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Portable #1: 13 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Mission, Hidalgo County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103339

Portable #1 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Years on record
1985–1998
Latest incident
Aug 1998
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
13
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,556
proposed penalties
$1,556
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Valley Caliche Products Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
33
inspections on record
359
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: 359 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 $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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
$0
outstanding
13 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-04-04.
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.
15.4%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
15.4%
reasonably likely or greater
46.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 7.7% low, 92.3% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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: 2017-07-14, 9 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
8
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Aluminum oxide fumes1
  • Arsenic fumes1
Show the individual readings (22)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2017-07-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2017-07-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2017-07-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-04-04 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2001-04-04 Chromium, insoluble 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2001-04-04 Cobalt fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2001-04-04 Copper fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2001-04-04 Iron oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2001-04-04 Lead fumes 0 150 0.00 Welder, etc.
2001-04-04 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2001-04-04 Manganese fumes 0 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2001-04-04 Aluminum oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2001-04-04 Nickel fumes 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2001-04-04 Titanium dioxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2001-04-04 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2001-04-04 Zinc oxide fumes 0 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2001-04-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 1.38 0.13 Laborer, Bullgang
2001-04-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.43 1.13 0.38 Truck Driver
2001-04-04 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-04-04 Molybdenum fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2001-04-04 Arsenic fumes 0 500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2001-04-04 Beryllium fumes 0 2 0.00 Welder, etc.
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.

Portable #1 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2007.

Injury rate, 2007
ⓘ 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 3.30 and the all-US-mining average was 3.77 cases per 100 workers.
In Texas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.75 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.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2007 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2006 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2005 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2000 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
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.
Ownership history
  1. Valley Caliche Products Inc 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2019 3
2018 3
2017 3
2016 3
2015 3
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 1
2010 1
2009 1
2008 6
2007 9
2006 10
2005 10
2004 7
2003 6
2002 0
2001 5
2000 8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Portable #1 sits in Hidalgo County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 1.8% 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.
Hidalgo County, Texas · Population 880,921
1.8%
Mining share of county employment
$52,281
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
2019 Q3 294 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,012 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,054 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,756 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,611 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,302 1 0 434.4
2018 Q1 1,607 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,531 1 0 395.1
Show 70 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q3 2,025 2 0 987.7
2017 Q2 1,328 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,584 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,441 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,363 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,916 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,709 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,484 1 0 673.9
2015 Q3 1,340 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,711 1 0 584.5
2015 Q1 819 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 904 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 671 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 487 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 730 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 818 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 804 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 833 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 487 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 746 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 738 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 641 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 810 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 989 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 636 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 447 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 340 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 387 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 435 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 89 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 1,156 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,348 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,459 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,751 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 5,597 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 5,377 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,656 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 5,016 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 6,922 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 7,304 1 0 136.9
2006 Q3 7,295 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 7,333 2 0 272.7
2006 Q1 7,837 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 7,236 1 0 138.2
2005 Q3 6,604 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 7,296 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 7,509 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 5,905 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,605 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,634 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,345 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,276 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 5,302 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,024 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,173 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 1,057 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,368 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,227 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,960 3 2 757.6
2001 Q1 6,014 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,779 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 5,883 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 5,230 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 5,354 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

14 on file

1998 · 1 incident

August 8, 1998 TX · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES
Valley Caliche Products Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WENT TO DR. THINKING IT WAS KIDNEY RELATED. MEDICINE DIDN'T HELP & PAIN WAS EXTENDING INTO LEFT LEG. ON 8/22/98 HAD X-RAYS TAKEN.DR. REPORT SUGGESTS POSSIBLE DEGENERATIVE ARTICULATIONS IN T HE LOWER LUMBAR REGIONS AND TOLD HIM THAT HIS CONDITION COULD BE WORK RELATED AND HE NEEDED TO SEE A SPECIALIST.

1996 · 1 incident

September 4, 1996 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Valley Caliche Products Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS TRYING TO REMOVE THE CENTER PIN ON THE STABILIZATION BAR ON A CAT D-9L DOZER. POSITIONED UNDERNEATH THE MACHINE, HE BEGAN HITTING ON THE AREA SURROUNDING THE PIN. PRESSURE WAS BEING APP LIED TO THE PIN FROM THE OTHER SIDE BY A PORTABLE HYDRAULIC PRESS. ONE OF THE STRIKES W/ HAMMER HIT CENTER PIN, CAUSING A PIECE TO FLY OFF & HITEE ON CALF AREA. METAL CHIP REMOVED W/3 STITCHE

1995 · 1 incident

April 6, 1995 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Valley Caliche Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS SHIMMING A SUPPORT LEG OF THE CALICHE PLANT. USING A 10LB SLEDGE HAMMER WITH BOTH HANDS SGRIPPING THE HANDLE, HE WOULD SWING AND STRIKE THE SHIM, DRIVING IT IN FURTHER, REMOVING THE PLA NT IN THE SUPPROT LEG. DURING HIS LAST STRIKE, HIS RIGHT HAND THUMBNAIL CAUGHT THE EDGE OF A TIRE, WHICH IS PART OF THE PLANT. WHEN THIS HAPPEN, IT CAUSED HIS THUMBNAIL TO BE PULLED BACK OFF

