Mining Incidents

Portable 1 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by James Severson
Ravensdale, King County, WA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4503808

Portable 1 has $417 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
1
Years on record
2026
Latest incident
May 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2021
3
citations
0
significant & substantial
$417
proposed penalties
$417
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2021
4
inspections on record
13
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: 13 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 $417 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.
$417
proposed penalties
$417
current assessed
$417
paid to date
$0
outstanding
3 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-02-06.
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
2025 Q4 1,631 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,296 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,050 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,870 1 0 534.8
2024 Q4 1,195 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 112 0 0 0.0
Show 12 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 121 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 224 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 179 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 126 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,295 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 923 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 183 2 0 10929.0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 101 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 434 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2026 · 1 incident

May 1, 2026 WA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Severson Road Contractors · Fall from machine

Employee and owner were performing maintenance on screen plant. Employee was on screen and jumped down onto lower screen breaking both ankles.

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