Fort Calhoun Stone Company · Fall from machine
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Rinker Materials Ft Calhoun West Quarry: 1 MSHA citation Metal/Non-Metal
Rinker Materials Ft Calhoun West Quarry has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1998. MSHA has proposed $55 in penalties since 2002.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 1998
- Latest incident
- Nov 1998
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
1
citations
0
significant & substantial
$55
proposed penalties
$55
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
2
inspections on record
27
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 27 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Rinker Materials Ft Calhoun West Quarry has $55 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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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 2002-06-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 100.0% low, 0.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
- Fort Calhoun Stone Company 1950 to 2002
- Rinker Materials Western Inc. 2002 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2003 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 |
| 2001 | 5 |
| 2000 | 7 |
| 1999 | 10 |
| 1998 | 8 |
| 1997 | 8 |
| 1996 | 7 |
| 1995 | 11 |
| 1994 | 7 |
| 1993 | 6 |
| 1992 | 2 |
| 1991 | 1 |
| 1990 | 2 |
| 1989 | 2 |
| 1988 | 2 |
| 1987 | 2 |
| 1986 | 3 |
| 1985 | 6 |
| 1984 | 5 |
| 1983 | 6 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.
Rinker Materials Ft Calhoun West Quarry sits in Washington County, Nebraska, where the Census mining category is 0.4% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Washington County, Nebraska · Population 20,989
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$90,188
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002 Q4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002 Q2 | 990 | 1 | 0 | 1010.1 |
| 2002 Q1 | 155 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q4 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 Q3 | 2,674 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q2 | 1,321 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 2,932 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000 Q3 | 5,618 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 6,005 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 | 2,591 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.