Mining Incidents

Portable Plant #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Elton Gravel, LLC · Surface
Controlled by Braum Michael Elton
Atwater, Kandiyohi County, MN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2102990

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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
65
citations
12
significant & substantial
$7,391
proposed penalties
$7,391
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
30
inspections on record
300
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: 300 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
53 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-11-06.
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 566 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 316 4 1 12658.2
2024 Q3 260 1 0 3846.2
2024 Q2 224 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 292 0 0 0.0
Show 75 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q2 224 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 78 1 0 12820.5
2022 Q3 186 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 204 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 168 7 1 41666.7
2021 Q2 224 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 42 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 142 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 363 4 1 11019.3
2019 Q4 144 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 363 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 224 11 3 49107.1
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 176 1 0 5681.8
2018 Q2 104 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 320 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 734 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 411 1 0 2433.1
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 448 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,844 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,073 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 313 1 0 3194.9
2015 Q3 684 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 378 2 0 5291.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 176 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 860 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 422 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 112 1 0 8928.6
2013 Q3 178 4 0 22471.9
2013 Q2 265 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 86 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 119 1 0 8403.4
2011 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 17 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 73 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1 1 0 1000000.0
2009 Q4 27 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 71 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 102 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 47 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 191 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 121 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 271 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 211 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 134 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 198 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 127 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 411 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 142 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 211 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 121 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 311 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 165 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 234 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 281 4 0 14234.9
2002 Q2 157 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1 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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