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PORTABLE DREDGE #1: 33 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Michael Werner
Belvidere, Adams County, NE  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2501233

PORTABLE DREDGE #1 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2009–2011
Latest incident
Jun 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
33
citations
14
significant & substantial
$4,833
proposed penalties
$4,833
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Werner Aggregates, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
26
inspections on record
263
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: 263 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

PORTABLE DREDGE #1 has $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
33 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-05.
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.
42.4%
significant & substantial
9.1%
high negligence or reckless
42.4%
reasonably likely or greater
60.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 12.1% low, 78.8% moderate, 9.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2025-06-05
3
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-06-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2019-07-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-07-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2016-10-19, 9 years ago
1
samples
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2016-10-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 SF DREDGE/BARGE
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.
Ownership history
  1. Werner Aggregates, Inc. 2007 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 3
2024 3
2023 3
2022 3
2021 3
2020 4
2019 9
2018 5
2017 2
2016 3
2015 2
2014 3
2013 3
2012 3
2011 3
2010 3
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

PORTABLE DREDGE #1 sits in Adams 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.
Adams County, Nebraska · Population 31,034
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$65,680
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 760 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 17 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 734 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 337 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 440 1 0 2272.7
2025 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 807 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 435 1 0 2298.9
Show 69 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 183 1 0 5464.5
2024 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 307 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,401 2 0 1427.6
2023 Q2 803 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 31 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 734 2 0 2724.8
2022 Q2 1,781 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 190 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,242 1 1 805.2
2021 Q3 1,912 1 0 523.0
2021 Q2 1,759 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 21 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,723 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,063 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,194 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 2,014 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,692 3 2 639.4
2019 Q2 3,730 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 142 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 140 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 165 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 32 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 22 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 451 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 34 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 1,599 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,091 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 815 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 301 1 0 3322.3
2015 Q1 72 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,098 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,728 2 2 1157.4
2014 Q2 1,971 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 373 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,775 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,774 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 402 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,390 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 465 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,458 3 2 1220.5
2012 Q2 2,286 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,447 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,311 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,844 2 2 1084.6
2011 Q2 2,491 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 371 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,588 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,656 5 3 1882.5
2010 Q2 2,797 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 194 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 475 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,876 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,470 1 0 680.3
2009 Q1 170 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,210 3 0 2479.3
2008 Q3 809 1 1 1236.1
2008 Q2 513 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 148 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 886 3 1 3386.0
2007 Q3 1,540 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,564 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2011 · 1 incident

June 6, 2011 NE · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man OTHER
Werner Aggregates, Inc. · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Individual reported for duty on 6/6. He stated that he did not feel well. Supervisor sent for him medical treatment; no symptoms noted. Worker sent home for the day. He returned on 6/7; he felt worse. Further examination found a mild stroke prior 6/6. Individual is currently hospitalized. Report is filed as information only per MSHA-PEIR/Denver.

2009 · 1 incident

April 2, 2009 NE · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Werner Aggregates, Inc. · Fall down stairs

Worker was exiting a shop trailer at the end of the shift. Access was by a manufactured stairway system with handrails on both sides. Worker missed first step and fell approximately 4 feet to the ground (packed sand). Worker landed on his left shoulder. Experienced severe pain the following morning. Orthopaedic consultation scheduled for 4/6/9.