Mining Incidents

Portable Wash Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by John Carew
Appleton, Manitowoc County, WI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4703562

Portable Wash Plant has $31K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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
30
citations
3
significant & substantial
$30,594
proposed penalties
$9,294
paid to date
30% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $21,300 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
21
inspections on record
277
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: 277 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 $31K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$31K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
29 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-06.
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 649 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,303 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,081 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,141 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,921 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,741 1 0 574.4
2024 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
Show 54 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,739 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,710 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,921 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 41 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 757 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,153 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,281 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 163 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 361 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 449 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 959 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,217 3 0 2465.1
2020 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 271 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,153 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,151 4 0 3475.2
2019 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 811 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 973 1 0 1027.7
2017 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 51 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 723 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 361 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 161 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 241 1 0 4149.4
2014 Q2 51 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 397 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,360 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 857 3 0 3500.6
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 241 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 401 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 376 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 311 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 201 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 1,244 4 0 3215.4
2010 Q3 1,226 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 865 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 561 4 3 7130.1
2009 Q3 755 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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