Portable Plant Metal/Non-Metal
Fowler Brothers Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Jim Wade Fowler; Chad Fowler; William Jeb Fowler
Silver City,
Grant County,
NM
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2901101
Portable Plant has $13K 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
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
106
citations
32
significant & substantial
$13,385
proposed penalties
$13,385
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
58
inspections on record
752
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 752 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 $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$13K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
98 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 642 | 4 | 0 | 6230.5 |
| 2025 Q3 | 558 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 1,075 | 2 | 0 | 1860.5 |
| 2025 Q1 | 1,118 | 3 | 0 | 2683.4 |
| 2024 Q4 | 1,013 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 1,042 | 2 | 0 | 1919.4 |
| 2024 Q2 | 1,135 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 1,113 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 1,033 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 1,146 | 1 | 0 | 872.6 |
| 2023 Q2 | 1,021 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 960 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 992 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 835 | 3 | 0 | 3592.8 |
| 2022 Q2 | 1,077 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 1,087 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 517 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 694 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 1,052 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 992 | 1 | 0 | 1008.1 |
| 2020 Q4 | 891 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 1,027 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 1,048 | 1 | 0 | 954.2 |
| 2020 Q1 | 908 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 924 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 867 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 912 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 949 | 2 | 1 | 2107.5 |
| 2018 Q4 | 951 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 1,028 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 972 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 824 | 3 | 0 | 3640.8 |
| 2017 Q4 | 659 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 728 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 817 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 1,022 | 5 | 2 | 4892.4 |
| 2016 Q4 | 1,107 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 832 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 736 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 728 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 820 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 759 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 640 | 2 | 1 | 3125.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 1,794 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 2,301 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 2,538 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 905 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 2,178 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 1,604 | 3 | 2 | 1870.3 |
| 2013 Q3 | 1,446 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 2,169 | 6 | 3 | 2766.3 |
| 2013 Q1 | 2,171 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 2,187 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 1,579 | 1 | 0 | 633.3 |
| 2012 Q2 | 1,077 | 6 | 4 | 5571.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 353 | 1 | 0 | 2832.9 |
| 2011 Q4 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 137 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 1,467 | 7 | 3 | 4771.6 |
| 2011 Q1 | 470 | 3 | 0 | 6383.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 Q3 | 327 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2010 Q1 | 1,293 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 80 | 1 | 0 | 12500.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 1,469 | 1 | 0 | 680.7 |
| 2009 Q2 | 1,073 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 910 | 3 | 3 | 3296.7 |
| 2008 Q4 | 1,508 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 1,550 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 910 | 2 | 0 | 2197.8 |
| 2008 Q1 | 1,759 | 1 | 0 | 568.5 |
| 2007 Q4 | 1,690 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 2,157 | 1 | 0 | 463.6 |
| 2007 Q2 | 1,530 | 2 | 0 | 1307.2 |
| 2007 Q1 | 1,236 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 1,426 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 1,211 | 3 | 2 | 2477.3 |
| 2006 Q2 | 1,086 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 869 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 1,317 | 9 | 3 | 6833.7 |
| 2005 Q3 | 399 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 1,553 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 1,027 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 1,440 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q3 | 992 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 692 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q1 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q4 | 480 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 960 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q2 | 960 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 1,054 | 1 | 0 | 948.8 |
| 2002 Q4 | 985 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 1,440 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 1,320 | 2 | 0 | 1515.2 |
| 2002 Q1 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2001 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2001 Q2 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000 Q3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2000 Q2 | 1,600 | 13 | 6 | 8125.0 |
| 2000 Q1 | 1,115 | 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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