Mining Incidents

Portable Wash Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Kevin W Empen
Preston, Jackson County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1302386

Portable Wash Plant has $2K 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
19
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,944
proposed penalties
$1,944
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
22
inspections on record
143
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: 143 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 Wash Plant has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
16 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-10-05.
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
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 194 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 97 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 136 0 0 0.0
Show 54 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q3 161 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 138 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 225 2 0 8888.9
2021 Q3 68 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 218 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 15 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 64 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 180 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 15 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 15 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 74 2 0 27027.0
2019 Q3 204 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 71 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 5 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 88 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 112 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 184 2 0 10869.6
2018 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 5 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 32 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 140 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 5 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 33 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 95 2 0 21052.6
2016 Q2 45 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 5 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 267 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 202 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 170 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 5 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 126 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 247 2 0 8097.2
2014 Q2 14 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 5 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 155 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 153 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 85 1 0 11764.7
2013 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 192 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 220 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 457 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 269 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 76 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 124 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 79 7 1 88607.6
2010 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 103 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 173 1 1 5780.3
2009 Q2 637 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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