Mining Incidents

Portable Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by James Psenak
Palmer, Matanuska-Susitna County, AK  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 5001810

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
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
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
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
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.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-07-25.
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 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
2024 Q2 1,200 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,200 0 0 0.0
Show 32 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
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.

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