Portable Plant #1 Metal/Non-Metal
Vakoc Excavating LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Jeffrey D Vakoc; Daniel A Vakoc
Verdigre,
Knox County,
NE
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2501081
Portable Plant #1 has $8K 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
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- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
51
citations
12
significant & substantial
$7,858
proposed penalties
$7,858
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
38
inspections on record
417
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 417 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 $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
50 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 457 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 524 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 521 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 242 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 494 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 566 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 512 | 1 | 0 | 1953.1 |
| 2024 Q1 | 382 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 458 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 505 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 522 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 367 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 434 | 1 | 0 | 2304.1 |
| 2022 Q3 | 500 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 505 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 533 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 499 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 647 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 317 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 434 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 800 | 1 | 0 | 1250.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 780 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 570 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 782 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 732 | 8 | 1 | 10929.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 825 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 845 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 194 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 516 | 2 | 0 | 3876.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 650 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 690 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 1,012 | 1 | 0 | 988.1 |
| 2017 Q3 | 1,150 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 1,238 | 1 | 1 | 807.8 |
| 2017 Q1 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 554 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 776 | 1 | 0 | 1288.7 |
| 2016 Q2 | 694 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 708 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 888 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 727 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 392 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 672 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 1,065 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 802 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 190 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 491 | 1 | 1 | 2036.7 |
| 2013 Q3 | 820 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 1,054 | 1 | 0 | 948.8 |
| 2013 Q1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 955 | 1 | 0 | 1047.1 |
| 2012 Q3 | 772 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 597 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 207 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 381 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 613 | 1 | 1 | 1631.3 |
| 2011 Q2 | 675 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 501 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 590 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 520 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 163 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 577 | 6 | 1 | 10398.6 |
| 2009 Q3 | 576 | 1 | 0 | 1736.1 |
| 2009 Q2 | 652 | 16 | 7 | 24539.9 |
| 2009 Q1 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 191 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 276 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 334 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 222 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 436 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 345 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 162 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q3 | 521 | 2 | 0 | 3838.8 |
| 2004 Q2 | 380 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 458 | 3 | 0 | 6550.2 |
| 2003 Q2 | 505 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002 Q4 | 311 | 1 | 0 | 3215.4 |
| 2002 Q3 | 314 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 327 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2001 Q2 | 350 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 303 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 357 | 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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