Mining Incidents

PORTABLE PLANT Metal/Non-Metal

Adams, Berkshire County, MA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1901214

PORTABLE PLANT has $934 in proposed MSHA penalties and $48 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
8
citations
1
significant & substantial
$934
proposed penalties
$886
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $48 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
27
inspections on record
251
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: 251 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 $934 in proposed MSHA penalties and $48 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.
$934
proposed penalties
$934
current assessed
$886
paid to date
$48
outstanding
8 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-03.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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 1,058 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 953 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 986 1 0 1014.2
2025 Q1 1,040 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 560 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,325 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 998 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,025 0 0 0.0
Show 49 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 980 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,025 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,040 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,040 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 902 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,120 1 0 892.9
2022 Q2 1,020 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 953 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 956 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,050 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,010 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 985 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 940 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,040 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,040 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 850 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 895 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,040 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,050 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 945 1 0 1058.2
2018 Q3 1,179 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,180 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 966 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,350 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,252 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 984 1 0 1016.3
2017 Q1 1,048 1 1 954.2
2016 Q4 1,188 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,173 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 997 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,132 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,507 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 952 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 952 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,256 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,099 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,204 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,000 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,098 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,053 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,074 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,016 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,171 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,610 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,198 2 0 625.4
2012 Q1 1,501 1 0 666.2
2011 Q4 555 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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