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Portable Crew #4: 18 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Juan B Lulack
Plains, Sanders County, MT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2402455

Portable Crew #4 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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 2007
18
citations
8
significant & substantial
$2,380
proposed penalties
$2,380
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Block Mountain Slate & Stone's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
12
inspections on record
113
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: 113 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 Crew #4 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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
$0
outstanding
18 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-03-30.
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.
44.4%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
44.4%
reasonably likely or greater
33.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 33.3% low, 66.7% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2013-07-09, 13 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
2
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2013-07-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.28 0.64 Backhoe Operator
2013-07-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Block Mountain Slate & Stone 2006 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2017 0
2016 2
2015 2
2014 1
2013 1
2012 3
2009 0
2008 0
2007 3
2006 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Portable Crew #4 sits in Sanders County, Montana, where the Census mining category is 0.8% 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.
Sanders County, Montana · Population 12,936
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$54,035
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
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 54 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 806 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 903 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 113 8 6 70796.5
2015 Q4 474 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 957 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 569 0 0 0.0
Show 24 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 181 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 300 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 705 4 0 5673.8
2013 Q2 127 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 264 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 838 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 0 1 0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 965 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,348 5 2 3709.2
2007 Q2 1,181 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 456 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,348 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 968 0 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.