Mining Incidents

Portable Plant #2 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Curtis D Whitaker
Ottawa, Franklin County, KS  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1401718

Portable Plant #2 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
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
54
citations
11
significant & substantial
$7,566
proposed penalties
$7,566
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
37
inspections on record
352
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: 352 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 $8K 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
53 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-03.
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 1,144 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,036 4 0 3861.0
2025 Q2 1,225 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 953 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,127 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,436 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,020 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,554 0 0 0.0
Show 55 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 2,358 1 0 424.1
2023 Q3 1,180 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,511 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 828 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,878 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,506 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,204 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 670 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 628 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 883 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,098 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 758 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,141 3 0 2629.3
2020 Q3 1,454 3 1 2063.3
2020 Q2 1,629 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,700 7 1 4117.6
2019 Q4 1,060 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,179 4 0 3392.7
2019 Q2 1,062 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 787 1 0 1270.6
2018 Q4 756 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 609 1 0 1642.0
2018 Q2 794 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,565 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 941 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,935 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,098 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 208 1 0 4807.7
2016 Q4 665 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,374 1 0 727.8
2016 Q2 907 1 1 1102.5
2016 Q1 658 3 1 4559.3
2015 Q4 956 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 918 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 670 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 596 5 2 8389.3
2014 Q4 1,126 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,727 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,472 1 0 679.3
2014 Q1 2,264 4 3 1766.8
2013 Q4 2,920 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 5,158 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,809 1 0 207.9
2013 Q1 2,792 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,490 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,951 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,821 2 1 709.0
2012 Q1 3,330 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 910 1 0 1098.9
2011 Q3 1,785 4 1 2240.9
2011 Q2 2,026 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,170 1 0 854.7
2010 Q4 1,649 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,511 3 0 1985.4
2010 Q2 330 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

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