Portable Plant #3-183 (Ohio Recycling) has $784 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1997–2004
Latest incident
Dec 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
8
citations
0
significant & substantial
$784
proposed penalties
$647
paid to date
83% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $137 gap.
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: 160 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 #3-183 (Ohio Recycling) has $784 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$784
proposed penalties
$647
current assessed
$647
paid to date
$0
outstanding
8 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $349 in penalties contested before the Commission, $112 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-11-03.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
2citations taken to the federal commission · 25% of citations on record
Settled
1 · 50%
Stood as issued
1 · 50%
0%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
68%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$349 proposed, $112 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2011-01-21.
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.
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: 2010-11-03, 15 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
8
samples
6
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz6
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (8)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2010-11-03
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.14
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-03-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
1.18
0.15
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-03-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
0.93
0.17
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-03-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.47
1.25
0.38
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-03-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.52
0.96
0.54
Utility Man
2002-05-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.27
0.53
0.51
Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-05-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.54
2.49
0.22
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-05-15
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.51
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.
Portable Plant #3-183 (Ohio Recycling) recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2005.
Injury rate, 2005
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.76 and the all-US-mining average was 4.21 cases per 100 workers.
In Ohio, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.21 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2012
2
2011
3
2010
3
2009
3
2008
3
2007
2
2006
4
2005
8
2004
7
2003
7
2002
5
2001
5
2000
4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Portable Plant #3-183 (Ohio Recycling) sits in Butler County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Butler County, Ohio · Population 389,910
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$81,194
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
2012 Q3
493
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
507
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
0
0
0
2011 Q4
815
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
227
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
1,299
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
582
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
1,089
1
0
918.3
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2010 Q3
1,132
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
1,371
2
0
1458.8
2010 Q1
517
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
1,041
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
1,653
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
1,658
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
608
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
1,416
1
0
706.2
2008 Q3
1,581
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
1,410
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
648
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
591
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
80
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
1,123
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
2,017
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
1,942
1
0
514.9
2006 Q1
3,301
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
6,241
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
6,125
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
4,454
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
3,382
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
3,440
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
3,281
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
4,164
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
3,146
2
0
635.7
2003 Q4
2,836
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
2,809
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
2,320
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
1,527
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
825
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
2,025
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
3,828
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
2,610
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
3,006
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
3,498
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
3,026
1
0
330.5
2001 Q1
2,618
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
2,429
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
2,955
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
4,392
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
1,762
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file
2004 · 2 incidents
December 14, 2004OH · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
Spreading material on ramp to pit area. Motor on loader quit running due to low RPM & use of hydraulic controls. Operator lost use of the brakes & steering, loader traveled approx. 125' into the wall. The operators head struck the windshield & he was wearing his seatbelt during the accident.
RETURNING 4X4 WOOD MATERIAL USED ON THE FLATBED TO THE LOWER RAIL FOR TRANSPORT. A 24" TIE DOWN STRAP WAS HOOKED ON THE FRAME, WRAPPED AROUND THE WOOD, AND HOOKED BACK TO THE FRAME. WHEN THE STRAP WAS HOOKED TO THE FRAME AND STRETCHED, ITCAME UNHOOKED, HITTING THE LITTLE FINGER. OPEN FRACTURE.
1997 · 1 incident
November 17, 1997OH · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON