Mining Incidents

Portable #3 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Bob Bak
Pierre, Stanley County, SD  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3901328

Portable #3 has $53K in proposed MSHA penalties and $34K outstanding across 13 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
49
citations
24
significant & substantial
$52,961
proposed penalties
$7,049
paid to date
13% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $45,912 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
25
inspections on record
323
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: 323 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 $53K in proposed MSHA penalties and $34K outstanding across 13 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.
$53K
proposed penalties
$41K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$34K
outstanding
49 assessments are final orders; 13 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-11-29.
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
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 295 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
Show 53 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q2 614 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 1,504 1 0 664.9
2010 Q3 1,077 16 9 14856.1
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 302 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 0 1 1
2009 Q2 367 1 0 2724.8
2009 Q1 893 16 8 17917.1
2008 Q4 460 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,760 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,840 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 1,470 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,028 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 150 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,270 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,284 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,640 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,143 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,233 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,211 5 2 4128.8
2005 Q2 994 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 987 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,177 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,755 9 4 3266.8
2004 Q2 1,365 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 200 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 809 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 895 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 143 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 390 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 283 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 761 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 574 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 447 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 725 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 713 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 702 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 185 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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The full compliance file on Portable #3

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