Mining Incidents

Portable #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Schuyler L Van Wart
Jacksonville, Jackson County, OR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3503666

Portable #1 has $543 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 2007
5
citations
0
significant & substantial
$543
proposed penalties
$543
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
9
inspections on record
116
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: 116 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Portable #1 has $543 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.
$543
proposed penalties
$543
current assessed
$543
paid to date
$0
outstanding
5 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-09-26.
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 Q3 7 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 20 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 36 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 147 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 822 0 0 0.0
Show 21 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3 812 1 0 1231.5
2013 Q2 0 1 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 232 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 1,048 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 233 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 36 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 10 3 0 300000.0

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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