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Portable 1 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Brent Kerr
Cornelius, Columbia County, OR  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3503746

Portable 1 has $108K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2024
Latest incident
Oct 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
192
citations
53
significant & substantial
$107,918
proposed penalties
$91,732
paid to date
85% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $16,186 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
49
inspections on record
870
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: 870 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 $108K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$108K
proposed penalties
$92K
current assessed
$92K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
190 assessments are final orders; 4 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
ⓘ 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 2,177 2 0 918.7
2025 Q3 2,828 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,583 4 1 1116.4
2025 Q1 3,475 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 5,030 5 2 994.0
2024 Q3 5,264 3 0 569.9
2024 Q2 9,184 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,244 3 0 1336.9
Show 55 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 6,191 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 10,438 1 0 95.8
2023 Q2 5,607 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 5,459 3 1 549.6
2022 Q4 4,746 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 4,701 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 5,928 6 0 1012.1
2022 Q1 4,501 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 5,063 7 1 1382.6
2021 Q3 2,485 13 6 5231.4
2021 Q2 2,684 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 3,695 1 0 270.6
2020 Q4 1,950 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,275 18 4 7912.1
2020 Q2 3,963 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 4,305 30 8 6968.6
2019 Q4 2,721 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,063 5 0 2423.7
2019 Q2 1,859 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,488 4 0 1607.7
2018 Q4 1,969 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,735 2 0 1152.7
2018 Q2 1,652 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,521 10 1 6574.6
2017 Q4 1,839 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,847 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,499 6 2 4002.7
2017 Q1 1,535 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,323 4 2 3023.4
2016 Q3 1,068 4 1 3745.3
2016 Q2 2,638 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 3,523 1 0 283.8
2015 Q4 3,741 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,963 1 1 337.5
2015 Q2 2,433 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 3,114 8 1 2569.0
2014 Q4 2,909 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,363 6 2 2539.1
2014 Q2 2,916 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 3,539 9 4 2543.1
2013 Q4 3,558 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,763 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,339 2 0 460.9
2013 Q1 5,234 2 0 382.1
2012 Q4 4,667 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,157 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,719 2 0 735.6
2012 Q1 2,621 5 1 1907.7
2011 Q4 2,606 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,442 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,852 2 1 701.3
2011 Q1 3,159 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,496 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,076 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,350 23 14 6865.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2024 · 2 incidents

October 3, 2024 OR · Metal/Non-Metal groundman, yardman POWERED HAULAGE
Columbia Northwest Recycling Inc. · Struck against a moving object

EE drove down haul road after fueling. Claims to have lost air pressure to the air brakes. Tried to shift down and it would not go back into gear. Turned the corner and rolled the truck onto the left side and then to the top.

October 3, 2024 OR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Columbia Northwest Recycling Inc. · Struck against a moving object

EE was a passenger in the fuel/lube truck that a co-worker was driving at the time of accident. They came down the haul road after fueling. The co-worker told EE they had no air for the brakes and tried to shift down and the truck would not go back into gear. Turned the corner and the truck rolled onto its left side and then the top.

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