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Pit #77 Grand Island Metal/Non-Metal

Central Sand and Gravel Company · Surface

Controlled by CRH PLC

Grand Island, Hall County, NE · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 2500686

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 2000–2003
Latest incident: Jun 2003

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2001

citations

significant & substantial

$1,002

proposed penalties

$1,002

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2008 Q2	0	0	0
2008 Q1	0	0	0
2007 Q4	0	0	0
2007 Q3	1,110	0	0	0.0
2007 Q2	2,935	2	1	681.4
2006 Q4	3,278	0	0	0.0
2006 Q3	636	0	0	0.0
2006 Q2	3,684	0	0	0.0

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2003 · 1 incident

June 25, 2003 NE · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand OTHER

Central Sand and Gravel Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS ONLY HANDLING TOOLS TO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE AS A CONVEYOR BELT WAS BEING SPLICED BACK TOGETHER. IT WAS WARM & HUMID ON THIS DAY, BUT NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY. EE BEGAN TO LOOK PALE AND WAS SWEATING MORE THAN USUAL. CO-WORKER FELT HIS PULSE IT WAS RACING. HE TOOK HIM TO MEDICAL CENTER. STRESS TEST & CATHERIZATION DETERMINED THAT HE HAD BLOCKAGE RESULTING IN SURGERY.

2001 · 1 incident

September 11, 2001 NE · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner FIRE

Central Sand and Gravel Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

THE EMPLOYEE WAS USING A GAS TORCH TO REMOVE A BAD BEARING ON A SHAKER, WHEN CUTTING THROUGH THE INNER RACE OF THE BEARING, THE MULTI-PURPOSEGREASE IGNITED BEHIND THE BEARING IN A TUBE THAT IT HAD PURGED THROUGH. THIS CAUSED A FLASH FIRE RESULTING IN THE BURNS TO THE EMPLOYEE. THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT MISS ANY WORK AND IS CONTINUING HISDUTIES AS PIT FOREMAN. HE'S SOME WHAT RESTRICTED

2000 · 1 incident

September 5, 2000 NE · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Central Sand and Gravel Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING WITH REPLACEMENT OF STEEL PADS IN THE DE-WATERING SCREW, WHEN APAD SLIPPED OUT OF HIS RIGHT HAND, STRIKING THE TIP OF HIS LEFT RING FINGER, CAUSING A FRACTURE OF BON E TIP AND ABRASION. 30-35 LB FLAT STEEL PAD FOR THE DE-WATERING SCREW.