PORTABLE PLANT #1 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $15 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1983–2001
Latest incident
Jan 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
31
citations
6
significant & substantial
$4,892
proposed penalties
$4,877
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $15 gap.
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: 398 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 PLANT #1 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $15 outstanding across 4 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
$15
outstanding
31 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $792 in penalties contested before the Commission, $792 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-03-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
7citations taken to the federal commission · 23% of citations on record
Settled
3 · 43%
Stood as issued
4 · 57%
50%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$792 proposed, $792 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2020-03-18.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Health sampling
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘMany samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2026-08-25
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
9
samples
6
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz6
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (9)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2026-08-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
Front-end Loader Operator
2026-08-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
Front-end Loader Operator
2017-09-20
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
0.61
10
0.06
Truck Driver
2017-09-20
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
1.46
10
0.15
Front-end Loader Operator
2017-09-20
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
0.23
10
0.02
Front-end Loader Operator
2017-09-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-04-07
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
5.2
10
0.52
Front-end Loader Operator
2016-04-07
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
0.57
10
0.06
Truck Driver
2016-04-07
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
1.26
10
0.13
Crusher Oper/Worker
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
3
2025
6
2024
6
2023
4
2022
3
2021
5
2020
3
2019
5
2018
3
2017
5
2016
4
2015
3
2014
3
2013
5
2012
3
2011
4
2010
6
2009
4
2008
6
2007
1
2006
7
2005
3
2004
4
2003
7
2002
4
2001
6
2000
5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
PORTABLE PLANT #1 sits in Pike County, Illinois, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Pike County, Illinois · Population 14,625
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$58,029
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
2026 Q2
1,285
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
770
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
655
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
588
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
1,569
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
3,198
1
0
312.7
2024 Q4
2,733
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
664
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
3,484
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
3,942
1
1
253.7
2023 Q4
2,421
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
567
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
602
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
3,249
3
1
923.4
2022 Q4
1,644
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
850
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
855
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
1,580
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
4,015
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
3,318
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
971
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
429
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
546
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
549
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
1,616
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
2,737
4
1
1461.5
2019 Q4
1,561
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
856
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
2,502
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
3,496
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
547
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
567
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
838
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
2,539
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
3,419
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
1,635
1
0
611.6
2017 Q2
535
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
2,617
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
2,263
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
527
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
1,158
2
0
1727.1
2016 Q1
2,492
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
1,494
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
3,129
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
1,036
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
559
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
490
1
0
2040.8
2014 Q3
571
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
1,766
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
3,067
3
0
978.2
2013 Q4
3,731
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
1,207
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
580
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
2,484
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
1,980
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
1,626
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
1,924
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
582
1
0
1718.2
2011 Q4
1,952
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
1,391
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
1,518
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
2,986
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
2,986
1
0
334.9
2010 Q3
578
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
2,351
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
1,507
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
548
1
0
1824.8
2009 Q3
535
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
2,468
1
0
405.2
2009 Q1
3,353
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
2,418
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
580
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
1,612
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
2,956
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
440
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
541
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
512
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
585
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
1,814
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
1,049
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
2,906
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
2,968
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
585
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
585
1
0
1709.4
2005 Q2
584
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
3,553
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
1,414
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
1,980
1
1
505.1
2004 Q2
540
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
597
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
2,582
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
2,256
2
0
886.5
2003 Q2
1,973
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
627
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
649
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
2,425
1
0
412.4
2002 Q1
3,764
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
1,021
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
639
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
2,457
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
2,898
5
1
1725.3
2000 Q4
2,540
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
650
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
2,099
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
650
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file
2001 · 1 incident
January 25, 2001IL · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS OPERATING PLANT CONTROL TOWER. A ROCK LODGED IN JAW & HE WAS USING A JACK HAMMER TO BREAKIT DOWN. FELT A STRAIN IN BACK FROM USING JACK HAMMER. AFTER 3 WEEKS OF WORKING WAS ADVISED BY D OCTOR TO TAKE A WEEK OFF TO REST BACK, RETURNED WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEMS.
PLANT WAS BEING STARTED UP. EE WAS STANDING ON CONE PLATFORM TO CHECK FEED AND CONE OPERATION AT START UP. AS ROCK WAS BEING FEED INTO CONE A ROCK -4 INCH CAME OUT OF BOWL OF CONE AND STRUCK E E ON TOP OF BOTH HANDS. CONTINUED TO WORK THAT DAY AND WENT TO DR AFTER WORK BECAUSE OF BRUISNG.
June 13, 1994IL · Metal/Non-Metalmine manager, mine foreman, mine ownerMACHINERY
EMPLOYEE (THE DRILLIN GFOREMAN) WAS RAISING DRILL STEEL OUT OF HOLE. THE SUBSHAFT HOLDING BIT WOULD NOT LOCK INTO PLACE ON CARRIER. INSTEAD OF USING PROVIDED TOOL, EMPLOYEE TRIED TO HOLD UP LOCKING PALTES WITH HIS HAND AND WORK HYDRAULIC CONTROLS WITH OTHER HAND. WHEN HE DID SO LEFT FOREARM WAS PINCHED AND HE SUFFERED SLIGHT EDEMA AND SUPERVICIAL ABRASIONS. HAD ARM X-RAYED THAT
EMP WAS RIDING IN BACK OF PICKUP IN THE QUARY THEY WERE DRIVING DOWN TO EAT LUNCH THE PICKUP WENT ONE WHEEL INTO A DITCH THAT THE FOREMAN HAD FORGOTTON WAS THERE HAVEING BEEN CUT ONLY THAT DAY EMP IN THE BACK WAS THROWN FORWARD AGAINST THE CAB BADLY JAMMING THE RING AND MIDDLE FINGERS OF RIGHT HAND
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