Mining Incidents

Portable Sorter Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Lindsey R Falk
OSAGE, IOWA, Mitchell County, IA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1302413

Portable Sorter Plant has $801 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 2011
7
citations
2
significant & substantial
$801
proposed penalties
$801
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
22
inspections on record
125
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: 125 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 Sorter Plant has $801 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.
$801
proposed penalties
$801
current assessed
$801
paid to date
$0
outstanding
6 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-07-02.
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 0 0 0
2025 Q3 378 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 312 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,694 1 0 590.3
2024 Q2 749 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 106 0 0 0.0
Show 55 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 73 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 189 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 149 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 331 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 899 1 0 1112.3
2022 Q3 65 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 36 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 268 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 958 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,843 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 96 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 232 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,662 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 12 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 221 1 0 4524.9
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 192 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 297 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 137 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 249 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 780 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 576 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 256 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 149 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 194 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 466 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 537 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 171 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 715 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 424 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 62 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 305 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 245 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 230 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 172 2 0 11627.9
2013 Q2 189 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 303 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 45 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 504 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 111 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 416 2 2 4807.7
2010 Q4 197 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 1 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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