Mining Incidents

WIDGA PIT Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vayden Anderson
Merrick County, NE  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2500308

MSHA record for WIDGA PIT (mine ID 2500308). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1993–2000
Latest incident
Oct 2000
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
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 463 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 434 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,161 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,186 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 993 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,240 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2000 · 2 incidents

October 18, 2000 NE · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Overland Sand & Gravel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HELPING PUT ON PIPE & THE FLEX HOSE WITH A FLANGE ON THE END CAME BACK & HIT HIM IN THE FOOT

January 11, 2000 NE · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Overland Sand & Gravel Company · Struck against a moving object

LOWER BACK PROBLEMS WHILE RUNNING THE SCRAPER OVER A PERIOD OF A FEW DAYS.

1993 · 2 incidents

October 15, 1993 NE · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Overland Sand & Gravel Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS AT THE SCALES WEIGHING HIS TRUCK. HE GOT OUT OF HIS TRUCK TO GO TO THE SCALE HOUSE, STEPPED IN A HOLE AND TWISTED BACK.

April 19, 1993 NE · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Overland Sand & Gravel Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS LIFTING A SAND TROUGH ABOVE HIS HEAD. HE STRAINED HIS NECK. HE VISITED THE CHIRO ON 4-23-93. HE WILL MAKE ON MORE VISIT TO THE CHIRO.

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