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PORTABLE PLANT: 68 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

M.L. Lloyd & Sons · Surface
Controlled by William Sanborn
ANSON, Somerset County, ME  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1700574

PORTABLE PLANT has $8K 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
2
Years on record
1990–1992
Latest incident
Jul 1992
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
68
citations
8
significant & substantial
$8,244
proposed penalties
$8,101
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $143 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
34
inspections on record
499
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: 499 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 $8K 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
65 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $479 in penalties contested before the Commission, $336 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-06-26.
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
10.3%
high negligence or reckless
11.8%
reasonably likely or greater
36.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 38.2% low, 51.5% moderate, 10.3% 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.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 67%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 33%
50%
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%
30%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$479 proposed, $336 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 2021-12-19.
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
YORK 2012-67M Settlement Lesnick 2012 $343 → $200
YORK 2022-0015 Default 2022 $136 → $136
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: 2024-06-27
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
9
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg7
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (9)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-06-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-06-27 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 10 0.02 Backhoe Operator
2019-11-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-11-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-10-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 1.05 0.11 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-10-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-11-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-11-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-11-04 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. Merle L. Lloyd & Sons 1985 to 2019
  2. M.L. Lloyd & Sons 2019 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 4
2025 5
2024 4
2023 2
2022 2
2021 2
2020 2
2019 3
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 3
2014 3
2013 3
2012 3
2011 2
2010 2
2009 3
2008 3
2007 2
2006 3
2005 2
2004 2
2003 2
2002 3
2001 3
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

PORTABLE PLANT sits in Somerset County, Maine, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Somerset County, Maine · Population 50,852
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$56,199
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 2,176 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 846 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,397 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,833 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,656 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 956 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,035 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,521 0 0 0.0
Show 95 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,970 2 0 1015.2
2024 Q1 1,301 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,311 3 1 2288.3
2023 Q3 1,392 8 0 5747.1
2023 Q2 1,321 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 850 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,620 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,387 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 650 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 650 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 480 4 0 8333.3
2021 Q3 1,628 4 0 2457.0
2021 Q2 872 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 600 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,313 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,004 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 444 2 0 4504.5
2019 Q2 1,066 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 21 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 983 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,108 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 944 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 849 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,162 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 944 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 276 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 903 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 975 5 0 5128.2
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 1,111 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,074 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 821 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 13 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 37 2 1 54054.1
2014 Q3 1,146 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 903 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 26 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 36 3 1 83333.3
2013 Q3 1,130 1 1 885.0
2013 Q2 1,154 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 53 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 999 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,230 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,191 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 631 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,131 5 1 4420.9
2011 Q3 1,192 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 867 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 688 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,223 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,123 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 476 1 0 2100.8
2009 Q3 1,212 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,485 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 901 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,229 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,646 4 1 2430.1
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 476 10 0 21008.4
2007 Q3 1,301 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,226 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 1,181 3 0 2540.2
2006 Q3 1,282 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 827 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 21 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 526 1 1 1901.1
2005 Q3 1,163 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 625 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 545 1 0 1834.9
2004 Q3 1,105 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 536 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 633 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,085 1 0 921.7
2003 Q2 656 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 409 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,042 1 0 959.7
2002 Q2 350 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 687 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,328 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 532 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 676 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,080 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 894 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 176 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1992 · 1 incident

July 8, 1992 ME · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Merle L. Lloyd & Sons · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE TRYING TO PULL MOTOR ON EAGLE CRUSHING PLANT HE SLIPPED & HIT HIS LEFT KNEE ON METAL PART OF CRUSHER

1990 · 1 incident

June 12, 1990 ME · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Merle L. Lloyd & Sons · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ROCK WAS JAMMED IN TAILGATE OF DUMPTRUCK AND HE WAS ASSISTING INT HE REMOVAL OF ROCK, AND IN THE PROCESS THE TAILGATE SLAMMED ON HIS RIGHT HAND.