Mining Incidents

Portable #383 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Justin Higman
Washta, Plymouth County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1302403

MSHA record for Portable #383 (mine ID 1302403). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Ownership history
  1. Higman Sand & Gravel Inc 2009 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2010 4
2009 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Portable #383 sits in Plymouth County, Iowa, where the Census mining category is 0.2% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Plymouth County, Iowa · Population 25,699
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$81,600
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2010 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 415 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 160 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.