What are Portable Washplant's MSHA penalties?

Portable Washplant has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties on record, with $0 currently outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

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Portable Washplant Metal/Non-Metal

Hengel Ready Mix & Construction Inc · Surface

Controlled by Elmer Hengel; Judy Hengel

Pillager, Cass County, MN · Intermittent

MSHA Mine ID: 2102916

Portable Washplant has $7K 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: 3
Years on record: 1993–2006
Latest incident: Oct 2006

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2001

citations

significant & substantial

$6,545

proposed penalties

$6,545

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

inspections on record

325

inspection hours

n/a

citations per 100 inspection hours

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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.

Rate withheld: 325 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.

Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Penalty disposition

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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.

$7K

proposed penalties

$7K

current assessed

$7K

paid to date

outstanding

54 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.

As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-08.

Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

See also the operator's enforcement record

Quarterly safety rates

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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	432	0	0	0.0
2025 Q3	896	1	1	1116.1
2025 Q2	564	0	0	0.0
2025 Q1	3	0	0	0.0
2024 Q4	202	0	0	0.0
2024 Q3	950	0	0	0.0
2024 Q2	800	0	0	0.0
2024 Q1	3	0	0	0.0

Show 96 earlier quarters

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4	349	0	0	0.0
2023 Q3	975	0	0	0.0
2023 Q2	540	0	0	0.0
2023 Q1	3	0	0	0.0
2022 Q4	464	0	0	0.0
2022 Q3	1,245	0	0	0.0
2022 Q2	624	0	0	0.0
2022 Q1	3	0	0	0.0
2021 Q4	448	0	0	0.0
2021 Q3	960	0	0	0.0
2021 Q2	849	0	0	0.0
2021 Q1	3	0	0	0.0
2020 Q4	355	1	0	2816.9
2020 Q3	909	0	0	0.0
2020 Q2	559	0	0	0.0
2020 Q1	3	0	0	0.0
2019 Q4	299	2	0	6689.0
2019 Q3	737	0	0	0.0
2019 Q2	912	0	0	0.0
2019 Q1	3	0	0	0.0
2018 Q4	419	0	0	0.0
2018 Q3	800	0	0	0.0
2018 Q2	497	0	0	0.0
2018 Q1	3	0	0	0.0
2017 Q4	455	0	0	0.0
2017 Q3	2,863	8	1	2794.3
2017 Q2	2,080	0	0	0.0
2017 Q1	1,520	0	0	0.0
2016 Q4	2,174	0	0	0.0
2016 Q3	2,852	0	0	0.0
2016 Q2	2,173	6	2	2761.2
2016 Q1	1	0	0	0.0
2015 Q4	2	0	0	0.0
2015 Q3	1,411	0	0	0.0
2015 Q2	1,504	0	0	0.0
2015 Q1	2	0	0	0.0
2014 Q4	1,027	3	0	2921.1
2014 Q3	1,445	0	0	0.0
2014 Q2	1,597	1	0	626.2
2014 Q1	1	0	0	0.0
2013 Q4	688	0	0	0.0
2013 Q3	623	0	0	0.0
2013 Q2	567	0	0	0.0
2013 Q1	1	0	0	0.0
2012 Q4	847	1	0	1180.6
2012 Q3	1,035	1	0	966.2
2012 Q2	1,831	0	0	0.0
2012 Q1	1	0	0	0.0
2011 Q4	342	0	0	0.0
2011 Q3	744	0	0	0.0
2011 Q2	691	0	0	0.0
2011 Q1	1	0	0	0.0
2010 Q4	358	6	4	16759.8
2010 Q3	1,515	0	0	0.0
2010 Q2	942	2	0	2123.1
2010 Q1	1	0	0	0.0
2009 Q4	331	0	0	0.0
2009 Q3	1,194	2	0	1675.0
2009 Q2	451	0	0	0.0
2009 Q1	1	0	0	0.0
2008 Q4	309	0	0	0.0
2008 Q3	1,598	4	2	2503.1
2008 Q2	835	7	0	8383.2
2008 Q1	1	0	0	0.0
2007 Q4	671	0	0	0.0
2007 Q3	1,483	0	0	0.0
2007 Q2	1,558	0	0	0.0
2007 Q1	1	0	0	0.0
2006 Q4	439	0	0	0.0
2006 Q3	1,714	0	0	0.0
2006 Q2	1,648	0	0	0.0
2006 Q1	5	0	0	0.0
2005 Q4	1,036	6	2	5791.5
2005 Q3	2,926	0	0	0.0
2005 Q2	1,766	0	0	0.0
2005 Q1	5	0	0	0.0
2004 Q4	716	0	0	0.0
2004 Q3	1,595	0	0	0.0
2004 Q2	2,024	0	0	0.0
2004 Q1	5	0	0	0.0
2003 Q4	1,325	0	0	0.0
2003 Q3	2,223	1	0	449.8
2003 Q2	1,631	0	0	0.0
2003 Q1	36	0	0	0.0
2002 Q4	884	0	0	0.0
2002 Q3	1,765	0	0	0.0
2002 Q2	1,807	0	0	0.0
2002 Q1	62	0	0	0.0
2001 Q4	1,907	0	0	0.0
2001 Q3	2,639	0	0	0.0
2001 Q2	1,999	2	0	1000.5
2001 Q1	45	0	0	0.0
2000 Q4	816	0	0	0.0
2000 Q3	2,005	0	0	0.0
2000 Q2	4,357	0	0	0.0
2000 Q1	5	0	0	0.0

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2006 · 1 incident

October 11, 2006 MN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Hengel Ready Mix & Construction Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Shoveling and twisted lower back.

2001 · 1 incident

April 2, 2001 MN · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Hengel Ready Mix & Construction Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

IN THE MAINTENANCE SHOP, EE WAS WORKING ON A PULLEY, MOVING IT BY HAND, CAUGHT HIS HAND IN THE PULLEY, PINCHING HIS 3RD AND 4TH FINGERS ON HIS LEFT HAND.

1993 · 1 incident

May 6, 1993 MN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Hengel Ready Mix & Construction Inc · Fall from machine

HE WAS DISMOUNTING A CONVEYOR AND LANDED WRONG ON HIS FOOT.

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