Portable #3 has $1K 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
2
Years on record
2006–2018
Latest incident
Oct 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
13
citations
4
significant & substantial
$1,457
proposed penalties
$1,457
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
17
inspections on record
133
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: 133 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 #3 has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
11 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-09-24.
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
31
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
370
4
3
10810.8
2023 Q3
0
0
0
2023 Q2
0
0
0
2023 Q1
69
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
0
0
0
2022 Q3
0
0
0
2022 Q2
25
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2022 Q1
4
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
158
1
0
6329.1
2021 Q3
1,403
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
27
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
0
0
0
2020 Q4
81
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
662
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
1,198
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
1,132
2
0
1766.8
2019 Q3
538
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
0
0
0
2019 Q1
10
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
986
2
0
2028.4
2018 Q3
1,983
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
1,800
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
0
0
0
2014 Q2
0
0
0
2014 Q1
0
0
0
2013 Q4
0
0
0
2013 Q3
781
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
1,549
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
10
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
10
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
10
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
89
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
1,916
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
521
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
10
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
10
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
10
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
20
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
18
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
113
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
1,465
1
0
682.6
2008 Q1
14
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
1,420
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
1,353
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
1,798
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
510
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
173
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
1,628
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
1,773
1
1
564.0
2006 Q1
184
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
750
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
867
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
19
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
10
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
14
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
407
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
130
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
629
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
10
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
10
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
14
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
658
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
629
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
50
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
486
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
100
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
335
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
29
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
725
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
1,649
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
1,146
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
10
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
2018 · 1 incident
October 3, 2018NE · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
They were repositioning the dredge in gusty winds when the starboard side positioning line became taught. EE attempted to ease the line out by pulling the dog back out of the sprocket teeth when ee did hand slipped off the winch handle causing it to free wheel the winch handle came around hitting right hand and ee nose as went down to the deck.
The latch on a fiber rope winch released unexpectedly causing the winch handle to come around and strike the miner on the back of his left hand.
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