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Portable Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Scott Dugas
YARMOUTH, Cumberland County, ME  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1700575

Portable Plant has $3K 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
4
Years on record
1988–2006
Latest incident
Sep 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
31
citations
13
significant & substantial
$3,187
proposed penalties
$3,187
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
35
inspections on record
370
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: 370 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 $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
31 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-12-03.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 14 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 406 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 148 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 424 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 380 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 712 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 731 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 309 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 374 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 584 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 212 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 344 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 780 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 284 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 234 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 365 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 557 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 507 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 180 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 550 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 512 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,111 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 619 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 498 1 0 2008.0
2015 Q3 621 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 943 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 195 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 706 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 670 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,034 3 1 2901.4
2014 Q1 152 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 768 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 543 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 651 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 179 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 580 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 590 2 1 3389.8
2012 Q2 662 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 467 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 624 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 334 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 496 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 302 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 604 1 0 1655.6
2010 Q3 498 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 458 2 1 4366.8
2010 Q1 214 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 448 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 405 3 1 7407.4
2009 Q2 428 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 229 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 499 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 345 1 0 2898.6
2008 Q2 453 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 445 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 656 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 691 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,039 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 630 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 898 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 784 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,366 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 913 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 937 3 3 3201.7
2005 Q3 642 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 649 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 256 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 969 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,026 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 820 4 1 4878.0
2004 Q1 43 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 941 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 613 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 890 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 50 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 550 2 0 3636.4
2002 Q3 559 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 707 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 408 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 737 3 2 4070.6
2001 Q3 711 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,319 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 51 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 801 6 3 7490.6
2000 Q3 1,087 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,273 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 411 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2006 · 1 incident

September 6, 2006 ME · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Scott Dugas Trucking & Excavating Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

He was feeding the crusher with the 235 Excavator. The front window was latched overhead. One side of the window came unlatched--the window broke. Dust and glass went into his right eye.

2002 · 1 incident

1991 · 1 incident

October 29, 1991 ME · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Scott Dugas Trucking & Excavating Inc · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS OPERATING OUR CRUSHER WHEN ROCK GOT STUCK. HE WAS PRYING ROCK OUT WITH CROWBAR WHEN CROWBVAR SLIPPED & ELBOW HIT CRUSHER. HE BRUISED RIGHT ELBOW.

1988 · 1 incident

July 25, 1988 ME · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Scott Dugas Trucking & Excavating Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

HE WAS OPERATING OUR CRUSHER (CRUSHING ROCK) WHEN A ROCK GOT WEDGED IN THE JAW OF THE CRUSHER HE WAS TRYING TO PULL THE ROCK FREE WITH A HOOK WHILE HE WAS PULLING UP ON THE ROCK HIS BACK POPPE

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