Mining Incidents

Portable #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Tyler Kimzey
Kimball, Sedgwick County, CO  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2501258

Portable #1 has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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
59
citations
14
significant & substantial
$11,881
proposed penalties
$11,881
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
32
inspections on record
435
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: 435 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 $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
59 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-09-10.
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 951 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,126 1 0 888.1
2025 Q2 1,438 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 1,373 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,623 3 0 1848.4
2024 Q1 251 0 0 0.0
Show 59 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 475 6 0 12631.6
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 786 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 5,876 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,948 1 0 339.2
2022 Q1 1,745 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,840 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,644 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,944 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,062 13 1 6304.6
2020 Q4 3,683 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 5,879 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 4,047 1 0 247.1
2020 Q1 1,744 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,766 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 6,060 4 2 660.1
2019 Q2 2,944 7 2 2377.7
2019 Q1 2,363 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 3,101 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,234 1 0 309.2
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 1,102 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,111 6 3 2842.3
2016 Q2 3,560 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,147 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,586 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,159 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,822 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 1,876 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,702 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,401 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,571 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,702 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,616 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,060 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 3,675 2 0 544.2
2012 Q4 2,674 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,362 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,967 2 0 674.1
2012 Q1 4,563 2 0 438.3
2011 Q4 862 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,888 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,432 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 4,370 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,606 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,379 6 4 2522.1
2009 Q3 1,620 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,568 4 2 2551.0

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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