Mining Incidents

Warnke Pit: 21 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Ace Sand & Gravel · Surface
Controlled by Daniel Thies
Beatrice, Jefferson County, NE  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2501017

Warnke Pit has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
21
citations
5
significant & substantial
$3,981
proposed penalties
$1,638
paid to date
41% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,343 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
28
inspections on record
273
inspection hours
n/a
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: 273 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Warnke Pit has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
21 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-07-17.
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.
23.8%
significant & substantial
19.0%
high negligence or reckless
23.8%
reasonably likely or greater
47.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 9.5% low, 71.4% moderate, 19.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
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: 2004-04-22, 22 years ago
1
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2004-04-22 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Front-end Loader 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.
Ownership history
  1. Ace Sand & Gravel 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2018 0
2017 1
2016 1
2015 1
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 1
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.

Warnke Pit sits in Jefferson County, Nebraska, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Jefferson County, Nebraska · Population 7,155
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$60,568
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
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 150 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 253 1 0 3952.6
2017 Q2 400 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 80 0 0 0.0
Show 66 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q2 80 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 360 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 206 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,240 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 478 3 1 6276.2
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 918 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,956 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 950 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 926 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 878 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,065 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 650 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 810 1 1 1234.6
2011 Q2 720 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 1,443 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,234 1 0 447.6
2010 Q2 1,074 3 2 2793.3
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 757 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,197 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,318 1 0 758.7
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 1,098 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,604 4 0 2493.8
2008 Q2 791 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 56 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,297 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,612 1 0 620.3
2007 Q2 756 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 150 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,215 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,852 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,126 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 240 4 1 16666.7
2005 Q4 722 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,183 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,456 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 228 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,067 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,377 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,162 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 146 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,129 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,786 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 800 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 45 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,494 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 893 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 150 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 945 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,436 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 906 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 150 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,058 2 0 1890.4
2000 Q3 848 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 985 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 173 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.