Scottsbluff - Kembel Pit has $6K 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
4
Years on record
1985–1992
Latest incident
May 1992
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
18
citations
7
significant & substantial
$5,970
proposed penalties
$2,421
paid to date
41% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,549 gap.
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: 299 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Scottsbluff - Kembel Pit has $6K 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $5K in penalties contested before the Commission, $721 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-08-02.
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.
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.
4citations taken to the federal commission · 22% of citations on record
Settled
3 · 75%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 25%
75%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
84%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$5K proposed, $721 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 2010-07-29.
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.
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: 2019-10-17, 6 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (4)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2019-10-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2019-10-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dredge/Barge Operator
2010-09-01
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
0.45
0.38
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-09-01
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
1.32
0.13
Laborer, Bullgang
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2023
0
2022
2
2021
2
2020
3
2019
2
2018
2
2017
2
2016
3
2015
2
2014
2
2013
3
2012
4
2011
4
2010
5
2009
3
2008
3
2007
4
2006
3
2005
3
2004
4
2003
1
2002
0
2001
1
2000
1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Scottsbluff - Kembel Pit sits in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska · Population 35,937
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$60,960
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
2023 Q3
0
0
0
2023 Q2
0
0
0
2023 Q1
0
0
0
2022 Q4
0
0
0
2022 Q3
347
1
0
2881.8
2022 Q2
192
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
0
0
0
2021 Q4
124
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2021 Q3
367
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
1
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
1
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
243
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
466
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
291
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
1
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
216
1
0
4629.6
2019 Q3
412
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
251
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
0
0
0
2018 Q4
65
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
290
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
73
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
0
0
0
2017 Q4
201
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
508
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
295
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
0
0
0
2016 Q4
422
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
832
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
597
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
51
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
200
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
495
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
300
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
0
0
0
2014 Q4
120
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
225
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
144
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
0
0
0
2013 Q4
94
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
537
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
309
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
70
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
685
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
564
1
0
1773.0
2012 Q2
1,114
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
70
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
222
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
672
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
180
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
40
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
1,588
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
672
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
474
11
6
23206.8
2010 Q1
392
1
0
2551.0
2009 Q4
587
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
1,116
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
935
2
1
2139.0
2009 Q1
641
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
766
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
1,249
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
390
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
502
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
363
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
862
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
614
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
1,686
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
547
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
883
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
912
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
971
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
1,236
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
1,536
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
789
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
1,048
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
924
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
1,470
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
2,119
1
0
471.9
2004 Q1
1,752
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
642
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
0
0
0
2003 Q2
0
0
0
2003 Q1
0
0
0
2002 Q4
0
0
0
2002 Q3
0
0
0
2002 Q2
0
0
0
2002 Q1
0
0
0
2001 Q4
0
0
0
2001 Q3
12
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
16
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
0
0
0
2000 Q4
0
0
0
2000 Q3
20
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
1,140
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
101
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file
1992 · 1 incident
May 23, 1992NE · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handMACHINERY
Kembel Sand & Gravel · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
WELDING ON DOG HOUSE IT FELL OVER PINNING FOOT BENEATH
1990 · 2 incidents
August 1, 1990NE · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handMACHINERY