Mining Incidents

Portable #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Meridian Aggregates · Surface
Terrell, Kaufman County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4104194

Portable #1 has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $566 outstanding across 0 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 2000
28
citations
11
significant & substantial
$2,540
proposed penalties
$1,974
paid to date
78% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $566 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
9
inspections on record
154
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: 154 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 $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $566 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$566
outstanding
27 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-08-29.
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
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 667 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 7,570 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 12,104 9 6 743.6
2002 Q2 11,347 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 11,961 8 0 668.8
2001 Q4 13,909 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 15,245 0 0 0.0
Show 3 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q2 16,173 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 14,713 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 12,679 7 4 552.1

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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