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.
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.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2015
3
2014
2
2013
2
2012
3
2011
2
2010
1
2009
2
2008
2
2007
2
2006
2
2005
2
2004
4
2003
3
2002
3
2001
3
2000
2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Phelps Pit (Baller Pit) sits in York County, Nebraska, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
York County, Nebraska · Population 14,231
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$74,058
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
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
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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, 1999NE · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorMACHINERY