Mining Incidents

Portable Plant No 1 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Kory Keller
Fredericksburg, Gillespie County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4104323

Portable Plant No 1 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
4
Years on record
2014–2017
Latest incident
Jan 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
49
citations
8
significant & substantial
$5,367
proposed penalties
$5,367
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
39
inspections on record
376
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: 376 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 No 1 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
49 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-05-20.
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
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 2,089 3 0 1436.1
2019 Q1 2,576 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,559 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 962 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,210 1 0 826.4
2018 Q1 2,434 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,686 1 0 593.1
Show 64 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q3 2,071 2 1 965.7
2017 Q2 1,730 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,096 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,412 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,067 1 0 483.8
2016 Q2 2,116 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 905 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,016 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,514 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,048 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,189 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,556 4 0 2570.7
2014 Q3 1,999 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,354 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,782 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 969 1 0 1032.0
2013 Q3 1,463 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,063 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,338 2 0 1494.8
2012 Q4 2,664 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 904 1 1 1106.2
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 1,612 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,294 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,054 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,816 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,101 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,988 2 0 1006.0
2010 Q2 1,861 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 872 2 2 2293.6
2009 Q4 810 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,461 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,464 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,682 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,597 1 0 385.1
2008 Q3 2,879 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,470 1 0 288.2
2008 Q1 3,253 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,324 1 0 430.3
2007 Q3 510 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,066 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 4,825 5 1 1036.3
2006 Q4 4,157 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,488 5 0 1433.5
2006 Q2 7,967 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 6,381 3 0 470.1
2005 Q4 4,567 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 5,031 1 1 198.8
2005 Q2 5,376 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 4,316 5 1 1158.5
2004 Q4 2,840 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,393 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,257 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,279 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,109 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,916 4 1 2087.7
2003 Q2 1,674 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,701 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,886 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,371 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,316 1 0 431.8
2002 Q1 2,273 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,133 2 0 937.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2017 · 1 incident

January 5, 2017 TX · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman POWERED HAULAGE
Allen Keller Company LLC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee disregarded direct orders during maintenance, left group and walked around to a belt, removed the safety cover and was manually rotating the belt when power was restored to the belt. Employee's left thumb was sucked between the belt and pulley causing a severe laceration. Due to the severity, the thumb was further amputated at the hospital.

2014 · 3 incidents

October 28, 2014 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Allen Keller Company LLC · Struck by falling object

Hydraulic Jack fell on employee's right side of the foot hurting little toe. Employee return to work same day.

July 10, 2014 TX · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman POWERED HAULAGE
Allen Keller Company LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was working on conveyor belt and belt hit his left thumb. His thumb was caught between ladder and belt crushing it.

May 9, 2014 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Allen Keller Company LLC · Fall onto or against objects

While EE was working on the crusher, he slipped and fall in between the belt and a sharp edge. He got a cut on the right side of lower abdomen.

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