Mining Incidents

Mintle: 80 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Triple G RediMix LLC · Surface
Controlled by Michael D Giles
Thedford, Thomas County, NE  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2500912

Mintle has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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 2004
80
citations
24
significant & substantial
$14,560
proposed penalties
$13,866
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $694 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
44
inspections on record
510
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: 510 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Mintle has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$15K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
78 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $5K in penalties contested before the Commission, $5K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-30.
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.
30.8%
significant & substantial
17.9%
high negligence or reckless
30.8%
reasonably likely or greater
42.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 3.8% low, 78.2% moderate, 17.9% 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.
20 citations taken to the federal commission · 25% of citations on record
  • Settled 20 · 100%
67%
S&S designation survived the contest
Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 6 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
13%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$5K proposed, $5K 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 2013-11-26.
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 2014-65M Settlement Lesnick 2014 $4K → $3K
CENT 2011-1057M Settlement Lesnick 2012 $2K → $2K
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.

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2014-07-29, 12 years ago
1
samples
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2014-07-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
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. Don Mallory Sand & Gravel 1978 to 1990
  2. G 3 Enterprises Inc 1990 to 2020
  3. Triple G RediMix LLC 2020 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 2
2024 3
2023 2
2022 1
2021 2
2020 2
2019 3
2018 3
2017 3
2016 3
2015 4
2014 4
2013 2
2012 3
2011 2
2010 2
2009 3
2008 8
2007 5
2006 2
2005 4
2004 4
2003 3
2002 4
2001 4
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Mintle sits in Thomas County, Nebraska, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Thomas County, Nebraska · Population 626
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$72,708
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 Q1 220 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 122 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 196 5 0 25510.2
2025 Q2 598 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,560 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 112 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 230 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 567 1 1 1763.7
Show 90 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 557 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 550 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 1,040 3 0 2884.6
2021 Q3 1,602 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,326 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 1,030 5 1 4854.4
2020 Q3 1,210 1 0 826.4
2020 Q2 1,330 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 272 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 650 10 6 15384.6
2019 Q3 1,250 3 1 2400.0
2019 Q2 767 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 32 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 221 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,037 3 2 2893.0
2018 Q2 1,182 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 867 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,147 4 3 3487.4
2017 Q2 921 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 348 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 950 1 0 1052.6
2016 Q2 422 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 498 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 650 5 2 7692.3
2015 Q2 679 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 670 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 5 5 1 1000000.0
2014 Q2 1,605 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 520 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,950 4 2 2051.3
2013 Q2 1,200 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 1,125 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,560 1 0 641.0
2012 Q1 2,380 1 0 420.2
2011 Q2 1,945 16 2 8226.2
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 1,455 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 1,268 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,687 1 0 592.8
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 1,980 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,100 1 0 476.2
2008 Q2 833 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 280 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,245 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,154 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,709 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 896 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 724 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 630 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 1,929 2 2 1036.8
2005 Q2 1,804 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 200 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 72 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,679 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,276 3 1 1318.1
2004 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 0 0 0
2003 Q2 2,426 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 494 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 1,560 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,446 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 760 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 792 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,344 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,815 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 4,115 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,261 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,902 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.