Mining Incidents

Pit #2: 31 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Elkhorn Sand & Gravel · Surface
Controlled by Greg S Vogel
Atkinson, Holt County, NE  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2501208

Pit #2 has $4K 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 2005
31
citations
7
significant & substantial
$3,798
proposed penalties
$3,798
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
38
inspections on record
366
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: 366 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Pit #2 has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
31 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-10.
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.
22.6%
significant & substantial
12.9%
high negligence or reckless
22.6%
reasonably likely or greater
38.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 12.9% low, 74.2% moderate, 12.9% 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: 2011-06-17, 15 years ago
1
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2011-06-17 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. Elkhorn Sand & Gravel 2002 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 4
2025 3
2024 3
2023 3
2022 3
2021 3
2020 4
2019 3
2018 3
2017 3
2016 3
2015 3
2014 4
2013 2
2012 4
2011 4
2010 5
2009 4
2008 2
2007 2
2006 3
2005 3
2004 1
2003 1
2002 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Pit #2 sits in Holt 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.
Holt County, Nebraska · Population 10,093
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$67,225
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
2026 Q2 1,020 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 180 2 0 11111.1
2025 Q4 290 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 445 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 390 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 30 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 335 2 0 5970.1
2024 Q3 275 0 0 0.0
Show 89 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 550 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 30 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 110 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 380 2 0 5263.2
2023 Q2 370 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 110 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 205 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 330 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 30 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 180 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 670 1 0 1492.5
2021 Q2 450 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 30 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 340 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 550 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 500 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 60 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 190 2 1 10526.3
2019 Q3 525 1 0 1904.8
2019 Q2 610 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 30 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 150 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 610 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 470 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 10 1 0 100000.0
2017 Q4 350 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 990 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 540 4 1 7407.4
2017 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 254 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 540 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 540 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 350 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 345 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,010 3 2 2970.3
2015 Q2 1,010 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 140 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 260 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 635 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 460 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 100 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 680 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 625 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 140 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 490 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 506 2 0 3952.6
2012 Q1 1,165 1 1 858.4
2011 Q4 1,613 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,690 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,292 2 1 872.6
2011 Q1 1,352 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,489 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,171 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,992 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 743 6 1 8075.4
2009 Q4 631 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,500 1 0 400.0
2009 Q2 2,400 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 560 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 120 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 400 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 400 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 120 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,440 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,440 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,920 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 400 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 210 1 0 4761.9
2005 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 200 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 320 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 200 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 940 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 320 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.