Portable Stripping has $960 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2015
Latest incident
Oct 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
8
citations
1
significant & substantial
$960
proposed penalties
$712
paid to date
74% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $248 gap.
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: 79 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 Stripping has $960 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$960
proposed penalties
$712
current assessed
$712
paid to date
$0
outstanding
7 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $548 in penalties contested before the Commission, $200 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-04-22.
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.
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.
3citations taken to the federal commission · 38% of citations on record
Settled
2 · 67%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 33%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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%
64%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$548 proposed, $200 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 2010-12-15.
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2017
0
2016
4
2015
4
2014
0
2013
1
2012
1
2011
1
2010
2
2009
5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Portable Stripping sits in Polk County, Iowa, 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.
Polk County, Iowa · Population 497,441
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$81,621
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
2017 Q3
0
0
0
2017 Q2
0
0
0
2017 Q1
0
0
0
2016 Q4
1,970
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
649
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
2,500
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
460
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
331
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2015 Q3
2,325
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
2,114
1
0
473.0
2015 Q1
75
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
0
0
0
2014 Q3
0
1
0
2014 Q2
75
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
0
0
0
2013 Q4
1
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
1
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
162
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
1
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
1
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
1
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
0
0
0
2011 Q3
0
0
0
2011 Q2
0
0
0
2011 Q1
706
1
0
1416.4
2010 Q4
1,510
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
442
3
0
6787.3
2010 Q2
0
0
0
2010 Q1
0
0
0
2009 Q4
499
1
0
2004.0
2009 Q3
2,399
1
1
416.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2015 · 1 incident
October 23, 2015IA · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON