Mining Incidents

Phelps Pit (Baller Pit) Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Nebco Inc
Waco, York County, NE  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2501186

Phelps Pit (Baller Pit) has $3K 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
4
Years on record
1999
Latest incident
Nov 1999
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
29
citations
4
significant & substantial
$2,516
proposed penalties
$2,516
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
190
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: 190 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Phelps Pit (Baller Pit) has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
29 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-06-27.
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
2015 Q2 302 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 131 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 581 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,362 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,247 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 508 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,268 0 0 0.0
Show 54 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q2 1,067 4 1 3748.8
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 1,117 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,637 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,384 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 674 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,237 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 875 3 1 3428.6
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 876 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 632 3 0 4746.8
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 1,300 1 0 769.2
2009 Q2 1,253 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 156 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 464 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,849 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,203 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 199 2 0 10050.3
2007 Q4 744 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,125 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,419 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 351 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,379 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,058 4 0 3780.7
2006 Q1 2,165 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 368 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,049 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,287 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 289 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 661 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,554 4 2 2574.0
2004 Q2 3,645 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 717 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 831 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 905 1 0 1105.0
2003 Q2 882 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 437 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 713 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 998 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 781 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 272 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,328 1 0 753.0
2001 Q3 2,093 6 0 2866.7
2001 Q2 1,674 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 755 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,600 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,307 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,600 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 497 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1999 · 4 incidents

November 22, 1999 NE · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Overland Sand & Gravel Company · Flash burns (welding)

EMPLOYEE WAS AROUND WHERE WELDING WAS BEING DONEAND THE NEXT DAY HIS EYES WERE VERY SORE AND RED

July 21, 1999 NE · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Overland Sand & Gravel Company · Contact with heat

EE GOT OVER HEATED FROM BEING OUT IN THE SUN, BY THE END OF THE DAY, NOT FEELING WELL.

April 2, 1999 NE · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Overland Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by flying object

EE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF WOOD WHEN A PIECE OF SAWDUST OR SOMETHING GOT IN HIS EYE LEFT. THE EE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.

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The full compliance file on Phelps Pit (Baller Pit)

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.