HNS Inc-Portable Plant #1 has $58K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2006–2021
Latest incident
Sep 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
148
citations
48
significant & substantial
$57,524
proposed penalties
$49,013
paid to date
85% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $8,511 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: 562 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
HNS Inc-Portable Plant #1 has $58K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$58K
proposed penalties
$49K
current assessed
$49K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
148 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $30K in penalties contested before the Commission, $22K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-13.
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.
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.
18citations taken to the federal commission · 12% of citations on record
Settled
18 · 100%
78%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 9 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
28%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$28K proposed, $20K 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 2010-01-07.
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: 2019-07-16, 7 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
12
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz6
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
Cristobalite, respirable1
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (12)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2019-07-16
Cristobalite, respirable
0.63
Laborer, Bullgang
2019-07-16
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.63
10
0.06
Laborer, Bullgang
2019-07-16
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
0
10
0.00
Front-end Loader Operator
2015-04-28
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.74
Truck Driver
2015-04-28
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
1.13
Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-10-20
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.62
Mechanic
2009-10-20
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.14
Mechanic
2009-10-20
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.23
Mechanic
2002-06-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.07
2.78
0.38
Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-06-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.55
2.26
0.24
Utility Man
2001-05-24
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.25
Laborer, Bullgang
2001-05-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.86
1.13
0.76
Crusher Oper/Worker
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
5
2025
4
2021
4
2019
4
2017
0
2016
2
2015
5
2011
0
2010
6
2009
8
2008
5
2007
5
2006
10
2005
9
2004
8
2003
13
2002
9
2001
8
2000
10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
HNS Inc-Portable Plant #1 sits in Umatilla County, Oregon, 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.
Umatilla County, Oregon · Population 80,087
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$68,958
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
EE was collecting a rock sample and slid right hand down a metal railing. EE felt something poke EE's wrist but the railing looked fine. It seemed EE got a metal sliver. EE did not report it because it was not serious. On 10/7/2021, EE reported the injury for the first time and said it was infected and needed to be removed.
2006 · 1 incident
July 14, 2006OR · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Right wrist was caught between the roller and belly pan feeder. Two other people were holding the bar and somehow the bar slipped and pinned his wrist. Received about 30 stitches in wrist.