Mining Incidents

Portable #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Dirt Works · Surface
Controlled by Wayne B Dworaczyk
Blanco, Blanco County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4104757

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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
18
citations
5
significant & substantial
$2,365
proposed penalties
$2,365
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
12
inspections on record
74
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: 74 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
18 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-10-14.
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
2018 Q2 1,556 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,095 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 471 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 236 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 837 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,234 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,188 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,815 0 0 0.0
Show 30 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q2 1,762 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,140 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,015 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,642 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,245 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,216 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,461 2 0 1368.9
2014 Q3 759 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,359 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 985 4 2 4060.9
2013 Q4 733 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,516 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 995 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 900 5 1 5555.6
2012 Q4 73 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 0 1 0
2012 Q2 108 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 135 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 65 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 42 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 38 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 233 4 1 17167.4
2010 Q3 323 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 466 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 279 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 130 2 1 15384.6
2009 Q3 56 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 183 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 424 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 12 0 0 0.0

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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