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: 395 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 #50 has $6K 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
47 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $540 in penalties contested before the Commission, $410 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-06-20.
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.
1citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
Settled
1 · 100%
0%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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%
24%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$540 proposed, $410 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2011-04-26.
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: 2016-09-20, 9 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
8
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg6
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (8)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2016-09-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2016-09-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-04-19
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.12
10
0.01
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-04-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-04-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-08-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2005-08-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-08-25
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.22
Dredge/Barge 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.
Pit #50 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2017.
Injury rate, 2017
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.99 and the all-US-mining average was 2.48 cases per 100 workers.
In Nebraska, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.28 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2017 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2016 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2015 *
7.66
0.00
0.000
2014 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2013 *
11.42
5.71
0.000
2012 *
6.78
6.78
0.000
2011 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2010 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2017
9
2016
11
2015
12
2014
12
2013
12
2012
11
2011
11
2010
10
2009
9
2008
9
2007
9
2006
11
2005
9
2004
9
2003
4
2002
3
2001
6
2000
7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Pit #50 sits in Douglas 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.
Douglas County, Nebraska · Population 585,461
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$79,081
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
2017 Q4
2,662
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
6,394
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
7,024
2
0
284.7
2017 Q1
7,765
1
0
128.8
2016 Q4
10,847
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
11,184
3
0
268.2
2016 Q2
7,122
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
3,960
2
0
505.1
Show 64 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2015 Q4
6,587
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
6,971
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
8,671
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
3,875
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
6,498
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
8,459
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
11,406
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
5,073
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
9,016
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
11,091
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
8,485
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
6,435
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
6,849
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
10,339
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
7,796
1
0
128.3
2012 Q1
4,524
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
6,775
2
1
295.2
2011 Q3
10,297
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
7,768
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
4,657
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
7,883
1
0
126.9
2010 Q3
8,450
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
6,562
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
4,156
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
6,939
3
0
432.3
2009 Q3
7,507
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
7,822
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
4,148
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
6,997
6
0
857.5
2008 Q3
6,632
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
6,581
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
5,409
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
5,679
2
0
352.2
2007 Q3
6,933
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
7,423
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
5,088
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
6,849
3
0
438.0
2006 Q3
9,195
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
8,283
4
2
482.9
2006 Q1
5,611
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
6,241
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
6,951
9
0
1294.8
2005 Q2
7,025
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
6,362
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
6,241
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
9,557
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
8,327
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
3,862
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
4,092
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
1,469
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
0
0
0
2003 Q1
0
0
0
2002 Q4
0
0
0
2002 Q3
131
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
211
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
952
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
3,962
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
4,511
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
3,690
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
918
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
5,124
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
5,113
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
5,168
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
3,414
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
16 on file
2015 · 1 incident
February 20, 2015NE · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Swinging a sledge hammer on some ice buildup over the conveyor base when he lost grip of the hammer, causing his left pinky finger to be smashed in between the hammer and the frame. he reports the bottom half of his fingernail is "popped back" with a "blood blister" noted to the side of the affected finger.
June 27, 2013NE · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Former employee told his supervisor that he hurt his right shoulder in a bar fight in March 2010, but he was being treated for right shoulder pain before this because of his job, told supervisor on 6/21/10
June 11, 2010NE · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was terminated on Monday June 14, 2010. It was after he was terminated that he told his supervisor that he was hosing down a walkway and fell backwards, straining his lower back.
2009 · 1 incident
June 25, 2009NE · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
When changing screens on the rotary, the employee's right index finger tip was pinched between the hoisting chain and the rotary. The employee's finger nail was removed and sutured.
2008 · 2 incidents
November 19, 2008NE · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
The employee was pushing the plastic fusing machine by hand with a lot of force and felt immediate pain in back of right lower leg, in the calf area. Received medical attention, RX for pain and muscle relaxant and several days of restricted work activity.
THE EE WAS HELPING TO DISMANTLE THE DREDGE WHEN DOING SO HE MOVED A FLANGED PIPE THAT SLID AND TIPPED OUT OF THE SADDLE PINCHING AND SEVERING THE END OF THE EE'S RIGHT THUMB BETWEEN THE PIPE FRAME AND CORNER OF THE DREDGE CABIN. THE EE HAD SURGERY ON 9-6-02 TO PIN BONE ON THE END OF THE THUMB.
1996 · 1 incident
December 8, 1996NE · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKIGN A HOSE CONNECTION FROM THE BANK ONT HE PIPELIEN COMING IN FROM THE DREDGE WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL CAUSING CONTUSIONS TO HIS RIGHT HAND, HIP, AND SHOULDER.
1995 · 3 incidents
September 13, 1995NE · Metal/Non-Metaloutside foreman, leadmanFIRE
EMPLOYEE WAS USING ELECTRIC IMPACT TO TIGHTEN THE NUTS ON A COVER PLATE FOR THE SAND SCREW WHEN A PIECE OF STEEL CAME OFF OF THE NUT AND GOT INTO THE CORNER OF THE EMPLOYEES EYE. EMPLOYEE HAD TO HAVE PIECE REMOVED BY A PHYSICIAN.
1994 · 1 incident
January 3, 1994NE · Metal/Non-Metalmine manager, mine foreman, mine ownerHANDLING OF MATERIALS