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Portable Plant #650 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Philip Sirois
MADAWASKA, Aroostook County, ME  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1700519

Portable Plant #650 has $8K 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
1
Years on record
2017
Latest incident
Aug 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
70
citations
17
significant & substantial
$8,300
proposed penalties
$8,300
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
25
inspections on record
430
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: 430 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 #650 has $8K 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
70 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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 1,380 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,203 1 0 312.2
2025 Q2 737 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 569 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,757 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 727 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
Show 91 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 521 1 1 1919.4
2023 Q2 682 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 272 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,451 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 174 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,302 3 0 2304.1
2021 Q3 3,242 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,986 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 7,588 2 0 263.6
2020 Q3 1,803 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 720 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,027 1 0 973.7
2019 Q3 1,240 2 0 1612.9
2019 Q2 947 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 622 5 1 8038.6
2018 Q2 988 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 714 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 498 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,422 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 367 6 1 16348.8
2016 Q3 1,305 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,297 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 13 3 1 230769.2
2015 Q3 994 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 362 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 1 2 0 2000000.0
2014 Q3 1,405 2 0 1423.5
2014 Q2 1,204 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 205 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 6,619 14 4 2115.1
2013 Q2 2,106 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 525 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,389 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,399 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 1,346 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,904 1 0 344.4
2011 Q2 2,368 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 1,283 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,747 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,468 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 1,350 16 5 11851.9
2008 Q2 1,623 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 1,239 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,110 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,250 3 0 2400.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 600 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,206 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,246 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 522 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 577 1 0 1733.1
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 2,032 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,199 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 482 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,362 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,296 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 1,378 2 0 1451.4
2001 Q3 2,179 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,196 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 939 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,006 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,645 5 4 1371.7
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2017 · 1 incident

August 17, 2017 ME · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ed Pelletier & Sons Co · Fall from ladders

Employee was installing dust system and a pipe being held by excavator moved and stuck employee. Employee fell off ladder approximately 3 feet.

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