Odessa Pit Metal/Non-Metal
Paulsen Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Larry Paulsen
Elm Creek,
Phelps County,
NE
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2500327
Odessa Pit has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
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- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
11
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,559
proposed penalties
$1,410
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $149 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
23
inspections on record
168
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 168 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Odessa Pit has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.$2K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
11 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-20.
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 | 525 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 1,021 | 4 | 0 | 3917.7 |
| 2025 Q2 | 991 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 1,473 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 2,132 | 1 | 0 | 469.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 1,385 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 937 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Q1 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q3 | 558 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 59 | 3 | 2 | 50847.5 |
| 2009 Q1 | 511 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 1,031 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 1,745 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 1,750 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 846 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 1,441 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 2,131 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 1,231 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 383 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 341 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 419 | 1 | 0 | 2386.6 |
| 2006 Q2 | 938 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 657 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 1,038 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 1,482 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 1,204 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 489 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 1,251 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q3 | 1,221 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 1,161 | 1 | 0 | 861.3 |
| 2004 Q1 | 600 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q4 | 712 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 1,122 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q2 | 981 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 560 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q4 | 1,586 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 1,430 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 1,432 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 1,895 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q4 | 933 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q3 | 1,247 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q2 | 2,059 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000 Q4 | 1,287 | 1 | 0 | 777.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 1,497 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 1,147 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 | 1,209 | 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.
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The full compliance file on Odessa Pit
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