We were removing the discharge chute from a dewatering screw, I removed the bolts from one side it fell towards the side still bolted when employee had his hand between the chute and the frame. It pinched his index finger and middle finger causing him to need sutures. Also his index finger was fractured.
Shoemaker Pit Metal/Non-Metal
Apex Sand and Gravel, LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
John Adam Reed
Brownson,
Kimball County,
NE
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2501295
Shoemaker Pit has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2015
- Latest incident
- Aug 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
46
citations
14
significant & substantial
$12,817
proposed penalties
$12,817
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
17
inspections on record
219
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: 219 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Shoemaker Pit has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.$13K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
46 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-24.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q3 | 301 | 1 | 0 | 3322.3 |
| 2025 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q2 | 2,646 | 8 | 3 | 3023.4 |
| 2024 Q1 | 1,068 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2023 Q3 | 209 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q2 | 681 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2022 Q4 | 2,476 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 3,034 | 3 | 1 | 988.8 |
| 2022 Q2 | 1,265 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 1,216 | 3 | 0 | 2467.1 |
| 2021 Q4 | 1,626 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 2,606 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 2,794 | 6 | 5 | 2147.5 |
| 2021 Q1 | 1,789 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 1,626 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 1,755 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 0 | 11 | 2 | |
| 2019 Q3 | 7,752 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 1,031 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 1,568 | 1 | 0 | 637.8 |
| 2018 Q2 | 1,628 | 1 | 1 | 614.3 |
| 2018 Q1 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 585 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 5,118 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 1,498 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 1,062 | 6 | 2 | 5649.7 |
| 2016 Q4 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 323 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q4 | 1,080 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 1,827 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file2015 · 1 incident
Apex Sand and Gravel, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
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