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Pit #71 Columbus: 38 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by CRH PLC
Columbus, Platte County, NE  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2500506

Pit #71 Columbus has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
15
Years on record
1989–2026
Latest incident
Mar 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
38
citations
8
significant & substantial
$5,099
proposed penalties
$4,964
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $135 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See CENTRAL SAND & GRAVEL CO's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
42
inspections on record
505
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: 505 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 #71 Columbus has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
38 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $640 in penalties contested before the Commission, $505 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-11-05.
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.
21.1%
significant & substantial
2.6%
high negligence or reckless
21.1%
reasonably likely or greater
52.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 7.9% low, 89.5% moderate, 2.6% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 50%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 50%
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%
21%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$640 proposed, $505 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 2011-08-02.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
CENT 2011-1069M Settlement Lewis 2011 $540 → $405
CENT 2011-80M Dismissal Tureck 2011 $100 → $100
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2025-10-22
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
14
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz5
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Arsenic fumes1
Show the individual readings (26)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-10-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2025-07-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-03-19 Chromium, insoluble 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2020-03-19 Lead fumes 6.02 150 0.04 Welder, etc.
2020-03-19 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2020-03-19 Manganese fumes 0.01 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2020-03-19 Molybdenum fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2020-03-19 Nickel fumes 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2020-03-19 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2020-03-19 Zinc oxide fumes 0 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2020-03-19 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.31 Iron Worker
2020-03-19 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 Utility Man
2020-03-19 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-03-19 Arsenic fumes 0 500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2020-03-19 Beryllium fumes 0 2 0.00 Welder, etc.
2020-03-19 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2020-03-19 Cobalt fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2020-03-19 Copper fumes 1.29 100 0.01 Welder, etc.
2020-03-19 Iron oxide fumes 0.15 10 0.02 Welder, etc.
2018-09-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-09-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-04-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2010-04-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.76 0.22 Washer Operator
2003-07-23 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.44 Dredge/Barge Operator
2003-07-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-07-23 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 Supervisor, Co. Official

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2016-09-29, 9 years ago
3
samples
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2016-09-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 SF ORE PROCESSING
2014-05-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 SF ORE TRANSFER
2014-05-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 SF ORE TRANSFER
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 #71 Columbus recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2016.

Injury rate, 2016
ⓘ 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 2.17 and the all-US-mining average was 2.59 cases per 100 workers.
In Nebraska, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.99 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
2016 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2015 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2011 * 8.46 0.00 0.000
2009 * 9.65 9.65 0.000
2008 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2004 * 15.96 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.
Ownership history
  1. Central Sand & Gravel Company 1950 to 1989
  2. Lyman Richey Corp dba Central S&G Co 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 4
2025 4
2024 4
2023 4
2022 7
2021 6
2020 5
2019 6
2018 6
2017 5
2016 9
2015 9
2014 5
2013 6
2012 7
2011 9
2010 7
2009 7
2008 8
2007 7
2006 8
2005 7
2004 9
2003 6
2002 6
2001 6
2000 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Pit #71 Columbus sits in Platte County, Nebraska, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Platte County, Nebraska · Population 34,358
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$72,335
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 2,009 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 951 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,857 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,668 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,713 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,002 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,307 1 0 433.5
2024 Q3 2,234 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 2,553 1 1 391.7
2024 Q1 1,340 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,476 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,545 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,497 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,039 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,568 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,246 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,389 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,140 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3,005 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,605 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,356 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,020 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 3,125 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,382 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,236 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 929 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,516 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 5,864 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 4,184 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,264 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,029 2 0 660.3
2018 Q3 3,273 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,409 3 0 880.0
2018 Q1 1,421 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,853 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,369 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,227 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,880 1 0 347.2
2016 Q4 4,617 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 7,684 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 5,183 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 5,129 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 7,530 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,025 4 2 1322.3
2015 Q2 8,324 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 3,797 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 5,109 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,442 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 5,771 3 0 519.8
2014 Q1 1,989 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 4,646 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 5,557 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,242 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,220 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,668 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,907 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 5,535 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 4,108 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 8,904 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 7,258 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 6,076 2 0 329.2
2011 Q1 1,410 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 5,597 1 1 178.7
2010 Q3 6,149 1 0 162.6
2010 Q2 5,662 1 0 176.6
2010 Q1 2,367 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 6,650 4 2 601.5
2009 Q3 4,108 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 6,353 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,612 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 7,270 4 1 550.2
2008 Q3 6,889 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 5,046 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 4,505 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 6,117 2 0 327.0
2007 Q3 4,280 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,605 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,969 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,362 1 0 229.3
2006 Q3 4,600 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 6,263 6 0 958.0
2006 Q1 4,148 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 5,210 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 6,165 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,893 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,416 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 6,885 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 7,750 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 7,593 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,836 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,677 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,164 1 1 240.2
2003 Q2 3,904 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,099 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,119 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,031 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 5,862 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,772 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 5,265 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 5,505 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,329 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,409 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,284 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,259 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,940 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,968 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

15 on file

2026 · 1 incident

March 11, 2026 NE · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec MACHINERY
Lyman Richey Corp dba Central S&G Co · Struck against stationary object

Crew was spooling in the dredge anchor cable using the winch. The cable started to become off track of the spool when the employee placed their right foot into the cable to prevent it coming off the spool completely. The employee reports their foot slipping off the cable driving their heel into the decking/floor of the dredge causing immediate discomfort to the right ankle.

