Mining Incidents

Portable #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Cherokee County · Surface
Controlled by Cherokee County-IA
Cherokee, Cherokee County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1302183

Portable #1 has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $17 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1994
Latest incident
Oct 1994
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
12
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,105
proposed penalties
$1,088
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $17 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
27
inspections on record
182
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: 182 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Portable #1 has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $17 outstanding across 0 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$17
outstanding
12 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-10-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 69 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 145 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 42 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 26 1 0 38461.5
2017 Q3 154 0 0 0.0
Show 67 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 81 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 652 1 0 1533.7
2016 Q2 352 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 32 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 496 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 30 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 625 2 0 3200.0
2015 Q1 223 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 411 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 384 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 26 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 62 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 398 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 58 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 6 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 622 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 180 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 10 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 128 1 1 7812.5
2011 Q4 516 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 470 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 7 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 5 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 484 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 6 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 186 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 376 2 0 5319.1
2009 Q3 685 1 0 1459.9
2009 Q2 305 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 284 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 577 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 6 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 466 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 788 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 84 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 166 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 832 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 430 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 622 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 972 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 72 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,292 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 263 1 0 3802.3
2004 Q3 263 1 0 3802.3
2004 Q2 320 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 194 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 280 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 97 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 431 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 140 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,247 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 220 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 80 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 130 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 544 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,808 1 0 553.1
2001 Q2 280 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 148 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 120 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 120 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 240 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 170 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1994 · 1 incident

October 19, 1994 IA · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger OTHER
Cherokee County · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THERE WERE NO CONTRIBUTING CONDITIONS TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE.

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