Mining Incidents

Portable 1 Metal/Non-Metal

South Bend, Grays Harbor County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4502518

Portable 1 has $86K in proposed MSHA penalties and $37K outstanding across 7 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1984–1997
Latest incident
Aug 1997
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
110
citations
45
significant & substantial
$85,516
proposed penalties
$32,603
paid to date
38% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $52,913 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
31
inspections on record
651
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: 651 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 $86K in proposed MSHA penalties and $37K outstanding across 7 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.
$86K
proposed penalties
$70K
current assessed
$33K
paid to date
$37K
outstanding
88 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-11-16.
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
2011 Q1 771 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,033 29 12 28073.6
2010 Q2 1,489 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,108 22 14 19855.6
2009 Q4 1,152 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 682 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 410 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 745 0 0 0.0
Show 36 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q4 1,100 4 1 3636.4
2008 Q3 1,262 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,926 14 6 7269.0
2008 Q1 1,763 1 0 567.2
2007 Q4 1,859 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,944 2 0 679.3
2007 Q2 2,120 4 1 1886.8
2007 Q1 2,235 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,801 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,563 2 1 780.3
2006 Q2 2,003 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,795 1 1 357.8
2005 Q4 2,425 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,105 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,976 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,216 3 0 1353.8
2004 Q4 1,944 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,384 5 2 2097.3
2004 Q2 1,987 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,296 13 2 5662.0
2003 Q4 1,680 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,711 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,053 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,731 7 3 4043.9
2002 Q4 1,157 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 943 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,536 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,361 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,220 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,744 1 0 573.4
2001 Q2 2,175 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,748 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,060 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,019 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,769 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,687 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1997 · 2 incidents

February 24, 1997 WA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Harbor Rock Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SUBJECT GOT COVERALL CAUGHT IN RETURN ROLLER AFTAER SLIPPING WHILE CLEANING.

1984 · 1 incident

April 13, 1984 WA · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Harbor Rock Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A 4" HIGH PRESSURE HOSE RELEASED ON DRILL STRIKING SUBJECT ON UPPER LEFT ARM.

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