2014 · 2 incidents

October 23, 2014 NE · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lyman Richey Corp dba Central S&G Co · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cutting some rubber and the knife slipped off the rubber hitting his hand. Knife cut approximately 1 inch laceration in right hand near the thumb.

2011 · 1 incident

August 23, 2011 NE · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Lyman Richey Corp dba Central S&G Co · Struck by flying object

The EE had finished welding in the shop, when the wind blew a particle into his left eye. He could not flush it out. Medical facility had to remove a small piece of metal, given RX.

2010 · 1 incident

March 19, 2010 NE · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lyman Richey Corp dba Central S&G Co · Fall onto or against objects

A customer drove his pickup truck onto scale to get an empty weight. He got out of the cab and walked around the pickup instead of walking to the end of the scale as the signs say to do. He tried stepping over the scale side rail, it was snowing and he slipped and fell on the rail.

2009 · 1 incident

March 24, 2009 NE · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Lyman Richey Corp dba Central S&G Co · Struck by falling object

The employee was welding an ibeam the steel i beam was rolled over to access the other side, the beam came loose from a chain and fell, about 2 feet onto his left foot. His left big toe was fractured behind the steel toe in his boot. This resulted in a lost time injury

2005 · 1 incident

July 6, 2005 NE · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lyman Richey Corp dba Central S&G Co · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON SOME DISASSEMBLED CRUSHER EQUIPMENT BROUGHT INTO THE SHOP, HE SLIPPED AND STRUCK HIS LEFT ELBOW ON THE BOWL THREADS, CAUSING A LACERATION AND CONTUSION.

2004 · 2 incidents

October 27, 2004 NE · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lyman Richey Corp dba Central S&G Co · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING WITH THE INSTALLATION OF A REPLACEMENT TAIL PULLEY ON A CONVEYOR. HE REACHED DOWN TO GRAB THE SHAFT TO POSITION IT WHEN IT SLID OVER AND PINCHED HIS LEFT HAND.

June 2, 2004 NE · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Lyman Richey Corp dba Central S&G Co · Struck against a moving object

THE EE WAS SITTING IN DUMP TRUCK BEING LOADED WITH SAND/GRAVEL. THE LOADER OPERATOR DROPPED THE MATERIAL INTO THE DUMP BOX TOO HARD, WHICH CAUSED THE EE'S BACK TO POP AND LOSE SOME FEELING IN HIS LEFT LEG FOR A LITTLE WHILE. EE WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON 6/3/04. HE RECEIVED MEDICATION TO RELAX HIS BACK; NO RESTRICTIONS, RETURN TO DRIVE DUMP TRUCK.

2002 · 1 incident

December 12, 2002 NE · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner OTHER
Lyman Richey Corp dba Central S&G Co · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

IN THE EE WAS AT AN MSHA ANNUAL REFRESHER TRAINING CLASS WHILE SITTING AT A TABLE HE STARTED TO FEEL LIGHT HEADED AND DIZZY. HE STOOD UP AND WAS GOING INTO THE RESTROOM HE FELT LIKE HE WAS GOI NG TO COLLAPSE AN AMBULANCE WAS CALLED, HIS VITAL SIGNS WERE OK-HOSPITAL DIAGNOSIS WAS DEHYDRATION AND ELEVATED BLOOD SUGAR-NOT EATING AND CONSUMING ALCHOL THE NIGHT BEFORE.

2000 · 1 incident

March 17, 2000 NE · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lyman Richey Corp dba Central S&G Co · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS USING A STEEL BAR TO KNOCK LOOSE MATERIAL INTO THE ROCK WASHER. AFTER SEVERAL DAYS HIS SHOULDER MUSCLES WERE STRAINED, WAS NOT REPORTABLE UNTIL 3/24/00.

1999 · 2 incidents

August 28, 1999 NE · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Lyman Richey Corp dba Central S&G Co · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE EE WAS HOOKING CHAINS ON EQUIPMENT, WHEN THE BOOM ON THE FRONTEND LOADER WAS LOWERED WITHOUT WARNING STRIKING THE EE RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE BOOM AND SPLITTER CAUSING THE BROKEN RIGHT MIDDL E FINGER AND LACERATION. THE EE HAD 5 DAYS LOST TIME AND 3 DAYS OF RESTRICTED WORK ACTIVITY. RETURNED TO NORMAL DUTIES OF DRIVING TRUCK ON.

February 9, 1999 NE · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Lyman Richey Corp dba Central S&G Co · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTIN GOFF A PIECE OF HOG PANEL, THAT WAS CAUGHT UNDER A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WITH A CUTTING TORCH, WHEN THE LAST WELD WAS CUT, THE HOG PANEL KICKED BACK AND STRUCK HIS LEFT KN EE FROM THE PRESSURE THAT WAS ON IT. THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION AND WAS INFORMED THAT SURGERY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO REPAIR THE LIGAMENTS - SURGERY ON 2-15-99.

1989 · 2 incidents

September 27, 1989 NE · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lyman Richey Corp dba Central S&G Co · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

A FELLOW EMPLOYEE CLOSED THE LID ON THE TOOL BOX, BUT WAS UNAWARE THE EMPLOYEE HAD HIS HAND STILL INSIDE AND THE LID PUNCTURED THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT HAND.