Mining Incidents

Wabasha Portable 2: 33 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Kohner Holding Company
Durand, Pepin County, WI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4703559

Wabasha Portable 2 has $5K 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
33
citations
10
significant & substantial
$4,968
proposed penalties
$4,968
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
24
inspections on record
165
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: 165 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2020-12-21.
On record since 2020.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Wabasha Portable 2 has $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
31 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $200 in penalties contested before the Commission, $200 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-06-13.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
31.2%
significant & substantial
6.2%
high negligence or reckless
31.2%
reasonably likely or greater
59.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 21.9% low, 71.9% moderate, 6.2% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$200 proposed, $200 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2015-12-10.
Contested penalties
A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
LAKE 2016-0107 Settlement McCarthy 2016 $200 → $200
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2020-12-22, 5 years ago
1
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2020-12-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Wabasha Sand, Gravel & Ready Mixed Co. 2009 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2025 0
2024 1
2023 2
2022 2
2021 3
2020 2
2019 2
2018 1
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Wabasha Portable 2 sits in Pepin County, Wisconsin, where the Census mining category is 0.2% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Pepin County, Wisconsin · Population 7,372
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$74,536
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 251 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 44 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 55 0 0 0.0
Show 56 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3 66 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 186 6 2 32258.1
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 137 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 149 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 188 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 114 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 286 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 87 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 167 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 40 3 1 75000.0
2020 Q3 46 1 0 21739.1
2020 Q2 112 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 78 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 98 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 599 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 119 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 86 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 47 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 97 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 14 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 46 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 64 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 56 1 1 17857.1
2015 Q2 63 2 0 31746.0
2015 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 87 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 63 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 67 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 34 1 0 29411.8
2013 Q2 93 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 93 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 127 4 2 31496.1
2012 Q2 97 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 133 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 97 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 44 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 161 8 3 49689.4
2010 Q2 171 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1 1 0 1000000.0
2009 Q4 110 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 170 4 1 23529.4

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.