Mining Incidents

Portable Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Kevin P Romitti
Iron Mountain, MI, Dickinson County, MI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4703687

Portable Plant has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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 2013
77
citations
14
significant & substantial
$13,506
proposed penalties
$13,492
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $14 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
25
inspections on record
245
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: 245 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 $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$14K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
77 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-30.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 922 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 873 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,078 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 717 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 718 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,428 18 6 12605.0
2024 Q2 331 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 42 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 731 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 610 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 203 6 1 29556.7
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 311 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,054 1 0 948.8
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 1,362 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,492 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,534 11 1 7170.8
2020 Q4 394 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,326 3 0 2262.4
2020 Q2 667 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 1,413 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 769 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 714 5 1 7002.8
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 888 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 437 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 358 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 546 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 776 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 743 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 193 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 682 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 693 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 38 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 587 8 1 13628.6
2015 Q3 544 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 832 13 3 15625.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 54 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 320 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 336 7 1 20833.3
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 372 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 729 4 0 5487.0
2013 Q2 236 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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