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Portable # 2: 43 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Arcosa, Inc
Punkin Center, Gila County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0203109

Portable # 2 has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2012–2016
Latest incident
Apr 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
43
citations
17
significant & substantial
$12,400
proposed penalties
$11,900
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $500 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Southwest Rock Products LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
25
inspections on record
254
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: 254 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 # 2 has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
43 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $8K in penalties contested before the Commission, $7K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-07-29.
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.
39.5%
significant & substantial
7.0%
high negligence or reckless
39.5%
reasonably likely or greater
55.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 2.3% low, 90.7% moderate, 7.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
9 citations taken to the federal commission · 21% of citations on record
  • Settled 6 · 67%
  • Stood as issued 2 · 22%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 11%
83%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 6 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
11%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$8K proposed, $7K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2016-10-12.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST 2011-39M Default Lesnick 2011 $4K → $4K
WEST 2011-637M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $2K → $2K
WEST 2017-0023 Settlement Miller 2017 $760 → $380
WEST 2015-0979 Settlement Lesnick 2016 $250 → $250
WEST 2015-0006 Settlement Lesnick 2015 $200 → $200
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2014-03-27, 12 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
5
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (5)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2014-03-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-03-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-03-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 0.54 0.44 Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-03-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.66 0.24 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-03-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Southwest Rock Products LLC 2005 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2016 5
2015 10
2014 9
2013 4
2012 2
2011 9
2010 4
2009 5
2008 7
2007 5
2006 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Portable # 2 sits in Gila County, Arizona, where the Census mining category is 5.8% 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.
Gila County, Arizona · Population 53,610
5.8%
Mining share of county employment
$59,089
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
2016 Q4 682 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,163 3 1 1387.0
2016 Q2 3,487 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,116 2 0 945.2
2015 Q4 1,792 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 5,273 3 2 568.9
2015 Q2 4,994 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 5,990 0 0 0.0
Show 36 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2014 Q4 4,491 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,736 2 0 422.3
2014 Q2 1,796 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,254 1 0 443.7
2013 Q4 2,118 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,906 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,517 2 1 1318.4
2013 Q1 1,187 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 178 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 519 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,124 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 554 2 0 3610.1
2011 Q4 1,130 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 874 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 10,249 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 7,627 2 0 262.2
2010 Q4 2,479 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,591 5 5 3142.7
2010 Q2 2,430 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,493 3 2 2009.4
2009 Q4 1,532 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,432 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,979 3 0 1007.0
2009 Q1 2,752 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,766 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,220 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,698 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 4,102 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,979 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,614 1 0 276.7
2007 Q2 2,151 2 2 929.8
2007 Q1 1,526 1 0 655.3
2006 Q4 1,977 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,333 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 958 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,657 9 4 5431.5
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2016 · 1 incident

April 12, 2016 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Southwest Rock Products LLC · Struck against a moving object

The employee was driving a haul truck, moving material around the plant,hit a rock in the roadway. The employee was not wearing a seat belt and as a result of hitting the rock, caused the truck to bounce employee up in the seat. When employee landed back in the seat, hurt back. This incident did not become a reportable injury until 5/9/2016 when lost time occurred.

2012 · 1 incident

January 16, 2012 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Southwest Rock Products LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE Directed the loader into position to load screen into bucket. signaled for loader to stop. walked in front of loader to drag screen into bucket when the operator lowered the bucket to the g round and EE's foot was under bucket tooth. crushing his left foot big and second toe. This incident caused both of the tips of his toes to be removed by the doctor.