Springfield Quarry has $3K 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
13
Years on record
1996–2008
Latest incident
Mar 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
31
citations
5
significant & substantial
$3,129
proposed penalties
$3,129
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 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: 272 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Springfield Quarry has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
31 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-05-16.
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.
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: 2003-07-30, 23 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
3
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (3)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2003-07-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.52
2.43
0.21
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-07-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.5
1.77
0.28
Truck Driver
2003-07-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.65
2.57
0.25
Drill Operator, Rotary
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.
Springfield Quarry recorded 5.77 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2008.
Injury rate, 2008
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
5.77
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.15 and the all-US-mining average was 3.61 cases per 100 workers.
In Nebraska, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.91 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2008 *
5.77
0.00
0.000
2007 *
5.40
0.00
0.000
2006 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2005 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2004 *
7.04
0.00
0.000
2003 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2002 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2001 *
8.35
8.35
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2009
6
2008
15
2007
14
2006
14
2005
12
2004
13
2003
14
2002
13
2001
13
2000
15
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Springfield Quarry sits in Sarpy 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.
Sarpy County, Nebraska · Population 194,051
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$101,402
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
On 3/18/08 the leadman drove onto the quarry ledge to pickup the ee who had been operating a drill. When the ee exited the drill he stepped in a large crack falling up to his waist. The ee stated he was okay. On 5/09/08 the ee called his supervisor at 2:45PM stating that when he woke up that morning his knee was swollen.
2007 · 1 incident
April 25, 2007NE · Metal/Non-Metalcrane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, riggerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
audiological testing STS - possible recordable. Retest scheduled for 9/23 -- awaiting result. (10/4/04 review of 9/23 report: retest shows hearing loss not confirmed.)
April 28, 2004NE · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
EE WAS HAULING ROCK TO PLANT WHEN HIS TRUCK BLEW A HOSE AND THREW OIL ALL OVER HIS WALKING DECK, IT ALSO CAUGHT FIRE AND THE EE WAS PUTTING THE FIRE OUT WITH AN EXTINGUISHER WHEN HE SLIPPED IN THE OIL AND FELL ON HIS KNEES.
2000 · 2 incidents
July 7, 2000NE · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
EE WAS UNCLOGGING ROCK CRUSHER IT WAS TURNED OFF, AND A 4" DIAMETER LIMESTONE ROCK FELL DOWN THROUGH THE BIN FROM THE TOP AND SMASHED HIS HAND. RIGHT HAND.
A POWER BREAKER BLEW IN OUR ELECTRICAL BUILDUP. EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO FIX IT. HE THREW THE BREAKER AND A LARGE ELECTRICAL FLASH BURNED HIS FACE, NECK AND HIS LEFT HAND.
1998 · 2 incidents
May 13, 1998NE · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
2 POSSIBLE CAUSES CONTRIBUTED--(1) EE FELL BACKWARDS 4 FOOT OF OF STEPS ON A QUARRY TRUCK, (2) EE WAS LOOSENING A LARGE BOLT WITH A LARGE WRENCH & CHEATER BAR & STRAINED HIS BACK.
March 25, 1998NE · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerMACHINERY
EMPLOYEE JUST BLACKED OUT AND DROPPED TO THE GROUND CAUSING A PUNCTURE WOUND TO HIS HEAD. PUNCTURE WOUND DID NOT REQUIRE STITCHES. POSSIBLE HEART CONDITION. THEY ARE STILL RUNNING TESTS AT THI S TIME. POSSIBLE MEDICATION REQUIRED.
EE WAS INSTALLING CABLE UNDER OFFICE TRAILER-SLIPPED OFF ICEY STEPS OF TRAILER & FELL ON HARD FROZEN GROUND-DIRECTLY ON LEFT SHOULDER TEARING ROTATOR CUFF REQUIRING PHYSICAL THERAPY.