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: 21 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 #83, Ashland has $55 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.
$55
proposed penalties
$55
current assessed
$55
paid to date
$0
outstanding
1 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-07-19.
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.
Pit #83, Ashland recorded 7.67 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2000.
Injury rate, 2000
ⓘ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.
7.67
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 4.77 and the all-US-mining average was 5.64 cases per 100 workers.
In Nebraska, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 4.29 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.
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
2003
0
2002
1
2001
8
2000
10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Pit #83, Ashland sits in Saunders County, Nebraska, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Saunders County, Nebraska · Population 22,761
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$89,395
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
THE EE WAS PULLING 0N A PIPE WRENCH TO LOOSEN A 3" FITTING, WHEN THE PIPE WRENCH SLIPPED, CAUSING HIM TO STIRKE HIS FOREHEAD ON THE METAL FRAME OF THE DREDGE. THE MINER LACERATION NEEDED STITC HES.
1998 · 2 incidents
October 26, 1998NE · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
THE EE WAS REMOVING A PIECE OF EXPANDED METAL FROM THE DREDGE WITH ANOTHER EE WHEN HE STUMBLED AND LOST HIS BALANCE AS HE FELL HE GRABBED THE EXPANDED METAL TO BREAK HIS FALL. WHEN DOING SO HI S LEFT MIDDLE FINGER WAS CAUGHT IN THE EXPANDED METAL CAUSING A DEEP LACERATION AND CUTTING A TENDON. THE EE RECEIVED MEDICAL ATTENTION TO REPAIR THE TENDON AND SUTURES. RETURNED NEXT SHIFT.
April 15, 1998NE · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handOTHER
THE EE HAD SHGUT DOWN THE DREDGE BECAUSE OF A SEVERE STORM AND WAS STEPPING DOWN INTO THE JON BOAT WHEN THE WAVES TIPPED THE BOAT THROWING THE EE AGAINST THE EDGE OF THE DREDGE WITH HIS LEFT S HOULDER, CAUSING CONTUSIONS & DISLOCATION OF HISLEFT SHOULDER.
1997 · 1 incident
May 8, 1997NE · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handOTHER
EMP WAS ASSISTING WIHT ADDING SOME 40' SECTIONS OF PIPE TO DREDGE PIPELINE. EMP WAS WRAPPING A CHAIN AROUND THE DREDGE PIPELINE WHEN WIND CAUSED PIPELINE TO SHIFT. THIS CAUSED SLACK IN CHAIN T TO TIGHTEN UP, PINCHING THE TIP OF EMPS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.
EMP WAS POSITIONING HIMSELF IN A FOUR POINT STANCE HOLDING A UTILITY KNIFE IN HIS RT HAND, WHILETRYING TO BEND 3/4" THICK LIVE RUBBER OVER BACKWARDS TO CUT IT. EMP SET RT KNEE ON UTILITY KNIFE WHICH CAUSED 1 1/2" CUT ON RT KNEE, STITCHES.
1994 · 1 incident
May 6, 1994NE · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A STEEL PRY BAR TO TRYO TO REMOVE A TREE BRANCH FROM THE DREDGE CUTTER HEAD WHEN THE BRANCH SNAPPED BACK STRIKING THE EMPLOYEES LEFT HAND THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED MEDICAL TREAT MENT FOR THREE BROKEN BONES IN HIS LEFT HAND THEEMPLOYEE HAD TWO DAYS LOST TIME & THEN RETURNED TO WORK TO OPERATE THE DREDGE
1993 · 2 incidents
August 31, 1993NE · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPL WAS HELPING INSTALL A SECTION OF PIPE IN THE PIPELINE, WHEN HE GRABBED THE END OF THE PIPE WITH HIS LEFT HAND. HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS CUT BY A SHARP BURR ON THE END OF THE PIPE. THE 1/2" LACERATION REQUIRED STITCHES.
June 3, 1993NE · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
EMPLLYEE STATED HE WAS PUTTING PIPELINE TOGETHER WHEN THE LOADER OPERATOR JERKED THE BUCKET CAUSING THE PIPE TO STRIKE HIS RT KNEE LOADER OPERATOR DID NOT OBSERVE THIS & STA TED IT DID NOT OCC UR THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT REPORT THE INJURY UNTIL 3 WEEKS LATER AT WHICH TIME HE QUIT FOR VARIOUS OTHER REASONS TWO MONTHS PRIOR HE MENTIONED QUITTING & FAKING INJURY