Mining Incidents

Portable 7 FT4250: 23 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Mobile Crushing & Screening Inc. · Surface
Controlled by John B Frerich
Garden City, Glasscock County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4105214

Portable 7 FT4250 has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $740 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 2016
23
citations
4
significant & substantial
$8,965
proposed penalties
$7,333
paid to date
82% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,632 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
16
inspections on record
82
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: 82 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2016-08-31.
On record since 2016.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Portable 7 FT4250 has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $740 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$740
outstanding
22 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-08-10.
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.
18.2%
significant & substantial
40.9%
high negligence or reckless
18.2%
reasonably likely or greater
40.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 4.5% low, 54.5% moderate, 40.9% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
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.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 9% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
27%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$3K proposed, $2K 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 2016-11-29.
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
CENT 2017-0090 Settlement Miller 2017 $3K → $2K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Mobile Crushing & Screening Inc. 2016 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Portable 7 FT4250 sits in Glasscock County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 1.3% of county employment.

Local economic context
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.
Glasscock County, Texas · Population 1,070
1.3%
Mining share of county employment
$106,806
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2021 Q3 320 1 0 3125.0
2021 Q2 1,244 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,260 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 780 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,396 4 0 2865.3
2020 Q1 1,410 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,440 3 0 2083.3
Show 13 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q3 1,220 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,260 2 0 1587.3
2019 Q1 1,220 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 940 1 0 1063.8
2018 Q3 1,010 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,011 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,011 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,011 3 0 2967.4
2017 Q3 1,015 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,025 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,012 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,035 4 2 3864.7
2016 Q3 1,035 5 2 4830.9

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.