Portable Power Screen has $85K in proposed MSHA penalties and $11 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1988–2001
Latest incident
Mar 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
191
citations
46
significant & substantial
$84,884
proposed penalties
$75,380
paid to date
89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $9,504 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
52
inspections on record
1,009
inspection hours
18.9
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.
191 citations across 1,009 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Portable Power Screen has $85K in proposed MSHA penalties and $11 outstanding across 4 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.
$85K
proposed penalties
$75K
current assessed
$75K
paid to date
$11
outstanding
189 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-18.
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
WEATHER AND GROUND CONDITION WAS GOOD. UNDER CONVEYOR WAS WELL GUARDED. VICTIM WAS FOUND BETWEEN RETURN ROLLER AND CONVEYOR BELT UNDER SCREEN CONVEYOR. NO ONE SAW ACCIDENT.
WAS DRIVING PULLEY ON FEEDER MOTOR USING SLEDGE HAMMER AND BLOCK OF WOOD, I WAS HOLDING BLOCK OF WOOD, OTHER WAS USING SLEDGE HAMMER, BLOCK OF WOOD BUSTED AND SMASHED MY FINGER.
1991 · 1 incident
September 30, 1991WA · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
EMPLOYEE INDICATED HE WAS OPERATING A 966 LOADER IN THIRD GEAR FEEDING THE CRUSHER WHEN HE BACKED OVER A BOULDER THIS BOUNCED HIM AROUND & HE INDICATED ON THE L&I REPORT IT WAS HARD ENOUGH TO HURT HIS BACK TOMMER CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISOR REPORTED THAT EMPLOYEE WALKED OFF JOB SAYING HIS BACK HURT & THAT THE LOADER WAS TOO ROUGH
1990 · 2 incidents
August 8, 1990WA · Metal/Non-Metalgreaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oilerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING UNDER THE JAW AND A ROCK FELL ON HIS LEFT SHOULDER.
June 17, 1990WA · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
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