Mining Incidents

PORTABLE PLANT: 1 MSHA citation Metal/Non-Metal

ARELAS, LLC · Surface
Controlled by Marcia Salera
Peterborough, Hillsborough County, NH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2700372

PORTABLE PLANT has $55 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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 2001
1
citations
0
significant & substantial
$55
proposed penalties
$55
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
11
inspections on record
71
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: 71 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 $55 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$55
proposed penalties
$55
current assessed
$55
paid to date
$0
outstanding
1 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $330 in penalties contested before the Commission, $55 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-10-10.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 100.0% low, 0.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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
YORK20030013M Withdrawal Barbour 2003 $330 → $55
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. ARELAS, LLC 2001 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2003 1
2002 1
2001 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

PORTABLE PLANT sits in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, 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.
Hillsborough County, New Hampshire · Population 424,732
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$100,436
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
2003 Q2 340 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 225 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 420 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 420 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 320 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 100 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 480 1 0 2083.3

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.