Portable: 12 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal
Portable has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
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- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2020
12
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,733
proposed penalties
$1,733
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
13
inspections on record
98
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 98 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 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
12 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $60 in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-07-25.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.8.3%
significant & substantial
16.7%
high negligence or reckless
8.3%
reasonably likely or greater
8.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 83.3% moderate, 16.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
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Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
1
citations taken to the federal commission · 8% of citations on record
- Stood as issued 1 · 100%
100%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$60 proposed, $0 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2005-11-09.
Contested penalties
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A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
| Docket | Decision | Judge | Year | Proposed / upheld |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WEST 2006-123M | Dismissal | Manning | 2006 | $60 → $0 |
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
- Jim Psenak Construction 2004 to 2020
- Jim Psenak Construction, LLC 2020 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 |
| 2025 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 |
| 2020 | 3 |
| 2009 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 |
| 2007 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 |
| 2005 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Portable sits in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, where the Census mining category is 3.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
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County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska · Population 110,677
3.1%
Mining share of county employment
$90,625
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q2 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2026 Q1 | 734 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q3 | 560 | 3 | 0 | 5357.1 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q2 | 1,200 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 1,200 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q4 | 480 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 720 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 720 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 960 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 640 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 960 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 960 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 960 | 1 | 0 | 1041.7 |
| 2021 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q1 | 630 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 1,920 | 8 | 1 | 4166.7 |
| 2020 Q3 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 Q3 | 945 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 480 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006 Q4 | 424 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2005 Q4 | 256 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 292 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 128 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004 Q3 | 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.