Mining Incidents

PORTABLE PLANT NO. 3 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Richard C Schumitsch
MERRILL, Lincoln County, WI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4703510

PORTABLE PLANT NO. 3 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 2009
56
citations
13
significant & substantial
$8,227
proposed penalties
$8,227
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
33
inspections on record
327
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: 327 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. 3 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
56 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-08-24.
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 496 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,176 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 248 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 973 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,376 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 472 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 65 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,226 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 709 1 0 1410.4
2023 Q2 704 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 730 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,181 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 938 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 1,008 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,545 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,557 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 1,359 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,103 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,341 4 0 2982.8
2020 Q1 254 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 849 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 955 2 0 2094.2
2019 Q2 1,027 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 698 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,048 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 849 4 1 4711.4
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 1,111 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,243 6 1 4827.0
2017 Q2 1,682 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 304 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 840 6 0 7142.9
2016 Q2 1,118 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 755 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 992 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,021 7 1 6856.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 396 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,411 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,184 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 693 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,277 11 6 8613.9
2013 Q2 612 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 861 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,663 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,160 4 0 3448.3
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 1,696 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 869 1 0 1150.7
2011 Q2 771 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 236 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,149 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,237 2 1 1616.8
2010 Q2 1,117 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 234 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 499 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,444 8 3 3273.3
2009 Q2 260 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,325 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,053 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 540 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 540 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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