Mining Incidents

Portable Plant #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Rocon Paving · Surface
Controlled by Brian R Roth
McGarth, Aitkin County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2102765

Portable Plant #1 has $7K 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
2
Years on record
2015
Latest incident
May 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
34
citations
11
significant & substantial
$7,334
proposed penalties
$7,334
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
17
inspections on record
162
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: 162 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 $7K 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
33 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-06-26.
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 753 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,905 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 682 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 444 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 674 3 0 4451.0
2024 Q1 253 0 0 0.0
Show 34 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 1,117 8 4 7162.0
2023 Q2 270 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q3 636 2 0 3144.7
2022 Q2 422 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 521 2 0 3838.8
2021 Q2 144 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 378 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 459 3 0 6535.9
2020 Q2 798 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 732 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,334 3 2 2248.9
2019 Q2 2,627 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 329 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 535 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 1,048 5 2 4771.0
2017 Q3 1,650 3 1 1818.2
2017 Q2 1,263 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 171 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 654 1 0 1529.1
2016 Q2 215 2 0 9302.3
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 163 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,863 2 2 1073.5
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2015 · 2 incidents

May 19, 2015 MN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rocon Paving · Fall from machine

Man fell off conveyor 20 Feet.

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