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Portable Plant #1: 97 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Colas S A
Ludlow Falls, Miami County, OH  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3304541

Portable Plant #1 has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $212 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2005–2022
Latest incident
Feb 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
97
citations
35
significant & substantial
$21,473
proposed penalties
$21,261
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $212 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Barrett Paving Materials Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
51
inspections on record
833
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: 833 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 $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $212 outstanding across 1 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.
$21K
proposed penalties
$21K
current assessed
$21K
paid to date
$212
outstanding
97 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $254 in penalties contested before the Commission, $254 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-23.
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.
36.1%
significant & substantial
13.4%
high negligence or reckless
36.1%
reasonably likely or greater
41.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 30.9% low, 55.7% moderate, 13.4% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$254 proposed, $254 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2009-10-28.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
LAKE 2010-102M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $254 → $254
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2026-05-12
11%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
14
samples
9
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz21 over
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz4
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Show the individual readings (14)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-04-14 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 12.31 10 1.23 Crusher Oper/Worker
2026-05-12 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 2.97 10 0.30 Crusher Oper/Worker
2026-04-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2026-04-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-04-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-04-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.89 0.18 Utility Man
2023-03-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-01-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-01-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 10 0.01 Truck Driver
2020-01-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.69 10 0.17 Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-06-21 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.4 10 0.04 Utility Man
2016-06-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.58 3.28 0.18 Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-05-04 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 10 0.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-05-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 1.83 0.15 Cleanup Man
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.

Portable Plant #1 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2018.

Injury rate, 2018
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.95 and the all-US-mining average was 2.33 cases per 100 workers.
In Ohio, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.67 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Barrett Paving Materials Inc 2005 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 9
2025 8
2024 10
2023 9
2022 8
2021 9
2020 8
2019 9
2018 9
2017 7
2016 8
2015 8
2014 8
2013 7
2012 6
2011 8
2010 7
2009 7
2008 7
2007 7
2006 7
2005 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Portable Plant #1 sits in Miami County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Miami County, Ohio · Population 109,549
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$74,175
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 4,827 4 1 828.7
2026 Q1 4,845 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 4,238 2 2 471.9
2025 Q3 4,454 3 0 673.6
2025 Q2 3,757 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,856 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 4,472 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,375 0 0 0.0
Show 77 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 3,451 2 0 579.5
2024 Q1 3,182 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,826 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,719 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 4,274 1 0 234.0
2023 Q1 4,124 3 0 727.4
2022 Q4 4,000 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,741 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 4,067 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 4,492 2 2 445.2
2021 Q4 5,374 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 5,723 4 1 698.9
2021 Q2 4,977 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 3,468 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 4,078 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4,611 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 4,005 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 4,387 1 0 227.9
2019 Q4 4,544 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,298 2 0 465.3
2019 Q2 5,700 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 5,392 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 6,286 1 0 159.1
2018 Q3 5,045 3 2 594.6
2018 Q2 5,389 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 4,071 6 1 1473.8
2017 Q4 3,982 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,817 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,729 1 0 211.5
2017 Q1 3,237 1 0 308.9
2016 Q4 4,667 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 5,649 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,954 1 0 201.9
2016 Q1 3,104 2 2 644.3
2015 Q4 4,655 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,432 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,658 3 3 644.1
2015 Q1 2,832 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 5,109 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 5,050 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 5,353 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,416 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 4,303 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,650 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,334 1 0 299.9
2013 Q1 2,799 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,688 2 0 542.3
2012 Q3 4,037 1 0 247.7
2012 Q2 3,005 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,247 1 0 445.0
2011 Q4 3,978 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,563 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,260 1 0 306.7
2011 Q1 2,588 1 0 386.4
2010 Q4 1,824 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 4,313 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 4,146 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 3,344 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,805 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,655 3 2 1129.9
2009 Q2 2,652 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,109 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,153 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,775 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,456 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 3,465 2 0 577.2
2007 Q4 3,350 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,170 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,257 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,757 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,612 1 1 276.9
2006 Q3 3,623 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,632 1 0 215.9
2006 Q1 3,937 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,661 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,081 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,346 4 2 1705.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2022 · 1 incident

February 25, 2022 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Barrett Paving Materials Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Icy conditions on the ground at the approach of a set of steps leading to the platform. EE was looking at the ice while trying to use caution, when EE slipped in the ice falling to the ground and bumping head. EE first refused medical treatment. EE later decided to seek medical treatment, resulting in a diagnosis of a minor concussion.

2015 · 1 incident

June 25, 2015 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Barrett Paving Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Against procedure an employee attempted to track a conveyer while it was in motion buy accessing a ladder to reach the adjusters, While doing so he came in contact with the moving belt causing his left arm to be caught briefly. He received first aid for abrasions and contusions and has no restrictions. The employee was given a prescription for pain, making this reportable

2009 · 1 incident

December 11, 2009 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Barrett Paving Materials Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE got something to small to see in his eye. It was removed by a medical proceedure. There is no damage or imparment. He is under no restrictions.

2005 · 1 incident

August 3, 2005 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Barrett Paving Materials Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE had just finished greasing one side of our main screen, he was on the ground, attempting to move the ladder to the other side of the screen when it got away from him. Instead of letting the ladder fall over he tried to "save" it. Hence he strained his back muscles trying to slow the ladders descent.