Mining Incidents

PORTABLE JAW: 8 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

SANPETE COUNTY ROAD DEPARTMENT · Surface
Controlled by Sanpete County-Ut
Fountain Green, Sanpete County, UT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4202208

PORTABLE JAW has $861 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 2002
8
citations
1
significant & substantial
$861
proposed penalties
$861
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
18
inspections on record
165
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: 165 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 JAW has $861 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.
$861
proposed penalties
$861
current assessed
$861
paid to date
$0
outstanding
8 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-15.
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.
12.5%
significant & substantial
25.0%
high negligence or reckless
12.5%
reasonably likely or greater
12.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 37.5% low, 37.5% moderate, 25.0% 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: 2025-07-15
4
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-07-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2025-07-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-05-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2021-05-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2017-07-25, 9 years ago
1
samples
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2017-07-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
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. Sanpete County Road Department 1998 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 1
2024 1
2023 2
2022 2
2021 2
2020 1
2019 1
2018 1
2017 1
2016 0
2015 1
2014 0
2013 1
2008 1
2007 2
2006 3
2005 3
2004 3
2003 3
2002 3
2001 2
2000 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

PORTABLE JAW sits in Sanpete County, Utah, where the Census mining category is 4.0% 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.
Sanpete County, Utah · Population 29,209
4.0%
Mining share of county employment
$67,459
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
2026 Q2 16 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 700 1 0 1428.6
2025 Q2 100 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 560 0 0 0.0
Show 79 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 200 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 320 1 0 3125.0
2023 Q2 100 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 100 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 0 1 0
2022 Q2 260 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 260 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 160 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 54 1 0 18518.5
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 60 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 12 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 3 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 150 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 140 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 120 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 11 1 0 90909.1
2007 Q1 41 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 201 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 11 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 9 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 131 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 51 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 151 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 21 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 6 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 36 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 111 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 321 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 141 1 0 7092.2
2002 Q3 7 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 11 2 1 181818.2
2002 Q1 241 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 241 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 169 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1 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.