Mining Incidents

MAIN PIT: 25 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Pollock Redi Mix · Surface
Controlled by Tom Rutjens
Ewing, Holt County, NE  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2500314

MAIN PIT has $6K 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
1
Years on record
2012
Latest incident
May 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
25
citations
9
significant & substantial
$5,505
proposed penalties
$5,505
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
35
inspections on record
331
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: 331 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

MAIN PIT has $6K 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
23 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-16.
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.
36.0%
significant & substantial
8.0%
high negligence or reckless
36.0%
reasonably likely or greater
56.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 8.0% low, 84.0% moderate, 8.0% 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: 2021-10-13, 4 years ago
4
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2021-10-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2021-10-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2010-03-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2010-03-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge 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. Pollock Redi Mix Inc 1950 to 2006
  2. Pollock Redi Mix 2006 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 4
2024 4
2023 4
2022 4
2021 4
2020 4
2019 4
2018 4
2017 4
2016 4
2015 4
2014 4
2013 4
2012 4
2011 4
2010 4
2009 3
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 3
2003 4
2002 3
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

MAIN PIT sits in Holt 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.
Holt County, Nebraska · Population 10,093
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$67,225
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 963 2 0 2076.8
2026 Q1 9 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 616 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,015 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 820 3 1 3658.5
2025 Q1 9 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 616 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 623 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,297 1 1 771.0
2024 Q1 238 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 700 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,211 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 375 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 9 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 926 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,394 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,605 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 9 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,237 1 1 808.4
2021 Q3 1,342 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,646 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 564 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,161 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,020 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,512 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 468 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,148 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,316 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,580 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 9 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,210 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,316 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,146 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 495 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,268 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,200 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,355 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 441 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 945 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,858 1 1 538.2
2016 Q2 1,632 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 924 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,419 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,644 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,437 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 775 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 851 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,568 2 1 1275.5
2014 Q2 1,560 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 678 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,394 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,545 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,366 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 9 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,453 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,673 1 0 597.7
2012 Q2 1,497 2 1 1336.0
2012 Q1 678 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,205 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,420 1 0 704.2
2011 Q2 1,140 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 9 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 377 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 417 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,594 1 0 627.4
2010 Q1 365 7 2 19178.1
2009 Q4 506 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,648 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,063 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 266 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 522 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 260 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 70 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 224 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 34 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 65 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 180 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 515 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 296 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 351 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,554 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 608 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 68 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 527 1 0 1897.5
2003 Q3 1,458 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,238 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 200 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 381 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,328 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,228 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 416 2 1 4807.7
2001 Q3 428 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 305 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 258 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 584 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 934 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 156 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2012 · 1 incident