Simon Contractors · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was cranking the handle on a winch when EE's arm came in contact with a cotter pin. The cotter pin cut the arm of the employee which required 3 stitches.
Nebraska Portable Barge Metal/Non-Metal
Simon Contractors
· Surface
Controlled by
Colas S A
Big Springs,
Deuel County,
NE
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2501123
Nebraska Portable Barge has $4K 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
- 2
- Years on record
- 2019–2021
- Latest incident
- Jun 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
29
citations
7
significant & substantial
$4,354
proposed penalties
$4,354
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
37
inspections on record
361
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: 361 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Nebraska Portable Barge has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
28 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-03-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 1,390 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 2,318 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 2,247 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 1,080 | 1 | 0 | 925.9 |
| 2024 Q4 | 1,838 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 1,433 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 338 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 1,815 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 2,025 | 2 | 0 | 987.7 |
| 2023 Q2 | 888 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 Q4 | 377 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 525 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 1,175 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 467 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 1,576 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 2,230 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 3,011 | 1 | 0 | 332.1 |
| 2021 Q1 | 753 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 1,472 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 2,156 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 2,034 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 2,199 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 2,974 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 1,648 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 1,745 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 655 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q3 | 389 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q4 | 1,115 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 1,064 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 1,003 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 608 | 1 | 0 | 1644.7 |
| 2016 Q4 | 997 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 748 | 1 | 0 | 1336.9 |
| 2016 Q2 | 2,066 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q4 | 1,441 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 1,274 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 1,531 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 1,245 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 787 | 1 | 0 | 1270.6 |
| 2014 Q3 | 2,286 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 2,431 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 1,098 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 1,983 | 3 | 0 | 1512.9 |
| 2013 Q3 | 689 | 3 | 0 | 4354.1 |
| 2013 Q2 | 852 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 751 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 1,935 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 644 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 2,007 | 2 | 1 | 996.5 |
| 2012 Q1 | 605 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 423 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 197 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 1,086 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 785 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 1,075 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 696 | 1 | 0 | 1436.8 |
| 2010 Q2 | 2,106 | 6 | 4 | 2849.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 1,535 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 2,157 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 3,069 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 1,549 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 1,401 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 3,780 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 1,698 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 1,906 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 1,103 | 5 | 1 | 4533.1 |
| 2007 Q4 | 1,980 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 701 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 564 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 436 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 1,023 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 791 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 1,844 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 824 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 2,033 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 3,014 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 3,431 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 1,763 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 2,150 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q3 | 5,592 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 2,113 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q1 | 2,556 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q4 | 1,731 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 2,660 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q2 | 1,964 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 1,309 | 1 | 1 | 763.9 |
| 2002 Q4 | 1,294 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 982 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 1,745 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 772 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q4 | 1,676 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q3 | 2,420 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q2 | 835 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 1,361 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 | 1,452 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 3,563 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 1,209 | 1 | 0 | 827.1 |
| 2000 Q1 | 267 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file2021 · 1 incident
2019 · 1 incident
November 1, 2019
NE · Metal/Non-Metal
barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Simon Contractors · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
Dredge operator used rope to pull 4 inch intake hose on deck to clear debris blockage. Strained forearm tendon. Placed on light duty.
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