Mining Incidents

Portable #365 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Justin Higman
Akron, Sioux County, IA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1302400

Portable #365 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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 2009
32
citations
17
significant & substantial
$4,590
proposed penalties
$4,444
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $146 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
8
inspections on record
123
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: 123 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 #365 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
32 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-08-14.
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 450 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 1,735 5 2 2881.8
2013 Q2 220 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 2,090 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,661 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,236 11 4 4919.5
Show 7 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2012 Q1 1,271 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 356 5 2 14044.9
2010 Q3 460 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,226 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 160 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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