Portable Wash Plant III has $2K 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
8
Years on record
1985–2004
Latest incident
Sep 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
26
citations
5
significant & substantial
$2,063
proposed penalties
$2,063
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
29
inspections on record
417
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: 417 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 Wash Plant III has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
26 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-07-13.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘMany samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2010-07-14, 16 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
12
samples
9
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz9
Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (12)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2010-07-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
0.51
0.31
Truck Driver
2010-07-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-07-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dragline Operator
2010-07-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-07-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.25
2.07
0.12
Truck Driver
2005-06-02
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
0.39
0.36
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-06-02
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.3
0.41
0.73
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-06-02
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.31
0.37
0.84
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-04-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.66
0.71
0.93
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-04-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
0.76
0.20
Dragline Operator
2003-04-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.23
1.08
0.21
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-05-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.43
0.46
0.93
Laborer, Bullgang
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2011
5
2010
7
2009
7
2008
8
2007
8
2006
7
2005
9
2004
8
2003
9
2002
9
2001
8
2000
9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Portable Wash Plant III sits in Erie County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 0.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Erie County, Pennsylvania · Population 269,544
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$61,476
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
WAS SHUTTING OFF ENGINE OF ROCK TRUCK AND FOOT SLIPPED OFF OF FLOOR AND FELL BACKWARDS OUT OF THE TRUCK. HE GRABBED SAFETY RAIL TO KEEP FROM FALLING AND LANDED ON RT. SHOULDER AND BACK.
WHILE CLEARING ROCKS OUT OF GRIZZLEY ON FEEDER WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER. THE HAMMER BOUNCED OFFROCK AND PINCHED LEFT HAND BETWEEN FEEDER FRAME AND THE SLEDGE HAMMER.
1995 · 1 incident
May 5, 1995PA · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
WAS TAKING OFF DOUBLE NUT ON BOLT HOLDING DOWN ROCK CRUSHER, THE WRENCH SLIPPED & I WENT BACKWARDS FALLING ONTO A STEEL I BEAM & CONTINUED DOWN TO THE GROUND ( ABOUT 10 FT.)
1985 · 1 incident
November 26, 1985PA · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)