Mining Incidents

Portable #2 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Wayne Klinger
Rockton, Winnebago County, IL  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1103104

Portable #2 has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $155 outstanding across 8 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 2002
76
citations
9
significant & substantial
$8,995
proposed penalties
$8,749
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $246 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
47
inspections on record
440
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: 440 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 #2 has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $155 outstanding across 8 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$155
outstanding
73 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-09-03.
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 1,433 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,561 8 0 5124.9
2025 Q2 1,330 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 422 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,590 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,249 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,222 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 77 0 0 0.0
Show 86 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,232 5 0 4058.4
2023 Q3 1,330 3 0 2255.6
2023 Q2 1,758 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 65 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,386 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,534 2 1 1303.8
2022 Q2 1,368 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 38 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 838 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,490 7 1 4698.0
2021 Q2 1,402 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 184 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,311 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,523 5 0 3283.0
2020 Q2 941 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 93 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,123 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,378 2 0 1451.4
2019 Q2 996 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 182 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 723 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,265 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,432 2 0 1396.6
2018 Q1 252 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 968 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,338 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,143 1 0 874.9
2017 Q1 274 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 357 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 917 4 0 4362.1
2016 Q2 1,041 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 180 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,458 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,349 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 963 3 0 3115.3
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 738 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,672 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 953 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 576 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,231 3 0 2437.0
2013 Q2 738 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 887 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,308 3 0 2293.6
2012 Q2 1,036 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 6 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,060 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 969 3 0 3096.0
2011 Q2 904 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 19 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 351 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,100 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,005 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 933 6 4 6430.9
2009 Q3 1,490 5 3 3355.7
2009 Q2 1,061 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 33 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,020 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q2 1,629 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 446 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,414 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,294 6 0 2615.5
2007 Q2 1,693 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 439 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,765 2 0 1133.1
2006 Q3 1,924 3 0 1559.3
2006 Q2 1,070 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,102 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,272 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,963 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,546 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 866 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,079 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,455 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,751 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 368 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,061 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,717 1 0 368.1
2003 Q2 2,478 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 216 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,164 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,021 1 0 494.8

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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The full compliance file on Portable #2

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.