Mining Incidents

Portable Dredge #2 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Michael Werner
Mintare, Scotts Bluff County, NE  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2501281

Portable Dredge #2 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
15
citations
3
significant & substantial
$5,810
proposed penalties
$5,810
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
18
inspections on record
187
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: 187 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 Dredge #2 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 2025-07-24.
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 1,211 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,456 2 0 1373.6
2025 Q2 678 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 431 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,681 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,961 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 30 0 0 0.0
Show 46 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,129 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 6 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 9 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 942 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,122 1 0 471.3
2022 Q2 1,584 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 212 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 468 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 172 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,466 1 0 682.1
2021 Q1 1,333 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,431 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,192 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,878 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 109 2 0 18348.6
2019 Q3 800 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 695 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 161 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,761 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,684 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,623 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,869 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,355 1 0 229.6
2017 Q2 1,921 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 1,823 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 981 4 1 4077.5
2016 Q2 145 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 31 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,665 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,023 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 270 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 42 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 474 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 262 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 732 3 2 4098.4
2014 Q1 337 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,231 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,517 1 0 397.3
2013 Q2 1,672 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 313 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,275 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,779 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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