W&R (Alex) Pit & Plant has $6K 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
5
Years on record
2000–2008
Latest incident
Oct 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
40
citations
12
significant & substantial
$5,553
proposed penalties
$5,553
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: 366 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘA Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2020-03-31.
On record since 2020.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
W&R (Alex) Pit & Plant has $6K 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
38 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-02.
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.
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: 2026-08-04
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
8
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg7
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (8)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2026-08-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2026-08-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dredge/Barge Operator
2023-09-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-09-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2017-05-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
0.87
0.17
Dredge/Barge Operator
2017-05-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-03-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-03-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
6
2025
5
2024
6
2023
5
2022
5
2021
6
2020
5
2019
4
2018
5
2017
4
2016
4
2015
3
2014
3
2013
3
2012
3
2011
3
2010
2
2009
2
2008
2
2007
2
2006
2
2005
2
2004
2
2003
2
2002
2
2001
2
2000
3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
W&R (Alex) Pit & Plant sits in Thayer County, Nebraska, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Thayer County, Nebraska · Population 4,938
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$63,095
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
2026 Q2
2,418
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
637
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
2,806
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
2,851
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
3,003
2
0
666.0
2025 Q1
90
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
2,276
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
2,314
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
2,273
1
0
439.9
2024 Q1
191
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
2,249
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
2,345
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
2,377
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
90
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
2,082
1
0
480.3
2022 Q3
2,389
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
2,292
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
866
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
2,392
3
0
1254.2
2021 Q3
2,213
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
2,372
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
917
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
2,166
2
0
923.4
2020 Q3
2,664
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
2,100
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
442
4
2
9049.8
2019 Q4
1,510
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
1,821
1
0
549.1
2019 Q2
1,983
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
90
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
1,355
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
2,273
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
2,007
2
1
996.5
2018 Q1
1,243
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
2,019
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
2,280
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
2,110
6
3
2843.6
2017 Q1
950
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
1,260
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
1,965
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
1,629
1
0
613.9
2016 Q1
223
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
1,640
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
1,769
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
1,391
2
2
1437.8
2015 Q1
302
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
1,293
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
1,577
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
1,575
3
1
1904.8
2014 Q1
564
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
1,206
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
1,608
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
1,335
2
1
1498.1
2013 Q1
261
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
1,170
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
1,083
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
1,218
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
363
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
1,020
1
0
980.4
2011 Q3
1,231
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
1,543
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
672
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
1,070
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
1,585
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
1,133
1
0
882.6
2010 Q1
192
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
859
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
828
3
2
3623.2
2009 Q2
1,356
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
221
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
1,252
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
1,424
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
1,656
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
562
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
1,114
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
1,354
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
1,332
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
285
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
1,250
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
664
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
490
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
602
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
633
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
1,091
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
504
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
28
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
669
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
292
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
507
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
218
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
1,220
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
980
1
0
1020.4
2003 Q2
637
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
194
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
1,064
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
1,650
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
1,319
2
0
1516.3
2002 Q1
48
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
1,107
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
1,240
1
0
806.5
2001 Q2
433
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
26
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
886
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
1,556
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file
2008 · 2 incidents
October 20, 2008NE · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Miner was tightening packing gland on cyclone pump. Wrench slipped oof of nut, hand struck a hose clamp. Miner was wearing gloves, however, the clamp cut through glove and lacerated right thumb. Required 3 stitches, tetanus vaccination and Rx anitiodic.
2007 · 1 incident
September 26, 2007NE · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
2 men working on a dredge sleeve, in process of bolting up the sleeve to pipeline the dredge sleeve fell and EE grabbed one end of it to keep it from going into the lake. The suddent jolt caused an acute strain of his left shoulder
MINER WAS TIGHTENING A CLAMP ON A DREDGE SLEEVE. THE CLAMP BROKE, CAUSING MINER TO LOOSE BALANCE AND FALL AGAINST A BRACE, RESULTING IN MINER'S BUTT STRIKING AGAINST THE BRACE, RESULTING IN FR ACTURED TAILBONE.
2000 · 1 incident
October 12, 2000NE · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handPOWERED HAULAGE