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WIDGA PIT: 4 reportable incidents 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
Ownership history
  1. Overland Sand & Gravel Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2001 1
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

WIDGA PIT sits in Merrick 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.
Merrick County, Nebraska · Population 7,696
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$62,849
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
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.