Mining Incidents

Portable Unit #3 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by James W Shaw
Buxton, Cumberland County, ME  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1701020

Portable Unit #3 has $552 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 2019
4
citations
0
significant & substantial
$552
proposed penalties
$552
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2019
8
inspections on record
85
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: 85 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 #3 has $552 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.
$552
proposed penalties
$552
current assessed
$552
paid to date
$0
outstanding
4 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-19.
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 370 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 463 1 0 2159.8
2025 Q2 299 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 204 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 339 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 493 1 0 2028.4
2024 Q2 237 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 271 0 0 0.0
Show 20 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 454 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 211 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 211 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 394 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 515 1 0 1941.7
2022 Q2 413 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 419 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 10 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 322 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 143 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 578 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 596 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 612 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 618 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 590 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 427 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 620 1 0 1612.9
2019 Q2 724 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 616 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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