Mining Incidents

Portable Plant 2 Metal/Non-Metal

APAC-Kansas, Inc. · Surface
Shawnee, Johnson County, KS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1400811

Portable Plant 2 has $5K 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
2009–2010
Latest incident
Apr 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
38
citations
9
significant & substantial
$4,504
proposed penalties
$4,504
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
22
inspections on record
268
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: 268 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 $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
37 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-09-20.
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
2010 Q3 0 2 0
2010 Q2 4,245 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 3,764 5 1 1328.4
2009 Q4 2,442 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,864 3 1 776.4
2009 Q2 3,343 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,988 7 1 3521.1
2008 Q4 1,226 0 0 0.0
Show 34 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q3 3,307 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,551 1 0 219.7
2008 Q1 4,666 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,238 1 0 308.8
2007 Q3 6,530 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 7,099 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 6,195 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 6,629 8 3 1206.8
2006 Q3 7,263 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 7,045 2 1 283.9
2006 Q1 6,934 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 6,700 2 0 298.5
2005 Q3 7,027 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 6,744 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 6,019 3 2 498.4
2004 Q4 6,370 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 7,294 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 6,440 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 6,661 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 5,095 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,833 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,325 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,718 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,884 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,008 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,066 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,625 2 0 551.7
2001 Q4 3,773 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,946 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,179 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,970 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,935 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,491 1 0 401.4
2000 Q2 1,982 1 0 504.5
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2010 · 1 incident

April 15, 2010 KS · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Shawnee Rock Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

A conveyor belt had stopped due to build up. It was stopped & locked out. An employee climbed onto the belt to clean it out. When the material had been cleared, the belt gave way and moved toward the tail pull, pulling the employee between the belt and water bar bracket.

2009 · 1 incident

January 14, 2009 KS · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Shawnee Rock Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Injured Miner was using a pry bar to remove a blockage from the secondary crusher. While using the pry bar, he felt a "pop" in his right shoulder. On 1/24/2009 the Dr. confirmed a dislocation of the right shoulder with a possible rotartor cuff tear.

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