Mining Incidents

Portable Plant: 32 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Roderick J Valente
Rensselaer, Rensselaer County, NY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3003184

Portable Plant has $4K 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
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
32
citations
8
significant & substantial
$3,917
proposed penalties
$3,917
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
22
inspections on record
142
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: 142 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 $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
32 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-07-26.
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.
25.0%
significant & substantial
9.4%
high negligence or reckless
25.0%
reasonably likely or greater
37.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 6.2% low, 84.4% moderate, 9.4% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. R J Valente Gravel, Inc. 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2011 1
2010 1
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 1
2003 1
2002 2
2001 1
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Portable Plant sits in Rensselaer County, New York, 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.
Rensselaer County, New York · Population 160,341
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$86,663
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
2011 Q1 220 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 285 3 1 10526.3
2010 Q2 370 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 400 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 400 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 575 1 0 1739.1
2009 Q2 550 0 0 0.0
Show 37 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q1 150 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 500 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 475 3 0 6315.8
2008 Q2 425 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 220 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 525 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 575 7 0 12173.9
2007 Q2 720 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 595 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 550 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 730 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 360 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,060 2 1 1886.8
2005 Q3 330 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 400 1 1 2500.0
2005 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 620 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 380 7 1 18421.1
2004 Q2 500 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 400 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 300 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 275 3 1 10909.1
2003 Q1 250 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 340 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 400 5 3 12500.0
2002 Q2 350 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 275 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 375 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 400 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 280 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 75 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 350 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 600 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 250 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 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.