Mining Incidents

Portable Plant #2 Metal/Non-Metal

Algona, IA, Kossuth County, IA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1302422

Portable Plant #2 has $14K 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 2011
62
citations
12
significant & substantial
$13,763
proposed penalties
$13,763
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
22
inspections on record
213
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: 213 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 #2 has $14K 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.
$14K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
62 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-07.
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 3,201 1 0 312.4
2025 Q3 8,472 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,818 3 1 1064.6
2025 Q1 357 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 4,824 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 5,110 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 4,475 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 747 0 0 0.0
Show 51 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 4,995 5 0 1001.0
2023 Q3 3,406 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 5,604 1 1 178.4
2023 Q1 488 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,260 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 5,014 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 5,223 13 2 2489.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 3,656 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 5,319 1 1 188.0
2021 Q2 4,609 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 672 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,754 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4,098 2 1 488.0
2020 Q2 5,568 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 301 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,886 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 5,514 7 1 1269.5
2019 Q2 4,251 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 3,492 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 6,574 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 4,417 3 1 679.2
2018 Q1 3,151 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 4,121 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 8,801 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 8,111 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,194 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 5,050 4 0 792.1
2016 Q3 6,491 15 3 2310.9
2016 Q2 7,055 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,513 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 5,822 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 8,190 3 0 366.3
2015 Q2 5,958 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,160 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 5,602 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 6,231 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,781 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,801 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,570 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 5,311 3 1 564.9
2013 Q2 4,949 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 2,173 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,248 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,249 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 467 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,219 1 0 450.7
2011 Q3 1,720 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,800 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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