Employee climbed surge bin to adjust gate flow. During process of adjusting the nut, employee fell approximately 8'. Employee was not wearing fall protection. A ladder and man lift were also available for use. Employee has been trained on fall protection.
Portable Crusher #3 Metal/Non-Metal
Mid-States Materials, LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Eric H Bettis; Matt McPherson
Hoyt,
Jackson County,
KS
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1401779
Portable Crusher #3 has $6K 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
- 2018
- Latest incident
- Nov 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2018
15
citations
1
significant & substantial
$6,217
proposed penalties
$6,217
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2018
17
inspections on record
150
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: 150 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 Crusher #3 has $6K 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.$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
14 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 3,577 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 4,136 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 4,623 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 3,405 | 3 | 1 | 881.1 |
| 2024 Q4 | 3,584 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 4,039 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 4,154 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 3,761 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 2,928 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 4,298 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 3,804 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 3,682 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 3,922 | 2 | 0 | 509.9 |
| 2022 Q3 | 1,737 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 2,832 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 3,786 | 1 | 0 | 264.1 |
| 2021 Q4 | 4,012 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 3,874 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 4,208 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 4,333 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 4,820 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 4,089 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 4,466 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 2,924 | 2 | 0 | 684.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 1,887 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 2,327 | 4 | 0 | 1719.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 1,868 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q4 | 2,263 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 3,165 | 1 | 0 | 316.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 195 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q2 | 830 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q4 | 1,107 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 2,347 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 1,297 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file2018 · 1 incident
November 19, 2018
KS · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
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