PORTABLE UNIT: 2 reportable incidents
Metal/Non-Metal
MSHA record for PORTABLE UNIT (mine ID 0600630). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 1989–1990
- Latest incident
- Mar 1990
Contested penalties
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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.
| Docket |
Decision |
Judge |
Year |
Proposed / upheld |
| YORK20000041M |
Settlement |
Weisberger |
2001 |
$2K → $800 |
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
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Empire Paving Inc
1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
1990 · 1 incident
March 12, 1990
CT · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Empire Paving Inc · Fall from machine
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OFF CRUSHER; HE SLIPPED AND FELL DIRECTLY ON A LARGE ROCK. BROKE 3 RIBS (8, 9, 10)
1989 · 1 incident
November 9, 1989
CT · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Empire Paving Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WHILE MOVING CHAIN FROM CRUSHER TO THE GROUND CHAIN SLIPPED OFF BUCKET AND HIT EMPLOYEE IN THE SHOULDER.