Mining Incidents

Portable Plant #1 Metal/Non-Metal

SODERBERG CO., INC. · Surface
Controlled by Carl J Soderberg
CARIBOU, Aroostook County, ME  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 1700678

Portable Plant #1 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 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
36
citations
5
significant & substantial
$4,090
proposed penalties
$3,844
paid to date
94% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $246 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
26
inspections on record
289
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: 289 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 Plant #1 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
36 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-10-07.
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
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 540 1 0 1851.9
2024 Q3 650 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 76 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 5 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 950 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 600 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 15 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 810 1 0 1234.6
2019 Q3 1,560 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,350 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 5 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 485 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,200 2 0 625.0
2018 Q2 2,150 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,045 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,368 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,740 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 341 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,623 3 0 1143.7
2016 Q3 4,442 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,760 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,681 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,314 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,409 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,553 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 644 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,951 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,439 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,605 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 1,570 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,123 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 363 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 1,475 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,931 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,641 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 1,613 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,745 9 2 3278.7
2011 Q2 1,817 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 1,303 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,807 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 851 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 1,126 3 1 2664.3
2008 Q3 649 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 734 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 647 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 588 4 0 6802.7
2007 Q2 396 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 23 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,510 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 595 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,161 2 1 925.5
2006 Q1 1,502 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,572 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,042 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,409 5 1 3548.6
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 161 5 0 31055.9
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 180 1 0 5555.6

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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