Mining Incidents

Portable #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Bourbon County-KS
Bronson, Bourbon County, KS  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1401129

Portable #1 has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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
2024
Latest incident
Jan 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
113
citations
26
significant & substantial
$12,998
proposed penalties
$12,998
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
62
inspections on record
630
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: 630 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 $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
113 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-04-10.
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
2025 Q4 832 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 855 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 908 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 880 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 983 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 975 1 0 1025.6
2023 Q4 915 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,337 0 0 0.0
Show 93 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q2 1,132 1 0 883.4
2023 Q1 1,103 2 0 1813.2
2022 Q4 1,498 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,228 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,522 1 0 657.0
2022 Q1 1,254 8 4 6379.6
2021 Q4 1,221 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,207 1 0 828.5
2021 Q2 1,755 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,000 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,056 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,028 1 0 972.8
2020 Q2 1,040 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,017 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 707 1 0 1414.4
2019 Q3 1,114 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,083 1 0 923.4
2019 Q1 963 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 921 3 1 3257.3
2018 Q3 1,019 3 0 2944.1
2018 Q2 1,067 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,021 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 808 2 0 2475.2
2017 Q3 1,186 1 1 843.2
2017 Q2 1,133 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,159 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 987 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,136 1 0 880.3
2016 Q2 1,213 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,307 1 1 765.1
2015 Q4 1,100 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,101 4 3 3633.1
2015 Q2 1,153 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,407 5 1 3553.7
2014 Q4 1,005 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,100 2 1 1818.2
2014 Q2 911 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,243 2 1 1609.0
2013 Q4 1,138 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 996 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 944 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,000 1 0 1000.0
2012 Q4 1,201 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,606 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,605 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,642 8 1 4872.1
2011 Q4 1,928 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,175 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,154 3 0 1392.8
2011 Q1 2,195 2 0 911.2
2010 Q4 2,148 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,152 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,157 4 0 1854.4
2010 Q1 2,083 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,167 10 4 4614.7
2009 Q3 2,261 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,255 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,174 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,717 1 1 582.4
2008 Q3 2,343 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,235 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,183 8 1 3664.7
2007 Q4 1,653 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,648 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,671 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,109 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,532 7 3 4569.2
2006 Q3 1,667 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,648 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,003 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,628 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,654 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,656 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,194 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,699 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,151 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,661 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,590 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,714 1 0 583.4
2003 Q3 1,275 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,603 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,597 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,650 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,957 1 0 511.0
2002 Q2 1,767 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,545 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,570 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,819 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,694 3 0 1771.0
2001 Q1 1,604 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,631 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,826 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,540 21 3 13636.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2024 · 1 incident

January 4, 2024 KS · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bourbon County Public Works Dept. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee was loading holes on 1/4/24. Conditions were muddy and icy. They stepped off a rock and felt discomfort in left knee but continued to work and didn't go to the doctor. After extended rest, the knee was still bothering them months later. They went to the doctor on 3/7/24 and was off for 7 days.

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A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.