Mining Incidents

Portable 11 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Joseph R Vinagro
Johnston, Providence County, RI  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3700243

Portable 11 has $191K in proposed MSHA penalties and $7K outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2022
Latest incident
Oct 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2022
33
citations
10
significant & substantial
$190,641
proposed penalties
$140,245
paid to date
74% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $50,396 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2022
12
inspections on record
587
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: 587 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 11 has $191K in proposed MSHA penalties and $7K outstanding across 4 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.
$191K
proposed penalties
$147K
current assessed
$140K
paid to date
$7K
outstanding
32 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-03.
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 4,772 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 5,045 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,821 4 1 829.7
2025 Q1 3,743 5 0 1335.8
2024 Q4 4,245 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 5,174 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 5,377 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 5,249 1 0 190.5
Show 11 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 5,245 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 5,894 1 0 169.7
2023 Q2 5,910 3 3 507.6
2023 Q1 808 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,142 13 6 4137.5
2022 Q3 5,300 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 5,242 6 0 1144.6
2022 Q1 332 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3,058 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,844 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,864 0 0 0.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
October 7, 2022 RI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman Fatality · OTHER
J R Vinagro Corporation · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

A miner entered the air separator to clear a blockage. The miner became engulfed in the material.

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