGER.

April 17, 1994 NE · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by falling object

AN ELECTRICAL CABINET UNLOADED OFF OF A FLATBED TRAILER TIPPED AND FELL OFF CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL CABINET LANDED SCRAPING EMPLOYEES LEFT FOOT-PEELED SKIN OFF FROM TOP OF FOOT CRUSHED AND MA NGLED ALL 5 TOES TOES HAD TO BE SURGICALLY REMOVED.

1993 · 1 incident

July 1, 1993 NE · Metal/Non-Metal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Western Sand & Gravel Company · Fall onto or against objects

HE WAS CLEANING UP THE WORK SITE AFTER POURING CSOME CONCRETE FOOTINGS & TRIPPED ON A WOODEN STAKE FELL BACKWARDS & HIT HIS RT ELBOW ON ANOTHER STAKE

1992 · 1 incident

September 2, 1992 NE · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING TIRES FROM THE ROTARY TUB ON THE PLANT TWISTED & HURT HIS BACK RESULTING IN LOWER BACK PAIN & MUSCLE SPASMS

1989 · 1 incident

June 30, 1989 NE · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand POWERED HAULAGE
Western Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MOVING A PIECE OF PIPE USING A LOADER WHEN CHAIN SLIPPED CUTTING EMPLOYEES FINGER

1983 · 1 incident

June 23, 1983 NE · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand MACHINERY
Western Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE HAD PLACED A 4X4 WOOD TIMBER IN GEAR TO HOLD DIGGER CHAIN IN POLACE UNTIL IT COULD BE CLAMPED SO LINK COULD BE REPLACED WHEN OLD LINK CUT OUT GEAR STARTED TO MOVE BACK AND 4X4 FELL OUT HE T HOUGHT IT WAS RUNNING AWAY AND TRIED TO PUT 4X4 BACK IN IT SWUNG AROUND STRIKING HIS LEFT ARM