Mining Incidents

Portable #2 Metal/Non-Metal

Fayette County · Surface
Controlled by Fayette County-IA
WEST UNION, Fayette County, IA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1302482

Portable #2 has $831 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 2020
6
citations
0
significant & substantial
$831
proposed penalties
$831
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2020
11
inspections on record
69
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: 69 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 $831 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.
$831
proposed penalties
$831
current assessed
$831
paid to date
$0
outstanding
6 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-24.
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 119 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 345 2 0 5797.1
2025 Q2 79 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 448 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 105 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 193 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 170 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 75 0 0 0.0
Show 11 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 254 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 509 1 0 1964.6
2023 Q2 191 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 327 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 470 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 822 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,031 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,208 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,643 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 267 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,235 3 0 1342.3

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.