Portable Sand Plant #1 has $33K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2019
Latest incident
Jun 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
126
citations
37
significant & substantial
$33,336
proposed penalties
$31,695
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,641 gap.
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: 696 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘA Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2021-09-14.
On record since 2021.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
Portable Sand Plant #1 has $33K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K 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.
$33K
proposed penalties
$33K
current assessed
$32K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
124 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘMany samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2024-10-09
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
6
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (6)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2024-10-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
Front-end Loader Operator
2019-09-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2019-09-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2012-09-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-09-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.12
1.03
0.12
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-09-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
Area samples (mill and shop air)
Last sampled: 2014-10-22, 11 years ago
1
samples
Show the individual readings (1)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Area sampled
2014-10-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
SF ORE PROCESSING
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
3
2025
3
2024
2
2023
3
2022
2
2021
2
2020
2
2019
2
2018
2
2017
2
2016
2
2015
2
2014
2
2013
2
2012
1
2011
2
2010
2
2009
2
2008
2
2007
2
2006
1
2005
2
2004
2
2003
3
2002
3
2001
2
2000
0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Portable Sand Plant #1 sits in Ellis County, Kansas, where the Census mining category is 2.5% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Ellis County, Kansas · Population 28,870
2.5%
Mining share of county employment
$59,889
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2026 Q2
880
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
668
8
2
11976.0
2025 Q4
836
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
842
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
881
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
528
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
741
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
642
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
962
1
1
1039.5
2024 Q1
476
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
970
8
2
8247.4
2023 Q3
903
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
983
3
2
3051.9
2023 Q1
880
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
876
4
0
4566.2
2022 Q3
998
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
856
2
0
2336.4
2022 Q1
529
2
1
3780.7
2021 Q4
542
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
606
11
4
18151.8
2021 Q2
786
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
422
2
0
4739.3
2020 Q4
563
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
354
2
0
5649.7
2020 Q2
594
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
473
1
0
2114.2
2019 Q4
321
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
790
1
1
1265.8
2019 Q2
838
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
662
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
493
2
1
4056.8
2018 Q3
558
4
3
7168.5
2018 Q2
522
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
790
1
0
1265.8
2017 Q4
612
1
0
1634.0
2017 Q3
804
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
601
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
607
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
747
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
809
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
838
3
0
3580.0
2016 Q1
821
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
438
2
0
4566.2
2015 Q3
810
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
838
2
1
2386.6
2015 Q1
821
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
776
4
0
5154.6
2014 Q3
826
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
713
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
557
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
755
2
1
2649.0
2013 Q3
828
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
785
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
182
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
445
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
606
1
0
1650.2
2012 Q2
592
6
1
10135.1
2012 Q1
820
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
789
6
1
7604.6
2011 Q3
726
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
1,074
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
563
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
664
1
0
1506.0
2010 Q3
810
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
838
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
580
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
728
6
0
8241.8
2009 Q3
756
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
869
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
1,093
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
864
2
0
2314.8
2008 Q3
1,120
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
1,149
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
879
8
1
9101.3
2007 Q4
797
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
571
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
398
11
9
27638.2
2007 Q1
592
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
113
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
371
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
457
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
182
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
378
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
946
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
1,007
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
345
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
218
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
263
13
3
49429.7
2004 Q2
372
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
123
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
180
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
231
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
39
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
505
5
2
9901.0
2002 Q4
121
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
45
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
265
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
115
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
1,562
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
1,146
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
603
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
0
0
0
2000 Q3
0
0
0
2000 Q2
58
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2019 · 1 incident
June 26, 2019KS · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON