Mining Incidents

Portable #62: 29 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Bellavance Trucking & Exc · Surface
Controlled by JOHN A BELLAVANCE
Moosup, Windham County, CT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0600701

Portable #62 has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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 2002
29
citations
14
significant & substantial
$2,892
proposed penalties
$2,496
paid to date
86% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $396 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
9
inspections on record
75
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: 75 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 #62 has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
29 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $4K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-12-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
48.3%
significant & substantial
13.8%
high negligence or reckless
48.3%
reasonably likely or greater
62.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 3.4% low, 82.8% moderate, 13.8% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Contested penalties
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
YORK20030072M Settlement Lesnick 2003 $2K → $1K
YORK20030064M Settlement Weisberger 2003 $2K → $900
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Bellavance Trucking & Exc 2002 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2006 1
2005 1
2004 1
2003 2
2002 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, 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
2006 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 6 1 0 166666.7
2005 Q3 53 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
Show 10 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2004 Q3 266 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 115 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 144 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 440 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 4 0
2002 Q4 104 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 407 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 65 24 14 369230.8

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.