Mining Incidents

Lowline Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Kip Arnold; James Becker
Minatare, Scotts Bluff County, NE  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2501313

Lowline has $298 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 2024
2
citations
0
significant & substantial
$298
proposed penalties
$298
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2020
5
inspections on record
48
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: 48 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Lowline has $298 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.
$298
proposed penalties
$298
current assessed
$298
paid to date
$0
outstanding
2 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-07.
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 33 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 26 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 25 1 0 40000.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 24 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 6 1 0 166666.7
2024 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
Show 14 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 32 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 98 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 48 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 112 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 228 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 238 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 13 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 92 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 155 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 198 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 193 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 96 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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