1994 · 1 incident

July 29, 1994 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Valley Caliche Products Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS OPERATING HIS 980 C LOADER: LOADING CUSTOMER TRUCKS FROM A STOCKPILE. IT WAS A VERY BUSY DAY AND LATE IN THE AFTERNOON, HIS HAND BEGAN TO HURT. THE STEERING WHEEL KNOB AND TRANS MISSION SHIFTER ARE SUSPECT OF CAUSING PRESSURE ON MEDICAN NERVE.

1993 · 1 incident

April 6, 1993 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Valley Caliche Products Inc · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SOMETIME ON APRIL 6, OR APRIL 7, EMPLOYEE INJURED HIS BACK. HE DOES NOT KNOW WHEN, WHERE OR HOW HE DID IT. HIS SUPERVISOR QUESTIONED HIM ABOUT HIS LIMPING ON APRIL 7. EMPLOYEE REPLIED THAT HE MUST HAVE HURT HIS BACK AND THAT HE WAS NOT SUREHOW IT HAPPENED, POSSIBLY EXERCISING. HE SAW A MEDICAL DOCTOR TWICE FOR TREATMENT AND WAS GIVEN A CAT SCAN AND REFERED TO A SPECIALIST. BAD DISK

1992 · 1 incident

July 22, 1992 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Valley Caliche Products Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

95769TED IN THE AFTERNOON THAT BACK HURT,WASNT CERTAIN WHERE OR HOW IT HAPPENED. FIRST DAY OFF WAS 7-23-92.

1991 · 1 incident

November 11, 1991 TX · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Valley Caliche Products Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE HAD FINISHED HELPING CLEAN AROUND THE JAW CRUSHER AND WAS GOING BACK TO BOARD THE SCRAPER THAT HE OPERATES. AS HE LIFTED HIS LEFT TO CLIMB UP, HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

1990 · 1 incident

December 17, 1990 TX · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Valley Caliche Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS TRYING TO OPEN POUR SPOUT ON PLASTIC 5 GALLON CONTAINER OF OIL. PRYING POUR SPOUT OPEN WITH KNIFE IN LEFT HAND & SECURING CONTAINER WITH RIGHT HAND WHEN BLADE SLIPPED OFF POUR SPOUT & PUNCTURED RIGHT HAND. RIGHT HAND RECEIVED 3/4" PUNCTURE WOUND LOCATED BETWEEN THUMB & INDEX FINGER & RECEIVED SIX STITCHES.

1989 · 1 incident

October 31, 1989 TX · Metal/Non-Metal mechanic helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Valley Caliche Products Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS CHANGING ENGINE OIL ON S-24 SCRAPER. HE WAS NEARING COMPLETION OF JOB AS HE GRABBED LAST BUCKET OF OIL. HOLDING BUCKET IN LEFT HAND & CLIMBING VEHICLE WITH LEGS & RIGHT HAND TO PULL H IM UP HE FELT SHARP PARIN IN RIGHT SHOULDER. RECEIVED STRAINED RIGHT SHOULDER.

1988 · 1 incident

August 3, 1988 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Valley Caliche Products Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

TAIL END OF A CONVEYOR HAD BEEN RAISED IN ORDER TO BLOCK IT UP HIGHER THAN CURRENT POSITION TWO WOODEN BLOCKS WERE USED WHEN I.NAME PUSHED THEM INTO PLACE WITH HIS RT.ARM HE HEARD HIS SHOULDE R POP

1986 · 2 incidents

September 5, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Valley Caliche Products Inc · Struck by flying object

I NAME WAS USIN1 PRY BAR ON RT SIDE OF LOADER TO PRY OFF A CARRIER BEARING ON FRONT DRIVE WHILE AT THE SAME TIME ANOTHER MECHANIC ON LEFT SIDE WAS HITTING THE CARRIER BEARING WITH HIS HAMMER O ONE OF THE STRI5ES PRODUCED A FLYING CHIP OF METAL WHICH LODGED IN I NAMES RT FOREARM NEAR HIS WRIST THE CHIP OF METAL MEASUREED APPROX 6 MM LONG X 2 MM IN DIAMETER

January 10, 1986 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Valley Caliche Products Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EUCLID R 22 END3DUMP HAD HYDRAULIC CYLINDER LEAKING RAISED BEDD AND INSERTED PINS TO HOLD BED UP WHILE PULLING OUT CYLINDER PINS BROKE AND SMASHED FINGER OF MECHANIC

1985 · 2 incidents

December 12, 1985 TX · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Valley Caliche Products Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ON A WET DRIZZL3NG DAY THE GROUND WAS WET THIS MAN TURNED HIS ANKLE BECAUSE HE SLIPPED WHILE WALKING