Portable #4 has $222K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6K outstanding across 13 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1985
Latest incident
Apr 1985
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
79
citations
26
significant & substantial
$221,641
proposed penalties
$82,675
paid to date
37% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $138,966 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
28
inspections on record
470
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: 470 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 $222K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6K 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.
$222K
proposed penalties
$89K
current assessed
$83K
paid to date
$6K
outstanding
78 assessments are final orders; 13 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-08-31.
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
2022 Q1
0
0
0
2021 Q4
508
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
64
1
0
15625.0
2021 Q2
0
0
0
2021 Q1
132
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
666
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
970
7
2
7216.5
2020 Q2
608
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2020 Q1
0
0
0
2019 Q4
825
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
1,318
12
4
9104.7
2019 Q2
708
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
0
0
0
2018 Q4
257
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
509
3
0
5893.9
2018 Q2
347
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
0
0
0
2017 Q4
373
3
0
8042.9
2017 Q3
1,136
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
1,139
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
168
4
0
23809.5
2016 Q4
299
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
295
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
0
0
0
2016 Q1
0
0
0
2015 Q4
879
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
1,100
1
0
909.1
2015 Q2
1,939
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
1,202
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
1,274
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
1,742
1
0
574.1
2014 Q2
1,011
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
670
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
789
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
1,321
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
1,136
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
699
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
3,246
9
4
2772.6
2012 Q3
1,649
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
447
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
405
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
1,089
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
984
1
0
1016.3
2011 Q2
0
0
0
2011 Q1
0
0
0
2010 Q4
0
1
0
2010 Q3
849
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
1,133
17
11
15004.4
2010 Q1
360
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
1,714
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
1,266
3
0
2369.7
2009 Q2
789
16
5
20278.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
1985 · 1 incident
April 18, 1985SD · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerPOWERED HAULAGE
Bob Bak Construction · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
LEFT HAND CAUGHT UNDER CONVEYOR BELTING WHEN EMPL TRIED TO REMOVE ROCK.
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