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: 255 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 #7 Valley has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$26K
proposed penalties
$15K
current assessed
$15K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
36 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $22K in penalties contested before the Commission, $12K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-05-02.
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.
6citations taken to the federal commission · 17% of citations on record
Settled
5 · 83%
Stood as issued
1 · 17%
33%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
47%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$22K proposed, $12K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2014-04-16.
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: 2017-06-14, 9 years ago
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (2)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2017-06-14
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.17
Front-end Loader Operator
2017-06-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Pump, Slurry Mix 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 #7 Valley recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2018.
Injury rate, 2018
ⓘ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 1.95 and the all-US-mining average was 2.33 cases per 100 workers.
In Nebraska, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.79 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
2018 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2017 *
7.99
0.00
0.000
2016 *
7.91
0.00
0.000
2015 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2014 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2013 *
7.98
0.00
0.000
2012 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2011 *
24.25
16.17
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
2019
5
2018
9
2017
9
2016
9
2015
12
2014
10
2013
9
2012
9
2011
9
2010
8
2009
9
2008
12
2007
6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Pit #7 Valley 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
2019 Q1
803
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
5,290
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
7,339
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
6,381
3
0
470.1
2018 Q1
2,884
4
0
1387.0
2017 Q4
6,201
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
7,078
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
6,621
1
0
151.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2017 Q1
5,120
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
6,297
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
7,126
2
1
280.7
2016 Q2
6,649
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
5,200
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
6,499
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
8,277
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
7,803
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
4,035
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
5,636
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
6,640
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
8,484
4
0
471.5
2014 Q1
4,464
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
5,943
4
0
673.1
2013 Q3
8,046
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
7,177
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
3,911
2
0
511.4
2012 Q4
6,308
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
5,913
1
0
169.1
2012 Q2
6,469
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
5,279
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
6,522
4
1
613.3
2011 Q3
8,221
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
6,505
1
1
153.7
2011 Q1
3,490
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
6,414
3
0
467.7
2010 Q3
5,568
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
6,115
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
4,480
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
5,825
2
1
343.3
2009 Q3
7,571
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
8,986
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
5,060
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
5,973
3
0
502.3
2008 Q3
6,360
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
4,869
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
4,140
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
2,144
2
0
932.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
7 on file
2018 · 1 incident
April 20, 2018NE · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorOTHER
Employee was on a platform washing down the plant when EE was observed collapsing to the floor. CPR was performed until EMTs arrived and EE was transported to the hospital for a heart attack.
2017 · 1 incident
December 14, 2017NE · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
Loader Operator began having neck pain approximately two weeks prior to reporting. Employee believes the symptoms are from "bumping around in the loader."
2016 · 1 incident
November 11, 2016NE · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was cleaning a material pipe when the water pressure caused material to come out of the pipe and strike EE in the chin. Resulted in a laceration to the chin.
2013 · 1 incident
July 1, 2013NE · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was changing a filter on the diesel engine on the dredge. When pulling the filter out of the housing, the handle on the filter broke, cutting the employee's right middle finger.
2011 · 3 incidents
May 4, 2011NE · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pulling the power cable to the electric dredge when the cable was going over a chain that was hooked to the railing the rope slid off causing the railing to come loose and strike the ee knocking him down. He grazed his head on the edge of the dredge air conditioner. He also injured his left knee.
April 4, 2011NE · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE stepped down onto the rubber dredge hose which was 2 feet lower than steel platform, when a 500 lb steel sheave & block slipped off a steel platform & struck his left ankle with a glancing blow, causing a deep abrasion & fracture. The abrasion required 3 layers of stitches.
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