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Portable Plant #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Ronald Strong
Lansing, Allamakee County, IA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1302371

Portable Plant #1 has $35K in proposed MSHA penalties and $302 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2010
Latest incident
Aug 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
98
citations
20
significant & substantial
$35,369
proposed penalties
$25,795
paid to date
73% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $9,574 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
32
inspections on record
450
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: 450 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 $35K in proposed MSHA penalties and $302 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.
$35K
proposed penalties
$26K
current assessed
$26K
paid to date
$302
outstanding
96 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-20.
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 58 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 499 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 581 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 70 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 258 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 612 4 1 6535.9
2024 Q2 515 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 78 0 0 0.0
Show 56 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 485 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,380 19 2 13768.1
2023 Q2 952 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 207 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 315 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 268 13 0 48507.5
2022 Q1 82 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 818 13 6 15892.4
2021 Q2 597 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 524 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 799 5 2 6257.8
2020 Q2 546 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 95 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 813 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 35 10 3 285714.3
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 234 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 661 1 1 1512.9
2018 Q2 414 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 139 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 212 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 520 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 442 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 354 7 1 19774.0
2016 Q3 682 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,032 6 1 5814.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 319 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 828 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 530 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 435 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 634 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 509 3 0 5893.9
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 362 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 983 1 0 1017.3
2013 Q2 742 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 287 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 293 4 0 13651.9
2012 Q2 300 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 264 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 496 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 512 4 1 7812.5
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 92 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 512 6 2 11718.8
2010 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 462 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 897 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 359 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2010 · 1 incident

August 24, 2010 IA · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Strong Rock and Gravel · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The employee and owner were lifting a rock onto a small flatbed trailer. When laying the rock down it slipped and employee caught his finger tip, at the finger nail. Conditions were dry and no equipment was involved.

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