Mining Incidents

Elba Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Howard, Howard County, NE  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2500979

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2002
Latest incident
Mar 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
37
citations
6
significant & substantial
$13,612
proposed penalties
$10,182
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
2021 Q2 445 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 421 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 717 1 0 1394.7
2020 Q2 1,080 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 51 5 1 98039.2
2019 Q3 1,064 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 240 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 56 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
March 29, 2002 NE · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Tri-County Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ONE EMPLOYEE INSIDE CAB OF TRUCK, ONE EMPLOYEE UNDER TRUCK TRYING TO TROUBLE-SHOOT PROBLEM WITH THE PTO CABLE. BED RAISED INADVERTENTLY AND VICTIM PLACED HIMSELF BETWEEN THE TRUCK BED AND FRA ME TO WATCH EMPLOYEE UNDER THE TRUCK BED. BED INADVERTENTLY LOWERED ON THE VICTIM. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL AND PASSED AWAY SEVERAL HOURS LATER.