Whetrock Inc (Portable2 Metal/Non-Metal
Whetrock Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Roger D Whetstine Jr
Union,
Cass County,
NE
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1401737
Whetrock Inc (Portable2 has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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 2018
65
citations
13
significant & substantial
$25,619
proposed penalties
$23,716
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,903 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2018
23
inspections on record
363
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: 363 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Whetrock Inc (Portable2 has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.$26K
proposed penalties
$24K
current assessed
$24K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
65 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-04.
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 | 2,316 | 1 | 0 | 431.8 |
| 2025 Q3 | 3,122 | 3 | 0 | 960.9 |
| 2025 Q2 | 3,120 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 2,792 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 2,915 | 6 | 1 | 2058.3 |
| 2024 Q3 | 2,812 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 2,447 | 2 | 0 | 817.3 |
| 2024 Q1 | 2,219 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 2,375 | 14 | 5 | 5894.7 |
| 2023 Q3 | 2,658 | 1 | 0 | 376.2 |
| 2023 Q2 | 3,341 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 2,518 | 8 | 0 | 3177.1 |
| 2022 Q4 | 2,312 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 3,215 | 3 | 1 | 933.1 |
| 2022 Q2 | 1,762 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 1,877 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 1,768 | 5 | 2 | 2828.1 |
| 2021 Q3 | 2,632 | 4 | 2 | 1519.8 |
| 2021 Q2 | 2,913 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 2,941 | 4 | 1 | 1360.1 |
| 2020 Q4 | 3,342 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 3,935 | 6 | 1 | 1524.8 |
| 2020 Q2 | 4,320 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 2,997 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 2,530 | 1 | 0 | 395.3 |
| 2019 Q3 | 2,642 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 1,937 | 4 | 0 | 2065.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 1,730 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 1,837 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 960 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 1,440 | 3 | 0 | 2083.3 |
| 2018 Q1 | 520 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q3 | 2,160 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q3 | 960 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 1,920 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 1,680 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 280 | 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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