Mining Incidents

Portable Unit # 7 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by James W Shaw
Standish, Cumberland County, ME  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1701085

Portable Unit # 7 has $298 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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 2024
2
citations
0
significant & substantial
$298
proposed penalties
$147
paid to date
49% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $151 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2023
4
inspections on record
25
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: 25 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 # 7 has $298 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$298
proposed penalties
$147
current assessed
$147
paid to date
$0
outstanding
1 assessments are final orders; 1 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 290 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 361 1 0 2770.1
2025 Q2 47 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 152 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 172 1 0 5814.0
2024 Q2 105 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 5 0 0 0.0
Show 4 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 440 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 140 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 140 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2 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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