Mining Incidents

Mitchell Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Leah Kembel
Scottsbluff, Scotts Bluff County, NE  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2501113

Mitchell Pit has $3K 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
3
Years on record
1995–2004
Latest incident
Mar 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
17
citations
5
significant & substantial
$2,729
proposed penalties
$2,446
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $283 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
19
inspections on record
202
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: 202 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Mitchell Pit has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-07-26.
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
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 339 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,112 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,300 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 418 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 890 7 2 7865.2
Show 42 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q2 48 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 64 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 18 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1 2 0 2000000.0
2009 Q2 17 3 2 176470.6
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 258 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 648 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,286 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 330 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 647 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,404 3 1 2136.8
2006 Q1 949 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 396 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 288 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 300 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 23 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 71 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 767 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,250 2 0 1600.0
2004 Q1 316 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 0 0 0
2003 Q2 73 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 18 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 247 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 232 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 786 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 824 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 104 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 188 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 220 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 210 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 396 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2004 · 1 incident

March 22, 2004 NE · Metal/Non-Metal pumper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kembel Sand & Gravel · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING WRENCH THAT WAS TOO LARGE. THE WRENCH SLIPPED & HIT HIM IN HEAD CAUSING LACERATION ABOVE EYE.

1996 · 1 incident

September 9, 1996 NE · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Kembel Sand & Gravel · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE CAUGHT GLOVE IN WINCH ON GRAVELL PUMP. PULLED FINGER INTO WINCH, CHIPPED BONE AND STITCHES.

1995 · 1 incident

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The full compliance file on Mitchell Pit

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.