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West Center Sand Metal/Non-Metal

Roscoe, Douglas County, NE  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2501231

West Center Sand has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2012–2026
Latest incident
Jan 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
46
citations
6
significant & substantial
$15,152
proposed penalties
$14,513
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $639 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
45
inspections on record
506
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: 506 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

West Center Sand has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 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.
$15K
proposed penalties
$15K
current assessed
$15K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
45 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-04-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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
2025 Q4 5,307 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 5,156 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 8,613 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 5,308 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 10,598 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 13,815 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 13,194 1 0 75.8
2024 Q1 9,032 0 0 0.0
Show 67 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 11,526 3 0 260.3
2023 Q3 12,736 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 13,125 3 0 228.6
2023 Q1 10,954 4 0 365.2
2022 Q4 9,949 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 12,412 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 13,602 3 0 220.6
2022 Q1 11,648 2 0 171.7
2021 Q4 14,797 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 11,769 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 10,988 5 2 455.0
2021 Q1 8,094 2 0 247.1
2020 Q4 11,518 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 9,488 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 8,726 4 2 458.4
2020 Q1 7,426 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 10,366 2 0 192.9
2019 Q3 6,242 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 6,217 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 4,396 1 0 227.5
2018 Q4 6,135 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 7,367 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,999 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,068 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,238 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,508 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,622 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,114 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,976 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,094 1 0 244.3
2016 Q2 4,272 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,765 1 1 361.7
2015 Q4 3,639 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,986 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,004 1 0 249.8
2015 Q1 1,887 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,249 1 0 307.8
2014 Q3 3,580 4 0 1117.3
2014 Q2 3,766 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,374 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,391 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,016 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,788 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,430 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,730 1 1 268.1
2012 Q3 6,237 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 5,354 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 5,786 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 7,561 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 6,898 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 5,887 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,665 2 0 750.5
2010 Q4 5,641 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 5,716 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 6,375 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 5,440 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 6,755 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 6,850 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 6,772 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 4,710 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 5,333 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 6,326 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,720 5 0 1059.3
2008 Q1 5,743 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 5,258 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 5,078 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,414 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2026 · 1 incident

January 26, 2026 NE · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec OTHER
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Upon completing repairs to a 336 excavator, then descending from the machine, left foot touched the ground, the Technician felt a pop in their Left knee. Pain increased over the next few days, and Technician decided to seek medical attention. All PPE was properly worn at the time of the incident.

2021 · 1 incident

July 13, 2021 NE · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The employee then reached to close a dredge man door, as the employee grabbed the handle to start pulling the employee's hand slipped off and the middle finger of the left hand swung over to the door frame and got caught between the door and the frame stop. The door impacted the middle finger tip at the stop causing a laceration.

2015 · 1 incident

April 3, 2015 NE · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mallard Sand and Gravel · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employees were placing the dredge power cord into the roller hangers on the pontoon hangers and the employees gloves were wet and he dropped the power cord on his right wrist. Which got pinched between the power cord and the pipeline.

2014 · 1 incident

December 23, 2014 NE · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mallard Sand and Gravel · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employees were removing pipeline off the water from the dredge. Employee was removing bolts from the pipeline flange, after the bolts were removed employee made sure everyone was clear and swung the pipeline behind him and one of the employees walked forward and was struck in the right ankle.

2012 · 1 incident

June 5, 2012 NE · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mallard Sand and Gravel · Struck against stationary object

The employee was crouched down with his head under the lift arm of a loader putting a rubber seal on the bucket pin after greasing it. When he went to get back up he struck the top of his head on the loader arm.

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