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Portable Plant: 6 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Christopher T Wooten
Sanford, Harnett County, NC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3102261

Portable Plant has $600 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
1
Years on record
2014
Latest incident
Jun 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
6
citations
0
significant & substantial
$600
proposed penalties
$600
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See S. T. Wooten Corporation's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
22
inspections on record
120
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: 120 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 $600 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.
$600
proposed penalties
$600
current assessed
$600
paid to date
$0
outstanding
6 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $100 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-07-21.
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.
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, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 50% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 33%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 2 · 67%
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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
94%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $100 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 2013-07-23.
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
SE 2013-517M Settlement Barbour 2013 $997 → $100
SE 2013-231M Withdrawal Barbour 2013 $807 → $0
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2011-06-28, 15 years ago
1
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2011-06-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 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.
Ownership history
  1. S. T. Wooten Corporation 2010 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 3
2014 2
2013 3
2012 3
2011 9
2010 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Portable Plant sits in Harnett County, North Carolina, 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.
Harnett County, North Carolina · Population 136,503
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$69,012
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
2020 Q2 434 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 974 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,017 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,084 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 876 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,090 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,114 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,205 0 0 0.0
Show 31 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q2 1,045 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,500 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,167 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,642 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,463 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,478 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,429 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,541 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,591 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 915 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 398 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 434 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 221 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,015 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 216 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 30 2 0 66666.7
2014 Q2 505 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 529 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 805 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 267 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 302 1 0 3311.3
2013 Q1 1,373 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 504 1 0 1984.1
2012 Q3 436 2 0 4587.2
2012 Q2 475 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 853 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 656 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 853 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 530 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,293 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2014 · 1 incident

June 5, 2014 NC · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
S. T. Wooten Corporation · Struck against stationary object

Front End Loader operator was descending ladder to take a break when he rolled left ankle as he stepped onto bottom rung. Ladder and operator's boots were both clean and free of debris. Operator stated he maintained three points of contact as he descended ladder. Operator could not recall looking at rungs as he descended. There were no witnesses to accident.