Portable Unit has $4K 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
2023
Latest incident
May 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
24
citations
1
significant & substantial
$3,639
proposed penalties
$3,639
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
27
inspections on record
249
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: 249 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 Unit has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
24 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-03-19.
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
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4
1,470
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
823
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
573
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
852
5
0
5868.5
2024 Q4
325
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
302
0
0
0.0
2024 Q2
700
1
0
1428.6
2024 Q1
1,216
3
1
2467.1
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4
1,618
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
1,921
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
1,686
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
2,192
1
0
456.2
2022 Q4
2,392
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
2,067
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
2,109
1
0
474.2
2022 Q1
808
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
31
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
2,221
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
987
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
1,373
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
1,082
3
0
2772.6
2020 Q3
862
2
0
2320.2
2020 Q2
102
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
170
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
199
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
207
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
186
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
175
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
179
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
289
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
374
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
300
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
347
2
0
5763.7
2017 Q3
372
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
196
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
206
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
169
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
215
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
193
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
218
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
176
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
394
4
0
10152.3
2015 Q2
346
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
286
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
337
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
444
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
378
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
301
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
356
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
248
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
111
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
143
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
140
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
321
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
391
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
321
2
0
6230.5
2011 Q4
749
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
1,120
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
1,033
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
544
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2023 · 1 incident
May 1, 2023KS · Metal/Non-Metalstone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was getting out of the cab of the JCB and missed the step. EE didn't grab the hand rail first and then fell backwards landing on EE's lower back and butt.
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