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: 160 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 #47, FREMONT has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
7 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $599 in penalties contested before the Commission, $599 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-11-04.
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 violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
2citations taken to the federal commission · 29% of citations on record
Settled
2 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$599 proposed, $599 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2009-12-31.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
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: 2011-09-14, 14 years ago
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2011-09-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dredge/Barge Operator
2011-09-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2014
3
2013
6
2012
5
2011
6
2010
6
2009
6
2008
5
2007
5
2006
5
2005
6
2004
5
2003
5
2002
5
2001
3
2000
5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
PIT #47, FREMONT sits in Dodge 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.
Dodge County, Nebraska · Population 37,146
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$71,294
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
When doing lower level dregde floor repairs, they moved a 8" H-beam forward, it came off the rails it was resting on, as the steel beam fell it caught his hand between the beam and a hydraulic pump.
1998 · 1 incident
April 8, 1998NE · Metal/Non-Metalmine manager, mine foreman, mine ownerMACHINERY
THE EMPLOYEE WAS USING A METAL SHEARING MACHINE IN THE FABRICATION SHOP TO SHEAR OFF A PIECE O FMETAL THAT WAS ABOUT 4 INCHES WIDE AND 4 FEET LONG. THE EMPLOYEEE INADVERTANTLY HAD HIS RIGHT RI NG FINGER UNDER THE PIECE OF METAL AT THE EDGE OF THE SHEAR MACHINE TABLE, WHEN THE SHEAR CAME DOWN, SEVERING THE TIP.
THE EE WAS PLACING RAILROAD TIES UNDER A DIESEL FUEL TANK FOR BLOCKING AND SUPPORT. WHILE TRYING TO SLIDE ONE OF THE RAILROAD TIES UNDER THE ANK, THE EE EXPERIENCED LOWER BACK PAIN.
February 6, 1997NE · Metal/Non-Metalmine manager, mine foreman, mine ownerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS PUTTING BLOCKING UNDER A GRAVEL WASHER TO UNLOAD IT, WHEN DOING SO, THE EE SLIPPED ON TEH ICE AND LANDED ON HIS BACK, CAUSING SOME PAIN & DISCOMFORT IN HIS BACK. WHEN THIS HAPPENED THE EE DECLINED ANY MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL THE WEEK OF 4-7-. HE HAD GONE TO THE DR. PRIOR TO THIS INJURY BECAUSED OF SOME BACK PROBLEMS.
1996 · 1 incident
November 18, 1996NE · Metal/Non-Metalwelder (shop)MACHINERY
THE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON A DREDGE CUTTERHEAD IN THE SHOP, THEN WHLE TIGHTENING SOME BOLTS WITH AN AIR IMPACT WRENCH SOME PARTICLES OF SAND OR SLAG ENTERED HIS RIGHT EYE UNDER HIS GLASSES.
THE EE WAS SEPARATING SOME SPREADER CABLES THAT WERE SUSPENDED WHEN ONE OF THE CABLES FLEW BACK AND STRUCK THE EE S FOREHEAD CAUSING A LACERATION THAT REQUIRED STITCHES.
THE EE WAS WELDING ON THE BOTTOM OF THE LOADER BUCKET, HE STOPPED WELDING & LIFTED THE WELDER'S HELMET TO INSPECT THE WELD, AT THAT MOMENT A PIECE OF SLAG POPPED OFF & STRUCK THE EE'S LEFT EYE . THE EE RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION TO REMOVE THE SLAG.
1989 · 1 incident
October 27, 1989NE · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorMACHINERY