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Portable Plant #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Jeffery A Gaastra
Markesan, WI, Green Lake County, WI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4702697

Portable Plant #1 has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1992
Latest incident
Dec 1992
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
44
citations
8
significant & substantial
$7,919
proposed penalties
$7,581
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $338 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
28
inspections on record
296
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: 296 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 2 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
43 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-06-11.
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 42 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 56 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 27 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 48 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 68 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 37 6 2 162162.2
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 71 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 62 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 76 2 0 26315.8
2023 Q2 84 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 21 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 42 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 36 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 27 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 39 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 43 1 0 23255.8
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 21 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 42 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 75 2 0 26666.7
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 60 2 1 33333.3
2019 Q2 80 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 209 2 0 9569.4
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 585 3 0 5128.2
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 297 1 0 3367.0
2014 Q2 342 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 360 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 261 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 117 3 0 25641.0
2013 Q2 252 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 496 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 464 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 315 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 90 1 0 11111.1
2012 Q1 16 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 185 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 153 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 99 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 315 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 150 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 370 1 0 2702.7
2010 Q1 6 19 5 3166666.7
2003 Q3 1,170 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,105 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,105 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,170 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,170 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,170 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,170 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,170 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,170 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,170 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,170 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 585 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,170 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,170 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,170 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1992 · 1 incident

December 11, 1992 WI · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sam Gaastra & Sons Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE AND OTHER EMPLOYEE WERE REMOVING THE WINDSHIELD FROM A TRUCK, WHICH IS HELD IN PLACE BY A RUBBER GASKET. EE WAS REMOVING THE GASKET, STARTING FROM ONE CORNER AND WORKING HIS WAY AROUND THE WINDSHIELD. AS HE DID THIS HE APPARENTLY REACHED OUT TO FAR AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

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