Mining Incidents

Portable Wash Plant #3 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Pete Lien & Sons Inc
Buffalo, Johnson County, WY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4801543

Portable Wash Plant #3 has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Portable Wash Plant #3.

Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
23
citations
6
significant & substantial
$2,839
proposed penalties
$2,839
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
23
inspections on record
278
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: 278 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 #3 has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
23 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-10-13.
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
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q4 575 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,436 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 621 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 631 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,508 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 839 0 0 0.0
Show 42 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,194 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,703 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 706 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 1,056 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,349 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 442 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 814 1 0 1228.5
2010 Q3 1,658 2 0 1206.3
2010 Q2 744 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 364 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 586 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,322 3 0 2269.3
2009 Q2 891 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 472 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,226 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 742 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,445 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,278 3 1 1316.9
2004 Q4 2,085 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,191 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,653 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,592 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,550 6 1 3871.0
2003 Q3 2,405 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,131 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,330 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,614 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,941 1 0 515.2
2002 Q2 2,117 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,210 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 0 1 0
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 2,218 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,998 6 4 1500.8
2000 Q1 2,101 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.

For insurers, brokers, and safety consultants

The full compliance file on Portable Wash Plant #3

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.