Mining Incidents

Palser PIT #3: 11 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Jim Palser
Marsland, Scotts Bluff County, NE  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2501204

Palser PIT #3 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
11
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,212
proposed penalties
$1,212
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
23
inspections on record
229
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: 229 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Palser PIT #3 has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
11 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-12-07.
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.
27.3%
significant & substantial
18.2%
high negligence or reckless
27.3%
reasonably likely or greater
36.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 81.8% moderate, 18.2% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2011-09-13, 15 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2011-09-13 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 Dredge/Barge Operator
2011-09-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 1.37 0.22 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-04-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Pump, Slurry Mix Operator
2006-04-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 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. Beltline Sand & Gravel Inc 2001 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2017 0
2016 1
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 3
2007 4
2006 4
2005 4
2004 3
2003 4
2002 3
2001 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Palser PIT #3 sits in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska · Population 35,937
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$60,960
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
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 773 1 0 1293.7
2016 Q3 977 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 119 0 0 0.0
Show 56 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q2 451 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 82 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,048 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 691 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 488 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 442 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 711 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,125 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 944 1 0 1059.3
2013 Q1 156 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 962 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 635 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 575 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 28 1 0 35714.3
2011 Q4 1,038 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,152 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,561 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 892 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 919 1 0 1088.1
2010 Q3 886 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 880 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 875 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,055 2 2 1895.7
2009 Q3 1,029 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,045 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,127 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,293 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 770 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 951 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 602 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,754 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,427 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,625 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,201 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,903 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 834 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 830 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 866 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,280 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 800 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 911 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 522 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 663 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,452 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 995 5 1 5025.1
2004 Q1 1,469 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,135 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 174 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,262 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,422 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,451 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,390 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,247 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,010 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 644 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 862 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.