Mining Incidents

Portable #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Weeping Water, Cass County, NE  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2501256

Portable #1 has $14K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
17
citations
10
significant & substantial
$13,771
proposed penalties
$13,771
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
14
inspections on record
155
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: 155 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 $14K 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.
$14K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
16 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-08-29.
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 15 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 7 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 22 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 62 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 74 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 82 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 12 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
Show 25 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 3 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 81 7 5 86419.8
2023 Q2 85 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 9 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 19 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 34 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 83 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 159 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 459 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 137 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 459 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 444 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 575 1 0 1739.1
2010 Q4 518 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 567 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 390 4 2 10256.4
2010 Q1 94 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 72 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 420 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 854 1 0 1171.0
2009 Q1 417 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.

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