Mining Incidents

Portable Unit No 1 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Steve Farden
Maxbass, Bottineau County, ND  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3200739

Portable Unit No 1 has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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 2000
50
citations
21
significant & substantial
$15,348
proposed penalties
$15,213
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $135 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
28
inspections on record
353
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: 353 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 No 1 has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$15K
proposed penalties
$15K
current assessed
$15K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
50 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-06-10.
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
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 212 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 645 0 0 0.0
Show 61 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q2 451 1 0 2217.3
2015 Q1 78 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 0 1 0
2014 Q2 383 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 94 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,517 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,295 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,146 3 1 2617.8
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 720 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,247 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 929 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 883 2 0 2265.0
2011 Q4 859 1 0 1164.1
2011 Q3 2,017 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 911 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,047 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 545 6 3 11009.2
2010 Q3 2,180 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,994 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 408 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 880 1 0 1136.4
2009 Q3 1,887 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,793 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 1,125 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,611 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 824 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 142 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 480 7 4 14583.3
2007 Q3 1,230 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,401 3 0 2141.3
2007 Q1 280 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 831 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 870 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,024 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 340 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,866 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 566 14 5 24735.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 360 1 1 2777.8
2004 Q2 1,200 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 73 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 160 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 120 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 160 3 2 18750.0
2002 Q2 220 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 72 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 120 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 250 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 250 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 450 7 5 15555.6
2000 Q2 400 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 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 No 1

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.