Mining Incidents

Portable Crushing: 20 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Lawrence White Construction · Surface
East Dorset, Bennington County, VT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4300456

Portable Crushing 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 2009
20
citations
5
significant & substantial
$2,294
proposed penalties
$2,294
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
18
inspections on record
148
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: 148 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 Crushing 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
20 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-08-18.
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.
25.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
25.0%
reasonably likely or greater
35.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 25.0% low, 75.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Lawrence White Construction 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2017 0
2016 1
2015 1
2014 1
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Portable Crushing sits in Bennington County, Vermont, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Bennington County, Vermont · Population 37,312
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$71,494
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 45 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 44 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 55 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 62 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 35 3 0 85714.3
2015 Q2 20 0 0 0.0
Show 34 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 49 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 67 7 0 104477.6
2014 Q2 104 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 159 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 237 4 1 16877.6
2013 Q2 36 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 74 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 120 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 88 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 141 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 21 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 111 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 54 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 114 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 16 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 28 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 213 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 318 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 26 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 97 6 4 61855.7
2009 Q3 165 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 90 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 111 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 57 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 174 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 37 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 65 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 39 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 60 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 96 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 258 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.