Mining Incidents

Odessa Pit: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Buffalo County
Buffalo County, NE  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2500695

Odessa Pit has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1999.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1999
Latest incident
Apr 1999
Ownership history
  1. Buffalo County Highway Department 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2000 1
1999 2
1998 3
1997 0
1996 4
1995 3
1994 2
1993 3
1992 2
1991 4
1990 4
1989 4
1988 4
1987 4
1986 4
1985 4
1984 4
1983 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Odessa Pit sits in Buffalo 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.
Buffalo County, Nebraska · Population 50,323
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$74,570
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; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. 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
2000 Q1 28 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1999 · 1 incident

April 13, 1999 NE · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
Buffalo County Highway Department · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THIS WAS NOT AN ACCIDENT. EE HAD A HEART ATTACK & DIED AT THE HOSPITAL AT APPROX 4PM