Mining Incidents

Quinn Sand & Gravel Dredge #2: 14 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Quinn Sand & Gravel · Surface
Controlled by Michael D Quinn
Ainsworth, Brown County, NE  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2501246

Quinn Sand & Gravel Dredge #2 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $500 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
14
citations
5
significant & substantial
$1,972
proposed penalties
$1,472
paid to date
75% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $500 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
13
inspections on record
137
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: 137 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Quinn Sand & Gravel Dredge #2 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $500 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$500
outstanding
14 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-07-15.
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.
35.7%
significant & substantial
7.1%
high negligence or reckless
35.7%
reasonably likely or greater
42.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 92.9% moderate, 7.1% 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: 2010-08-03, 16 years ago
1
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2010-08-03 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 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.
Ownership history
  1. Quinn Sand & Gravel 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Quinn Sand & Gravel Dredge #2 sits in Brown County, Nebraska, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Brown County, Nebraska · Population 2,739
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$51,538
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
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 92 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 196 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 52 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 192 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 474 4 4 8438.8
2015 Q2 149 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 100 0 0 0.0
Show 27 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2014 Q4 172 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 380 2 0 5263.2
2014 Q2 354 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 92 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 132 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 380 1 0 2631.6
2013 Q2 441 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 66 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 368 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 380 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 440 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 68 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 296 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 598 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 472 2 0 4237.3
2011 Q1 72 1 0 13888.9
2010 Q4 258 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 502 3 1 5976.1
2010 Q2 370 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 66 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 354 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 562 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 446 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 12 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 292 1 0 3424.7
2008 Q2 20 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.