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Portable Crushing 2 Metal/Non-Metal

BARD Materials · Surface
Controlled by Tony Thier
Cuba City, Grant County, WI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4701758

Portable Crushing 2 has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $505 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1989–1998
Latest incident
May 1998
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
66
citations
6
significant & substantial
$9,658
proposed penalties
$9,153
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $505 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
42
inspections on record
521
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: 521 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 Crushing 2 has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $505 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$505
outstanding
63 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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 1,083 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,395 1 0 716.8
2025 Q2 1,189 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 434 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,223 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,369 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,425 2 0 1403.5
2024 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,299 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,754 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,496 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 36 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,315 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,595 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,461 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,415 3 0 2120.1
2021 Q3 1,375 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,289 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 570 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,219 1 0 820.3
2020 Q3 1,444 1 0 692.5
2020 Q2 1,079 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 22 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,193 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,376 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,095 1 0 913.2
2019 Q1 557 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,164 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,430 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,306 4 2 3062.8
2018 Q1 402 3 0 7462.7
2017 Q4 1,436 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,636 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,830 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 416 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,876 2 1 1066.1
2016 Q3 2,118 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,151 4 0 1859.6
2016 Q1 807 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,977 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,139 8 1 3740.1
2015 Q2 1,537 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 625 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,901 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,810 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,630 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 928 1 0 1077.6
2013 Q4 2,373 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,018 2 0 991.1
2013 Q2 2,195 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 155 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,578 4 0 2534.9
2012 Q3 2,700 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,834 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 124 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,393 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,887 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,932 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 625 1 0 1600.0
2010 Q4 2,406 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,399 5 0 2084.2
2010 Q2 1,854 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 927 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,553 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,295 4 1 1214.0
2009 Q2 1,878 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,110 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,896 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,517 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,898 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 94 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,051 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,082 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,017 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,746 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,032 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,189 4 0 1827.3
2006 Q2 2,035 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 100 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,512 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,200 1 0 833.3
2005 Q2 1,461 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 45 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,499 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,535 4 0 2605.9
2004 Q2 1,450 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 100 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,445 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,520 7 0 4605.3
2003 Q2 1,476 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 85 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,736 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,832 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,783 2 1 1121.7
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 1,615 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,580 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,764 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 95 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,304 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,683 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,861 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 925 0 0 0.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
May 6, 1998 WI · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kowalski-Kieler Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ON TOP OF QUARRY CHECKING ON WORK CREW. FELL TO FLOOR OF QUARRY. DEATH OCCURRED.

Reportable incidents

1 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1989 · 1 incident

May 9, 1989 WI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kowalski-Kieler Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TRIPPED ON A ROCK AND SPRAINED HIS ANKLE.

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