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Portable Plant: 75 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Gale Lim
Kimberly, Bingham County, ID  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1001731

Portable Plant has $103K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1990–2007
Latest incident
May 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
75
citations
29
significant & substantial
$103,150
proposed penalties
$62,387
paid to date
60% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $40,763 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Gale Lim Construction LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
24
inspections on record
405
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: 405 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 has $103K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$103K
proposed penalties
$62K
current assessed
$62K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
73 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $96K in penalties contested before the Commission, $55K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-18.
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.
39.7%
significant & substantial
8.2%
high negligence or reckless
38.4%
reasonably likely or greater
86.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.5% low, 86.3% moderate, 8.2% 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.
17 citations taken to the federal commission · 23% of citations on record
  • Settled 17 · 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 8 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
43%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$96K proposed, $55K 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 2008-02-29.
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
WEST 2008-642M Settlement Manning 2010 $96K → $55K
WEST 2008-643M Settlement Manning 2010 $127 → $127
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: 2026-05-20
8%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
19
samples
12
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz121 over
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz4
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (19)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2006-04-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.73 0.31 2.35 Laborer, Bullgang
2026-05-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.25 0.76 Laborer, Bullgang
2026-05-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.23 0.74 Crusher Oper/Worker
2026-05-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.25 0.60 Bulldozer Operator
2026-05-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.19 0.79 Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-06-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-06-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2024-06-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2024-06-25 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-12-04 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 Laborer, Bullgang
2004-10-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.95 1.82 0.52 Bulldozer Operator
2004-10-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.5 1.5 0.33 Laborer, Bullgang
2004-10-20 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.27 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-10-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.9 2.72 0.70 Laborer, Bullgang
2001-10-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 2.6 3.24 0.80 Laborer, Bullgang
2001-06-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.33 1.33 0.25 Bulldozer Operator
2001-06-14 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-06-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 1.3 0.16 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-06-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 1.32 0.27 Laborer, Bullgang
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. Gale Lim Construction Inc 1986 to 2008
  2. Gale Lim Construction LLC 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 9
2025 5
2024 9
2023 4
2022 4
2009 1
2008 5
2007 11
2006 8
2005 8
2004 9
2003 8
2002 5
2001 9
2000 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Portable Plant sits in Bingham County, Idaho, where the Census mining category is 0.8% 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.
Bingham County, Idaho · Population 48,993
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$76,842
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 2,873 3 0 1044.2
2026 Q1 1,676 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,485 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,579 2 0 1266.6
2025 Q2 1,529 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 538 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,987 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,419 0 0 0.0
Show 46 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 775 5 1 6451.6
2024 Q1 419 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 630 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 611 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 101 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 280 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 762 1 0 1312.3
2009 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,412 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,056 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,640 19 8 7197.0
2007 Q3 5,955 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,535 10 5 6514.7
2007 Q1 3,669 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,287 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 5,940 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5,571 8 4 1436.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 622 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,525 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,199 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,195 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 5,628 4 2 710.7
2004 Q3 4,979 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,900 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,934 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,927 3 2 1024.9
2003 Q3 2,314 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,712 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 191 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,029 9 3 2971.3
2002 Q3 1,990 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,295 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 87 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,708 6 4 1618.1
2001 Q3 3,801 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,418 2 0 827.1
2001 Q1 194 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,189 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,813 3 0 786.8
2000 Q2 3,125 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,595 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

2007 · 1 incident

May 9, 2007 ID · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Gale Lim Construction Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Emplyee began having chest pains on job site. Employee was transported to hospital and was having a heart attack, so they life flighted him to anther hospital, where they inserted a stint to open up closed artery. They determined that 3 other artheries were 100% blocked and he will need by pass surgery as soon as he is stable.

2004 · 1 incident

April 13, 2004 ID · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gale Lim Construction Inc · Fall down stairs

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN STRAIRS OF CONTROL VAN WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS FOOT & TWISTED LOWER LEG.

1996 · 1 incident

December 6, 1996 ID · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gale Lim Construction Inc · Struck by falling object

PUTTING GUARD OVER BELTS TO CONE DRIVE. GUARD SLIPPED AND HIT MOTOR SHIVE THEN HIT INDEX FINGER CUTTING IT ALMOST OFF.

1994 · 1 incident

March 21, 1994 ID · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Gale Lim Construction Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING HARD HAT BACKWARDS. HE WAS TURNING WHEELS ONSTACKER. CHAIN CAME UNHOOKED AND HE WAS STRUCK IN FOREHEAD WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES.

1993 · 3 incidents

November 30, 1993 ID · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Gale Lim Construction Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LAGGING RUBBER CAME OUT OF TAIL PULLEY. HE WAS TRYING TO PUT THE RUBBER BACK WHICH WAS NOT HIS JOB AND HE WAS NOT AUTHROIZED TO DO. HE WAS TRYING TO TAKE BOLT OUT OF GUARD. WHEN BOTL CAME LO OSE IT SLIPEPD AND GLOVE CAUGHT IN PULLEY, PULLING HIS HAND INTO THEROLLER.

September 9, 1993 ID · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gale Lim Construction Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE REPAIRING CONVEYOR BELT R EACHED UNDER CONVEYOR TO PULL BOAD OUT CUT HAND ON NAIL IN THE BOARD

1991 · 1 incident

August 9, 1991 ID · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gale Lim Construction Inc · Struck against stationary object

TAKING HOSE OFF SHAFT. WRENCH SLIPPED CAUSING HAND TO SLIP. CUT RING FINGER ON PIECE OF BEARING RACHET.

1990 · 1 incident

March 16, 1990 ID · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Gale Lim Construction Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

STRAINED BACK WORKING ON CRUSHER REP INJ 3 DAYS AFTER INJ SAYING HE GOT HURT WHEN CONVEY BELT WA STARTED HE TIGHTENING BOLTS INJ 3-20-90