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Portable Plant: 31 MSHA citations 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.
See Scott Dugas Trucking & Excavating Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
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.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
41.9%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
41.9%
reasonably likely or greater
71.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 3.2% low, 96.8% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2020-07-14, 6 years ago
6
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
Show the individual readings (6)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2020-07-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-06-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-06-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-10-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-10-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-10-27 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. Scott Dugas Trucking & Excavating Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 0
2025 0
2024 1
2023 1
2022 1
2021 4
2020 6
2019 5
2018 5
2017 6
2016 6
2015 6
2014 6
2013 6
2012 6
2011 5
2010 6
2009 6
2008 6
2007 6
2006 6
2005 6
2004 7
2003 7
2002 7
2001 7
2000 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Portable Plant sits in Cumberland County, Maine, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Cumberland County, Maine · Population 305,940
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$92,983
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 Q1 0 0 0
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
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
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