Mining Incidents

Portable Screen: 17 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

William Barney - Backhoe Construction · Surface
Controlled by William H Barney
Shaftsbury, Bennington County, VT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4300626

Portable Screen has $2K 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 2005
17
citations
0
significant & substantial
$1,740
proposed penalties
$1,740
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
26
inspections on record
170
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: 170 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 Screen has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-07-18.
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
29.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 47.1% low, 52.9% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2012-05-31, 14 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
2012-05-31 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. William Barney - Backhoe Construction 2005 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2022 2
2019 2
2018 1
2017 2
2016 2
2015 1
2014 2
2013 2
2012 3
2011 2
2010 3
2009 3
2008 3
2007 3
2006 2
2005 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Portable Screen sits in Bennington County, Vermont, 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.
Bennington County, Vermont · Population 37,312
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$71,494
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
2022 Q4 6 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 10 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 180 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 33 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
Show 53 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q3 1 4 0 4000000.0
2018 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 94 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 12 3 0 250000.0
2017 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 18 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 108 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 98 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 68 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 34 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 10 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 18 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2 1 0 500000.0
2013 Q2 12 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 52 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 52 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 131 1 0 7633.6
2012 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 181 3 0 16574.6
2011 Q3 259 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 48 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 70 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 246 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 258 1 0 3876.0
2010 Q1 154 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 232 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 80 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 84 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 68 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 291 1 0 3436.4
2008 Q3 625 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 181 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 168 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 50 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 112 1 0 8928.6
2007 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 34 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 12 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 44 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 98 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 99 2 0 20202.0
2005 Q2 22 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.