Mining Incidents

NOSAL PIT: 2 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Nosal Sand & Gravel · Surface
Controlled by Nosal Darold F
Columbus, Platte County, NE  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2501173

NOSAL PIT has $200 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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 2008
2
citations
0
significant & substantial
$200
proposed penalties
$200
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
16
inspections on record
105
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: 105 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

NOSAL PIT has $200 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$200
proposed penalties
$200
current assessed
$200
paid to date
$0
outstanding
2 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $100 in penalties contested before the Commission, $100 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-07-26.
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
50.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 50.0% moderate, 50.0% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 50% of citations on record
  • Stood as issued 1 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$100 proposed, $100 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 2011-10-12.
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 2012-33M Dismissal Lesnick 2012 $100 → $100
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.

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: 2007-07-25, 19 years ago
1
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2007-07-25 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 0.28 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. Richard J Nosal 1997 to 2002
  2. Nosal Sand & Gravel 2002 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2011 1
2010 1
2009 1
2008 1
2007 1
2006 1
2005 1
2004 1
2003 1
2002 1
2001 1
2000 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

NOSAL PIT sits in Platte 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.
Platte County, Nebraska · Population 34,358
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$72,335
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
2011 Q3 0 1 0
2011 Q2 10 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 30 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 230 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 475 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 485 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 175 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 235 0 0 0.0
Show 39 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q3 485 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 455 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 140 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 330 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 490 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 415 1 0 2409.6
2008 Q1 75 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 280 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 460 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 405 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 230 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 310 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 430 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 455 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 440 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 305 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 435 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 230 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 315 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 470 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 235 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 180 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 475 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 405 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 90 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 165 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 455 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 390 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 225 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 220 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 235 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 110 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 200 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 180 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 100 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.