Mining Incidents

Portable 6 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Joseph R Vinagro
Montgomery, Somerset County, NJ  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3700236

Portable 6 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $453 outstanding across 0 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
18
citations
6
significant & substantial
$2,491
proposed penalties
$2,038
paid to date
82% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $453 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2020
11
inspections on record
181
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: 181 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 6 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $453 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$453
outstanding
18 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-19.
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 15,345 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 14,901 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 18,165 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 18,050 2 1 110.8
2024 Q4 18,830 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 21,535 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 19,083 2 1 104.8
2024 Q1 16,946 0 0 0.0
Show 16 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 16,158 2 1 123.8
2023 Q3 20,246 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 17,196 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 14,950 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 13,508 1 1 74.0
2022 Q3 14,766 1 0 67.7
2022 Q2 17,888 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 9,250 5 0 540.5
2021 Q4 7,266 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 8,096 2 1 247.0
2021 Q2 7,844 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 6,160 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 8,395 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 8,694 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 8,550 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 7,200 2 1 277.8

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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