Portable Unit # 4 Metal/Non-Metal
Gorham Sand & Gravel Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
James W Shaw
Buxton,
York County,
ME
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1700875
Portable Unit # 4 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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 2011
17
citations
4
significant & substantial
$4,001
proposed penalties
$2,012
paid to date
50% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,989 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
19
inspections on record
193
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 193 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 # 4 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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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
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 58823.5 |
| 2025 Q2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 500000.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 178 | 1 | 0 | 5618.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 199 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 260 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 127 | 3 | 0 | 23622.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q4 | 382 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 737 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q4 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 919 | 1 | 0 | 1088.1 |
| 2015 Q2 | 871 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q3 | 695 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 647 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q3 | 518 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 566 | 1 | 1 | 1766.8 |
| 2013 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 Q4 | 467 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 688 | 5 | 3 | 7267.4 |
| 2012 Q2 | 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 # 4
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.