Mining Incidents

Portable #361 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Justin Higman
Akron, Cherokee County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1302325

Portable #361 has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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 2006
30
citations
3
significant & substantial
$6,989
proposed penalties
$6,989
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
14
inspections on record
168
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: 168 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 #361 has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
29 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-06-04.
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
2014 Q1 1,450 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,450 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,806 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,857 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 1,138 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,574 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 4,393 5 2 1138.2
Show 22 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q4 1,864 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,719 1 0 367.8
2011 Q2 140 6 0 42857.1
2011 Q1 120 1 0 8333.3
2010 Q4 637 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,230 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 753 9 0 11952.2
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 320 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 955 2 0 2094.2
2007 Q3 2,473 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,393 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 43 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,708 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,091 2 0 647.0

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 #361

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.