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Portable Plant #1: 78 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Curtis D Whitaker
Garnett, Anderson County, KS  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1401475

Portable Plant #1 has $9K 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
5
Years on record
1988–1996
Latest incident
Aug 1996
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
78
citations
10
significant & substantial
$8,978
proposed penalties
$8,978
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Whitaker Companies Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
62
inspections on record
669
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: 669 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 $9K 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
76 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-15.
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.
12.8%
significant & substantial
6.4%
high negligence or reckless
14.1%
reasonably likely or greater
51.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 9.0% low, 84.6% moderate, 6.4% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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: 2025-12-17
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
12
samples
8
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz6
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz3
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (12)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-12-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 1.02 0.16 Truck Driver
2025-12-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-12-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2025-12-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 0.76 0.50 Truck Driver
2025-12-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 1.1 0.22 Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-06-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-08-03 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.42 10 0.04 Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-08-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.61 1.16 0.53 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-08-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.36 1.87 0.19 Truck Driver
2009-06-25 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.34 10 0.03 Drill Operator, Rotary
2009-06-25 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 10 0.02 Truck Driver
2009-06-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
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.
Ownership history
  1. Mc Adam Construction Company Inc 1985 to 1996
  2. Hunt Midwest Mining Inc 1996 to 2006
  3. Whitaker Companies Inc 2006 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 9
2025 8
2024 6
2023 6
2022 8
2021 6
2020 8
2019 7
2018 6
2017 7
2016 7
2015 5
2014 9
2013 5
2012 5
2011 7
2010 7
2009 6
2008 7
2007 6
2006 7
2003 11
2002 6
2001 3
2000 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Portable Plant #1 sits in Anderson County, Kansas, where the Census mining category is 1.8% 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.
Anderson County, Kansas · Population 7,819
1.8%
Mining share of county employment
$64,925
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 4,393 7 0 1593.4
2026 Q1 2,130 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,419 3 0 2114.2
2025 Q3 1,739 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,026 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,980 2 0 1010.1
2024 Q4 1,549 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 697 0 0 0.0
Show 88 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 2,202 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,491 3 1 1204.3
2023 Q4 1,539 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 3,293 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,284 4 0 1751.3
2022 Q4 1,359 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,904 1 0 344.4
2022 Q2 3,660 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,411 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 913 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,023 1 0 494.3
2021 Q2 3,252 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,132 2 0 1766.8
2020 Q4 1,963 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,083 1 1 324.4
2020 Q2 1,607 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,400 2 0 833.3
2019 Q4 3,128 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,415 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,983 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,499 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,267 1 0 789.3
2018 Q3 1,411 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,082 1 0 324.5
2018 Q1 2,320 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,215 1 0 451.5
2017 Q3 2,258 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,828 3 1 1641.1
2017 Q1 3,334 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,632 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,407 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,255 2 0 614.4
2016 Q1 2,919 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,178 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,024 2 0 988.1
2015 Q2 955 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 662 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,674 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,699 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 5,487 4 1 729.0
2014 Q1 3,549 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,405 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,288 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 958 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,827 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,936 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,470 2 1 809.7
2012 Q2 705 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,551 2 0 1289.5
2011 Q4 1,779 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,658 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,074 3 1 975.9
2011 Q1 2,046 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,904 2 2 688.7
2010 Q3 1,816 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,663 1 1 273.0
2010 Q1 4,120 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,006 2 0 665.3
2009 Q3 3,124 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,975 2 0 672.3
2009 Q1 2,007 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,222 4 0 1241.5
2008 Q3 2,980 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,546 2 0 439.9
2008 Q1 275 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,488 5 0 1433.5
2007 Q3 1,871 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,010 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,833 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,815 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,394 6 0 2506.3
2006 Q2 852 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,211 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 6,954 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,638 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,149 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,845 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,565 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,324 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 1,556 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,502 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 731 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 2,464 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,540 5 0 1101.3
2000 Q1 2,109 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1996 · 2 incidents

August 19, 1996 KS · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hunt Midwest Mining Inc · Struck by falling object

EMP WAS LOADING SCREENS FROM TRAILER WHEN THE TRAILER DOLLIES FELL CAUSING THE SCREENS TO FALL ON THE EMP'S LEFT KNEE. DR REPORTED A CONTUSION AND HAIR LINE FRACTURE TO THE KNEE.

March 14, 1996 KS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Mc Adam Construction Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR WAS PREPARING TO LOAD CUSTOMER TRUCK. LOADER BUMPED TRUCK, CUSTOMER WENT TO INVESTIGATE WHEN LOADER DID NOT MOVE AND FOUND OPERATOR SLUMPED DOWN IN LOADER. WHEN CUSTOMER SAW HE COULD NOT GET RESPONSE HE WENT TO SCALEHOUSE AND CALLED 911 AND HEADQUARTER IN MORAN 911 ARRIVED AND VICTIM WAS TAKEN TO MERCY HOSPITAL IN FORT SCOTT VICTIM WAS PRONOUNED DEAD AT HOSPTIAL.

1991 · 2 incidents

September 30, 1991 KS · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mc Adam Construction Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE ON AN OFF-THE-ROAD TRUCK. THEY WERE UNDER THE TRUCK TWISTING AROUND FOR A GOOD POSITION TO WORK ON THE VEHICLE AND EMPLOYEE STRAINED HIP MUSCLE.

July 1, 1991 KS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Mc Adam Construction Company Inc · Struck by flying object

WHILE PRYING UP ON EQUIPMENT TO GET BEARING ON SHAFT, THE HYDRAULIC JACK FLEW OUT AND HIT HIS ARM, BREAKING THE OUTER BONE OF HIS LEFT ARM.

1988 · 1 incident

November 7, 1988 KS · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mc Adam Construction Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

TWO EMPL WERE REMOVING A SUCTION HOSE FROM A WATER PUMP WHEN THE HOSE BROKE LOOSE BOTH MEN FELL BACKWARD ONTO SOME ROCKS THE MAN WHO WAS HURT WAS UNDER THE OTHER MAN WHO REPORTED THAT HE WAS N OT HURT THE EMPL WHO WAS HUT COMPLAINED OF SOME BAC PAIN BUT IT WAS THOUGHT TO BE JUST BRUISES HE WENT TO THE DR ON THE 17TH AND THE DR IS GIVING HIM PAIN PILLS AND SOME THERAPY