Fast Pack 1 Portable 1 has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $302 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2010
Latest incident
Jul 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
22
citations
0
significant & substantial
$2,557
proposed penalties
$2,255
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $302 gap.
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: 275 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Fast Pack 1 Portable 1 has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $302 outstanding across 3 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$302
outstanding
22 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $471 in penalties contested before the Commission, $355 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-09.
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.
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.
4citations taken to the federal commission · 18% of citations on record
Settled
3 · 75%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 25%
25%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$471 proposed, $355 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2019-05-28.
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.
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: 2019-03-26, 7 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
21
samples
11
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg8
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz7
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz6
Show the individual readings (21)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2019-03-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
Utility Man
2019-03-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-06-07
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.17
10
0.02
Front-end Loader Operator
2017-06-07
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.13
10
0.01
Front-end Loader Operator
2017-06-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2013-03-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2013-03-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.4
1.78
0.22
Crusher Oper/Worker
2013-03-20
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.27
10
0.03
Front-end Loader Operator
2013-03-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.26
1.76
0.15
Bobcat Operator
2012-01-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2012-01-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
1.21
0.12
Bobcat Operator
2012-01-11
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.21
10
0.02
Truck Driver
2012-01-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cleanup Man
2011-02-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-02-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-02-24
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.69
10
0.07
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-01-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
1.31
0.15
Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-01-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.37
1.25
0.30
Cleanup Man
2010-01-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-01-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Blaster, Powder Gang
2010-01-26
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.16
10
0.02
Truck Driver
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.
Fast Pack 1 Portable 1 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2010.
Injury rate, 2010
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.68 and the all-US-mining average was 3.20 cases per 100 workers.
In Indiana, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.60 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
7
2025
5
2021
4
2020
4
2019
8
2018
1
2017
5
2016
3
2015
5
2014
5
2013
11
2012
5
2011
8
2010
16
2009
10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Fast Pack 1 Portable 1 sits in Lake County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Lake County, Indiana · Population 498,990
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$68,985
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
2026 Q2
6,907
2
0
289.6
2026 Q1
1,774
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
3,413
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
3,966
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
526
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
2,558
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
335
1
0
2985.1
2019 Q2
1,604
0
0
0.0
Show 32 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2019 Q1
3,022
1
0
330.9
2018 Q4
0
0
0
2018 Q2
502
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
590
1
0
1694.9
2017 Q3
4,032
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
5,044
4
0
793.0
2017 Q1
3,621
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
1,852
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
2,364
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
2,608
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
165
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
928
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
2,999
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
2,024
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
387
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
2,710
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
2,786
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
3,938
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
5,960
1
0
167.8
2012 Q4
0
0
0
2012 Q3
0
0
0
2012 Q2
132
1
0
7575.8
2012 Q1
5,117
1
0
195.4
2011 Q4
4,123
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
1,820
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
1,377
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
1,802
1
0
554.9
2010 Q4
10,984
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
10,152
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
8,094
1
0
123.5
2010 Q1
7,184
1
0
139.2
2009 Q4
5,993
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2010 · 1 incident
July 8, 2010IN · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techDISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Fred Weber Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)