Mining Incidents

WOLFE SAND & GRAVEL PIT: 27 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Wolfe Sand & Gravel · Surface
Controlled by Elmer Wolfe
Bayard, Scotts Bluff County, NE  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2500645

WOLFE SAND & GRAVEL PIT has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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 2008
27
citations
10
significant & substantial
$3,341
proposed penalties
$3,341
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
32
inspections on record
328
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: 328 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

WOLFE SAND & GRAVEL PIT has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
22 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $661 in penalties contested before the Commission, $661 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-10-03.
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.
45.5%
significant & substantial
9.1%
high negligence or reckless
45.5%
reasonably likely or greater
72.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 4.5% low, 86.4% moderate, 9.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 11% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$661 proposed, $661 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2016-11-30.
Contested penalties
A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
CENT 2017-0094 Settlement Lesnick 2017 $661 → $661
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2018-10-23, 7 years ago
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2018-10-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2011-08-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2016-09-21, 9 years ago
1
samples
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2016-09-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
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. Wolfe Sand & Gravel 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2019 1
2018 1
2017 1
2016 1
2015 1
2014 2
2013 1
2012 1
2011 2
2010 1
2009 2
2008 1
2007 2
2006 1
2005 2
2004 1
2003 1
2002 1
2001 1
2000 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

WOLFE SAND & GRAVEL PIT sits in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska · Population 35,937
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$60,960
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
2019 Q3 127 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 171 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 227 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 311 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 277 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 173 1 1 5780.3
2017 Q3 318 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 328 0 0 0.0
Show 68 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q1 190 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 312 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 319 8 3 25078.4
2016 Q2 304 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 294 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 360 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 448 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 379 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 75 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 191 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 400 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 495 1 0 2020.2
2014 Q1 263 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 324 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 441 1 0 2267.6
2013 Q2 486 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 365 1 0 2739.7
2012 Q4 455 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 555 1 0 1801.8
2012 Q2 510 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 420 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 567 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 442 1 1 2262.4
2011 Q1 1,080 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 514 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 643 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 420 5 0 11904.8
2010 Q1 400 6 4 15000.0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 925 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,108 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 424 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 480 2 1 4166.7
2008 Q3 184 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 564 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 441 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 540 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 543 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 242 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 486 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 486 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 420 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 248 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 410 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 303 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 490 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 176 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 381 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 573 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 143 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 594 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 108 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 315 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 389 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 414 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 552 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 486 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 456 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 312 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 421 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 273 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 269 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 103 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 328 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 268 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.