Unit #3 - Portable has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2011–2017
Latest incident
Apr 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
41
citations
15
significant & substantial
$18,656
proposed penalties
$14,327
paid to date
77% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,329 gap.
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: 305 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘA Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
2
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2015-02-24.
On record since 2014.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
Unit #3 - Portable has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$19K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
39 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $13K in penalties contested before the Commission, $9K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-06-14.
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.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
16citations taken to the federal commission · 39% of citations on record
Settled
12 · 75%
Stood as issued
3 · 19%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 6%
60%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 10 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
35%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$13K proposed, $9K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2017-09-27.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
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: 2017-02-08, 9 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
8
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz5
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (8)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2017-02-08
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.18
Truck Driver
2017-02-08
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.16
Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-02-08
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.27
Lab Technician
2015-02-24
Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz
2.91
Laborer, Bullgang
2015-02-24
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.27
Sampler, Dust
2011-08-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.51
1.95
0.26
Laborer, Bullgang
2011-08-23
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.3
Bulldozer Operator
2011-08-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.38
1.93
0.20
Truck Driver
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.
Unit #3 - Portable recorded 9.75 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2016.
Injury rate, 2016
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
9.75
total case rate
9.75
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.17 and the all-US-mining average was 2.59 cases per 100 workers.
In Idaho, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.07 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2016 *
9.75
9.75
0.000
2012 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2011 *
7.29
7.29
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2018
0
2017
6
2016
10
2015
8
2014
10
2013
10
2012
12
2011
16
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Unit #3 - Portable sits in Idaho County, Idaho, where the Census mining category is 0.9% 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.
Idaho County, Idaho · Population 17,120
0.9%
Mining share of county employment
$60,975
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
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2018 Q4
0
0
0
2018 Q3
0
0
0
2018 Q2
0
0
0
2018 Q1
0
0
0
2017 Q4
0
0
0
2017 Q3
4,501
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
5,797
15
3
2587.5
2017 Q1
4,349
3
1
689.8
Show 24 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2016 Q4
5,367
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
4,782
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
4,989
3
1
601.3
2016 Q1
5,377
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
4,700
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
6,421
3
2
467.2
2015 Q2
4,425
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
2,952
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
3,293
2
1
607.3
2014 Q3
4,388
1
0
227.9
2014 Q2
6,324
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
4,104
4
2
974.7
2013 Q4
4,087
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
6,038
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
4,590
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
3,949
1
0
253.2
2012 Q4
4,582
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
5,317
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
6,589
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
6,793
4
2
588.8
2011 Q4
5,838
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
5,331
1
0
187.6
2011 Q2
9,441
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
6,843
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file
2017 · 1 incident
April 22, 2017ID · Metal/Non-Metalcrusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/workerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was helping to unclog a cone crusher when a drive belt slipped and cut the tops of the middle and ring fingers of left hand. The crusher unit was de-energized and locked out at the time of the accident. Tops of both fingers were later amputated.
Employee was adjusting steel brace of a conveyor when part of the brace fell and smashed the individuals hand. The Employee was wearing gloves at the time of the accident, however he suffered some broken bones on his fingers.