Mining Incidents

Portable #1: 20 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

John Harlan Const. · Surface
Controlled by John Harlan
Vernal, Uintah County, UT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4202342

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 2002
20
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,756
proposed penalties
$1,756
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
9
inspections on record
84
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: 84 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
20 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-06-29.
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.
10.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
10.0%
reasonably likely or greater
65.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 30.0% low, 70.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. John Harlan Construction LLC 2002 to 2004
  2. Basin Wide, Inc. 2004 to 2007
  3. John Harlan Const 2007 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2010 1
2009 4
2008 4
2007 4
2006 1
2005 5
2004 3
2003 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Portable #1 sits in Uintah County, Utah, where the Census mining category is 12.5% 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.
Uintah County, Utah · Population 36,458
12.5%
Mining share of county employment
$69,861
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
2010 Q2 0 1 0
2010 Q1 627 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 359 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,329 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,260 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,351 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,728 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,970 0 0 0.0
Show 19 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q2 1,961 1 0 509.9
2008 Q1 1,681 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,121 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,980 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,400 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 0 0 0
2006 Q1 858 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,011 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,350 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,252 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,479 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,119 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 797 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,179 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,791 1 0 558.3
2003 Q4 1,382 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,502 13 2 8655.1
2003 Q2 1,614 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,147 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.