Mining Incidents

Portable Metal/Non-Metal

Mowry Bros LLC · Surface
Benton, Lafayette County, WI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4702903

Portable has $5K 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 2000
59
citations
6
significant & substantial
$5,249
proposed penalties
$5,249
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
42
inspections on record
457
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: 457 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 has $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
59 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-10-14.
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
2021 Q3 53 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 712 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 134 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 631 2 0 3169.6
2020 Q3 997 7 1 7021.1
2020 Q2 1,185 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 33 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 902 0 0 0.0
Show 79 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q3 954 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 961 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 83 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 821 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 906 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 755 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 134 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 751 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 987 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 852 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 143 3 0 20979.0
2016 Q4 581 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 999 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 837 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 148 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 785 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,006 2 0 1988.1
2015 Q2 901 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 188 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 705 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 799 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 807 7 0 8674.1
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 590 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,008 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 711 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 515 1 0 1941.7
2012 Q3 725 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 901 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 222 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 910 7 0 7692.3
2011 Q3 1,078 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,169 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 197 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 861 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 903 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,077 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 157 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 721 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,054 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,150 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 286 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 636 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,244 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 933 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 213 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 773 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 907 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 938 1 0 1066.1
2007 Q1 118 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 728 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 887 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 899 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 399 1 0 2506.3
2005 Q4 635 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 782 6 1 7672.6
2005 Q2 752 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 25 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 737 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 527 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 629 3 0 4769.5
2004 Q1 129 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 299 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 457 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 550 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 33 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 402 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 567 7 3 12345.7
2002 Q2 445 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 262 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 573 6 1 10471.2
2001 Q3 564 4 0 7092.2
2001 Q2 247 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 203 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 421 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 394 2 0 5076.1
2000 Q2 377 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 129 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.

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The full compliance file on Portable

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.