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Portable Plant #2: 29 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Gale Lim
Blackfoot, Bingham County, ID  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1001857

Portable Plant #2 has $2K 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
5
Years on record
1993–2009
Latest incident
Jul 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
29
citations
4
significant & substantial
$2,146
proposed penalties
$2,146
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Gale Lim Construction LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
15
inspections on record
250
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: 250 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 #2 has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
29 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-04-21.
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.
13.8%
significant & substantial
3.4%
high negligence or reckless
13.8%
reasonably likely or greater
58.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 96.6% moderate, 3.4% 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: 2005-06-07, 21 years ago
11%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
12
samples
9
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz91 over
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (12)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2001-04-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1 0.65 1.54 Bulldozer Operator
2005-06-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.47 2.61 0.18 Bulldozer Operator
2005-06-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-06-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 1.45 0.10 Laborer, Bullgang
2004-09-21 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-09-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.5 2.54 0.20 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-09-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.44 2.22 0.20 Bulldozer Operator
2004-09-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.83 0.16 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-09-21 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 Supervisor, Co. Official
2001-04-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.37 0.62 0.60 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-04-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.26 0.77 Supervisor, Co. Official
2001-04-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.37 0.38 0.97 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. Gale Lim Construction Inc 1990 to 2008
  2. Gale Lim Construction LLC 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2022 5
2010 1
2009 11
2008 10
2007 7
2006 6
2005 6
2004 3
2003 4
2002 5
2001 4
2000 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Portable Plant #2 sits in Bingham County, Idaho, where the Census mining category is 0.8% 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.
Bingham County, Idaho · Population 48,993
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$76,842
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
2022 Q1 232 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 573 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,423 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,451 3 0 1224.0
2009 Q1 648 0 0 0.0
Show 36 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q4 2,110 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 114 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,758 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,014 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 706 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,233 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,565 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 269 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 19 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,116 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 573 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 506 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,463 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,176 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 826 10 3 12106.5
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 2,243 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,131 8 1 7073.4
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q1 0 1 0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 1,885 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,520 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 557 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,674 2 0 747.9
2002 Q3 2,397 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,729 2 0 1156.7
2002 Q1 1,347 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 478 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,412 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,218 2 0 1642.0
2001 Q1 151 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,434 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,120 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,258 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 228 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2009 · 1 incident

July 29, 2009 ID · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gale Lim Construction LLC · Struck by rolling or sliding object

Employee was moving stacker manually. When blocking the tire, the tire continued to roll, contacting leg causing fracture of right leg. No lost time from work.

2003 · 1 incident

2002 · 1 incident

July 31, 2002 ID · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Gale Lim Construction Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS MEASURING STOCKPILE. AFTER COMING DOWN PILE HE FELL TO THE GROUND. OTHER EMPLOYEES CALLED 911 AND STARTED CPR. THEY COULD NOT REVIVE HIM.

1993 · 2 incidents

June 22, 1993 ID · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gale Lim Construction Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE CUTTING BELTING WITH A KNIFE AND CUT LEG.