Mining Incidents

Portable Plant #1: 17 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Churchill County Road Department · Surface
Controlled by Churchill County-NV
FALLON, Churchill County, NV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2600687

Portable Plant #1 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
17
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,724
proposed penalties
$1,724
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
20
inspections on record
258
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: 258 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 $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
17 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-02-16.
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.
11.8%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
11.8%
reasonably likely or greater
41.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 35.3% low, 64.7% 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: 2015-01-08, 11 years ago
6
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (6)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2015-01-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-01-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-05-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-04-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-09-11 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.24 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-09-11 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. Churchill County Road Department 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2020 0
2019 1
2018 3
2017 3
2016 2
2015 3
2014 3
2013 3
2012 6
2011 3
2010 3
2009 3
2008 2
2007 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Portable Plant #1 sits in Churchill County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 1.0% 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.
Churchill County, Nevada · Population 25,614
1.0%
Mining share of county employment
$73,268
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
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 176 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 292 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 24 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 462 0 0 0.0
Show 43 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q1 54 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 133 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 255 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 154 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 3 1 0 333333.3
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 717 3 0 4184.1
2016 Q1 268 1 0 3731.3
2015 Q4 242 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 343 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 483 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 488 1 0 2049.2
2014 Q4 654 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 467 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 430 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 812 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 433 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 764 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 720 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 356 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 473 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 695 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 351 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,010 3 1 2970.3
2011 Q4 623 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 591 2 0 3384.1
2011 Q2 679 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 663 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 541 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 600 2 0 3333.3
2010 Q2 663 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 651 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 692 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 741 2 1 2699.1
2009 Q2 628 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 454 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 515 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 560 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 488 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 472 1 0 2118.6
2007 Q4 573 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 267 1 0 3745.3

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.