Mining Incidents

Peterson Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Richards Gravel Pit · Surface
Hayes Center, Hitchcock County, NE  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2501286

Peterson Pit has $4K 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 2013
13
citations
4
significant & substantial
$4,364
proposed penalties
$2,791
paid to date
64% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,573 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
17
inspections on record
207
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: 207 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Peterson Pit has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
13 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-11-01.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2022 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 160 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 280 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 423 3 1 7092.2
2020 Q2 354 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 472 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 480 3 0 6250.0
2019 Q2 360 0 0 0.0
Show 14 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q3 123 1 0 8130.1
2017 Q2 150 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,080 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,567 2 2 1276.3
2014 Q4 627 1 0 1594.9
2014 Q3 1,327 1 0 753.6
2014 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 623 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,665 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,875 1 0 533.3
2013 Q1 217 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 706 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 579 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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