First Rate Portable 4 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $894 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2024
Latest incident
Mar 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2021
14
citations
2
significant & substantial
$2,425
proposed penalties
$1,531
paid to date
63% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $894 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2020
11
inspections on record
134
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: 134 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
First Rate Portable 4 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $894 outstanding across 0 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$894
outstanding
11 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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 Q4
1,699
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
1,624
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
1,827
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
1,142
3
0
2627.0
2024 Q4
1,495
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
559
0
0
0.0
2024 Q2
1,503
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
2,617
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4
0
0
0
2023 Q3
1,964
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
1,773
3
1
1692.0
2023 Q1
2,646
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
663
1
0
1508.3
2022 Q3
848
2
0
2358.5
2022 Q2
1,379
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
1,265
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
699
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
1,619
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
1,684
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
1,315
2
0
1520.9
2020 Q4
2,193
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
1,655
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
1,917
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
307
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
0
0
0
2019 Q3
586
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2024 · 1 incident
March 7, 2024SD · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerMACHINERY
Employee was performing maintenance on site, using a battery powered hammer drill. The employee lost grip on the drill, resulting in the base/handle of the tool striking the employee in the face (lip and nose). Employee was taken to a local clinic where sutures were used to close the injury on the employee's lip.
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