Mining Incidents

Portable I Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Loren ( Butch) Hoffman
New Ulm, Brown County, MN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2103225

Portable I has $7K 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 2000
59
citations
8
significant & substantial
$7,104
proposed penalties
$7,104
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
41
inspections on record
303
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: 303 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 I has $7K 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
59 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-08-08.
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
2022 Q4 358 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,630 1 0 613.5
2022 Q2 284 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 102 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 928 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 258 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
Show 77 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2020 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 908 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 458 2 0 4366.8
2018 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,084 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 804 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 124 2 0 16129.0
2017 Q3 1,830 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,404 5 0 3561.3
2017 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 102 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,630 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 740 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,470 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 640 3 0 4687.5
2015 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 4 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,630 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,830 5 2 2732.2
2014 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 388 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 358 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 364 2 0 5494.5
2013 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 104 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,530 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 110 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,630 1 0 613.5
2011 Q2 1,840 3 1 1630.4
2011 Q1 4 1 0 250000.0
2010 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,045 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 500 2 1 4000.0
2010 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 530 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,535 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,240 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 115 7 2 60869.6
2008 Q3 2,045 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,430 3 0 2097.9
2008 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 440 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,540 3 0 1948.1
2007 Q2 220 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 48 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 430 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,835 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,430 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 51 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 568 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,224 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 668 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 54 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 608 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,040 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 518 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 68 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 450 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 992 5 1 5040.3
2003 Q2 518 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 13 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 610 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,600 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 518 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 820 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,640 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 624 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 6 10 1 1666666.7
2000 Q3 1,536 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 424 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.

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The full compliance file on Portable I

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.