Individual was getting off of a conveyor that was touching the ground, and missed the last step. He fell about 1.5 feet. On 12-28-15 he found out that he had a compressed disc in his back. On 1-4-16 he received a vertebroplasty shot to relieve the compressed disc.
Ogallala Pit Metal/Non-Metal
Pine Bluffs Gravel & Excavating
· Surface
Controlled by
Tyler Kimzey
Ogallala,
Keith County,
NE
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4801570
Ogallala Pit has $1K 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
- 1
- Years on record
- 2015
- Latest incident
- Dec 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2018
9
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,230
proposed penalties
$1,230
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
10
inspections on record
124
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: 124 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ogallala Pit has $1K 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.$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
9 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-05-07.
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 | 1,385 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 3,476 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 2,609 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 455 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 1,199 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 1,437 | 4 | 0 | 2783.6 |
| 2024 Q1 | 694 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q4 | 3,927 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q3 | 3,805 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 742 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 Q4 | 513 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 2,667 | 2 | 1 | 749.9 |
| 2022 Q2 | 3,011 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 1,331 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 1,903 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 3,176 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 2,534 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 857 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q2 | 1,817 | 2 | 0 | 1100.7 |
| 2018 Q1 | 822 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q1 | 1,246 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q3 | 1,817 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 525 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 313 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 526 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 334 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q1 | 2,469 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q3 | 1,255 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2001 Q4 | 213 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2001 Q2 | 577 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000 Q4 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 133 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 647 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 | 304 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file2015 · 1 incident
December 21, 2015
NE · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pine Bluffs Gravel & Excavating · Fall from machine
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