Mining Incidents

M&H Sand &Gravel LLC: 7 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

M&H Sand&Gravel LLC · Surface
Hartington, Cedar County, NE  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2501177

M&H Sand &Gravel LLC has $844 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 2009
7
citations
0
significant & substantial
$844
proposed penalties
$844
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
31
inspections on record
311
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: 311 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

M&H Sand &Gravel LLC has $844 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.
$844
proposed penalties
$844
current assessed
$844
paid to date
$0
outstanding
7 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-21.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
57.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 28.6% low, 71.4% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2026-04-22
3
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-04-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-09-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2010-08-31 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 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.
Ownership history
  1. Gary Backhaus Gravel 1998 to 2021
  2. Gary Backhaus Gravel LLC 2021 to 2025
  3. M&H Sand&Gravel LLC 2025 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 4
2025 3
2024 2
2023 2
2022 1
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 1
2017 1
2016 2
2015 3
2014 2
2013 3
2012 3
2011 2
2010 3
2009 3
2008 4
2007 3
2006 3
2005 2
2004 2
2003 2
2002 1
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

M&H Sand &Gravel LLC sits in Cedar County, Nebraska, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Cedar County, Nebraska · Population 8,344
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$73,977
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 2,212 1 0 452.1
2026 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 227 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 256 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 448 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 58 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 862 1 0 1160.1
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q1 288 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 427 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,542 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 324 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q3 320 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 382 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 176 1 0 5681.8
2021 Q3 432 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 920 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 224 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 320 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 718 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 392 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 172 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 720 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 740 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 1 0
2018 Q3 781 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 494 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 772 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 331 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 512 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,625 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,210 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 502 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,520 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,620 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 364 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 769 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,215 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,390 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 312 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,012 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,191 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,201 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 523 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,495 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,838 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,772 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 583 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,078 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,852 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 287 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 100 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,623 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,521 1 0 657.5
2010 Q2 1,974 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 571 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,236 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,503 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,035 2 0 982.8
2009 Q1 327 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 351 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,423 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,475 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 352 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 722 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,058 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,171 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 211 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 572 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 691 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 685 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 201 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 604 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 956 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 872 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 311 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 310 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 682 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 610 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 91 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 352 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 921 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 430 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 460 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 395 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 360 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 250 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,080 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 692 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 110 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,040 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 152 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 332 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 45 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.