Mining Incidents

Portable 2 Metal/Non-Metal

JK Crushing LLC · Surface
Controlled by Frank J Motley
Pullman, Whitman County, WA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4503688

Portable 2 has $4K 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
2012
Latest incident
Jan 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
23
citations
5
significant & substantial
$4,234
proposed penalties
$4,234
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
34
inspections on record
411
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: 411 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 $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
23 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-09-04.
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 1,945 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,974 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,013 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,882 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,007 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,932 1 0 517.6
2024 Q2 2,053 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,988 0 0 0.0
Show 50 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,873 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,997 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,109 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,325 2 0 860.2
2022 Q4 2,470 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,117 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,556 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,973 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,840 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,271 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,700 1 0 370.4
2021 Q1 2,707 1 0 369.4
2020 Q4 2,489 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,988 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,593 3 2 1157.0
2020 Q1 3,043 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,163 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,591 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,434 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,227 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,165 2 0 631.9
2018 Q3 2,783 1 0 359.3
2018 Q2 2,333 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,155 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,182 1 0 314.3
2017 Q3 2,570 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,326 1 0 429.9
2017 Q1 2,374 2 0 842.5
2016 Q4 2,141 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,421 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,443 1 0 409.3
2016 Q1 2,563 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,491 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,197 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,392 1 0 418.1
2015 Q1 2,511 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,418 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,522 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,156 1 0 463.8
2013 Q4 2,447 2 0 817.3
2013 Q3 3,428 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,417 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,709 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,089 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,577 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,850 1 1 350.9
2012 Q1 2,318 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,074 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,645 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,809 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2012 · 1 incident

January 24, 2012 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Shawnee Rock Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Grinder grabbed clothes. Grinder wheel cut into flesh of operators arm.

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