Mining Incidents

Portable 4 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Joseph R Vinagro
JOHNSTON, Providence County, RI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3700198

Portable 4 has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Portable 4.

Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
57
citations
12
significant & substantial
$7,331
proposed penalties
$7,331
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
27
inspections on record
238
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: 238 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 4 has $7K 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
55 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-10-24.
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 4,786 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,826 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 288 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,701 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,029 5 1 4859.1
2024 Q3 2,348 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 47 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 477 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,336 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,504 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,682 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,930 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,999 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,239 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,758 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,526 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,641 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,491 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,815 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 3,859 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,374 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,338 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 422 4 1 9478.7
2019 Q4 2,970 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,855 16 0 8625.3
2019 Q2 40 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 255 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 414 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 9,513 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 7,952 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,738 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 12,633 6 0 474.9
2017 Q3 11,533 1 1 86.7
2017 Q2 2,120 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,553 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,708 1 0 269.7
2016 Q3 3,334 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,616 2 1 553.1
2007 Q1 1,408 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,442 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,408 1 0 710.2
2006 Q2 1,442 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,110 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,500 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,860 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,976 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,710 1 0 584.8
2004 Q4 3,600 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,500 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,770 1 0 265.3
2004 Q1 2,440 7 4 2868.9
2003 Q4 3,244 1 0 308.3
2003 Q3 2,640 10 4 3787.9
2003 Q2 960 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.

For insurers, brokers, and safety consultants

The full compliance file on Portable 4

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.