Venture Portable 1 Metal/Non-Metal
Venture Corporation
· Surface
Controlled by
Orville Spray III
Lakin,
Kearny County,
KS
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1401662
Venture Portable 1 has $23K 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
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
55
citations
16
significant & substantial
$23,252
proposed penalties
$23,252
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
23
inspections on record
255
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: 255 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Venture Portable 1 has $23K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
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.$23K
proposed penalties
$23K
current assessed
$23K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
54 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-06.
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 | 2,914 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 3,674 | 4 | 0 | 1088.7 |
| 2025 Q2 | 4,940 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 4,451 | 8 | 1 | 1797.3 |
| 2024 Q4 | 4,604 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 5,618 | 2 | 2 | 356.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 5,152 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 4,352 | 1 | 1 | 229.8 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 4,275 | 1 | 0 | 233.9 |
| 2023 Q3 | 4,645 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 3,631 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 4,368 | 2 | 1 | 457.9 |
| 2022 Q4 | 1,795 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 3,957 | 2 | 0 | 505.4 |
| 2022 Q2 | 2,611 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 3,482 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 2,926 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 4,055 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 4,384 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 4,204 | 2 | 0 | 475.7 |
| 2020 Q4 | 3,682 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 4,234 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 5,990 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 2,615 | 5 | 1 | 1912.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 1,643 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 808 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 418 | 3 | 1 | 7177.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q4 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 1,485 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 Q3 | 384 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006 Q3 | 2,854 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 2,585 | 14 | 5 | 5415.9 |
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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The full compliance file on Venture Portable 1
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.