Mining Incidents

Portable Unit # 2 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by James W Shaw
BUXTON, York County, ME  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1700663

Portable Unit # 2 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 7 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 2001
45
citations
4
significant & substantial
$4,310
proposed penalties
$3,882
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $428 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
35
inspections on record
341
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: 341 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 # 2 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 7 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
45 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-03-22.
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
2023 Q4 3 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 350 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2 1 0 500000.0
2022 Q4 52 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 344 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 518 1 0 1930.5
2022 Q1 434 0 0 0.0
Show 88 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2021 Q4 503 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 110 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 98 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 127 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 386 5 0 12953.4
2020 Q2 576 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 126 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 271 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 442 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 346 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 603 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 607 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 645 1 0 1550.4
2018 Q1 45 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 638 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 699 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 712 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 151 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 777 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 983 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 644 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 731 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 716 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 713 1 0 1402.5
2014 Q3 712 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 592 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 522 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 459 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 572 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 506 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 471 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 742 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 61 8 2 131147.5
2012 Q1 440 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,332 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 746 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 632 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 414 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 722 1 0 1385.0
2010 Q2 699 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 106 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 507 4 0 7889.5
2009 Q3 1,409 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 459 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 429 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 556 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 709 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,198 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 604 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 714 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,307 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 136 16 2 117647.1
2006 Q4 436 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 734 3 0 4087.2
2006 Q2 746 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 679 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 745 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 824 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 760 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 561 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 733 1 0 1364.3
2004 Q2 734 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 56 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 81 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 325 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 654 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 688 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 183 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 578 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 672 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 704 3 0 4261.4
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 464 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 677 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 700 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 309 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.

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The full compliance file on Portable Unit # 2

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.