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Portable Plant: 116 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Wayne Irvin
FRUITLAND, Payette County, ID  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1001925

Portable Plant has $38K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1999
Latest incident
Jul 1999
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
116
citations
28
significant & substantial
$38,310
proposed penalties
$33,839
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,471 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Irvco Asphalt and Gravel Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
47
inspections on record
561
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: 561 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 $38K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$38K
proposed penalties
$34K
current assessed
$34K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
111 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $27K in penalties contested before the Commission, $18K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-03-27.
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.
24.1%
significant & substantial
6.0%
high negligence or reckless
24.1%
reasonably likely or greater
66.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 6.0% low, 87.9% moderate, 6.0% 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.
11 citations taken to the federal commission · 9% of citations on record
  • Settled 7 · 64%
  • Stood as issued 2 · 18%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 2 · 18%
67%
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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
33%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$27K proposed, $18K 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 2019-11-20.
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 2011-537M Settlement Moran 2012 $21K → $12K
WEST 2010-1498M Settlement Moran 2012 $6K → $6K
WEST 2020-0100 Default 2020 $264 → $264
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: 2018-05-02, 8 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
6
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (6)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2018-05-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 Utility Man
2018-05-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.51 0.27 Utility Man
2018-05-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2010-04-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2010-04-28 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-04-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
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. Irvco Asphalt and Gravel Inc 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 2
2024 3
2023 2
2022 3
2021 3
2020 3
2019 4
2018 3
2017 4
2015 0
2014 2
2013 3
2012 4
2011 3
2010 4
2009 2
2008 3
2007 5
2006 4
2005 4
2004 4
2003 4
2002 5
2001 5
2000 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Portable Plant sits in Payette County, Idaho, 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.
Payette County, Idaho · Population 26,190
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$65,723
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 762 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 981 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 504 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 558 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 764 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 810 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 462 0 0 0.0
Show 84 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 774 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 369 5 0 13550.1
2023 Q4 663 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,038 1 0 963.4
2023 Q2 1,140 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 249 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 576 1 0 1736.1
2022 Q2 423 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 513 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 391 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 705 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 594 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 156 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 112 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 702 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 863 3 1 3476.2
2020 Q1 72 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 783 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 910 2 0 2197.8
2019 Q2 819 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 474 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 700 1 0 1428.6
2018 Q2 675 13 1 19259.3
2018 Q1 288 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,400 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 396 3 0 7575.8
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 810 7 1 8642.0
2014 Q1 24 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 240 5 0 20833.3
2013 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 640 1 0 1562.5
2012 Q3 80 3 0 37500.0
2012 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 360 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 700 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 600 10 3 16666.7
2010 Q3 2,380 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,420 14 6 4093.6
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 121 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 412 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 40 13 5 325000.0
2008 Q3 620 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,350 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,200 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 519 4 1 7707.1
2007 Q3 1,162 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,376 6 2 4360.5
2007 Q1 857 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 819 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,080 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,163 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 485 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 877 5 1 5701.3
2005 Q3 1,005 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 750 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 990 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 879 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 665 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,104 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 882 3 1 3401.4
2003 Q4 716 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,734 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,036 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 807 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 676 7 3 10355.0
2002 Q3 1,335 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,220 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 355 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,129 6 3 5314.4
2001 Q3 1,104 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,400 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,560 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,369 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,302 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,085 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1999 · 1 incident

July 28, 1999 ID · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Irvco Asphalt and Gravel Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE CALLED IN TO OFFICE WITH MIGRAINE HEADACHE (HAS HISTORY OF MIGRAINS) WAS SHUTTING DOWN IN PROCESS SHE BLACKED OUT & FELL RESULTING IN CONCUSSION WAS TAKEN TO ER & HOSZPILIZED 7/28 THRU 8/3