Portable Crushing has had no fatalities among 9 reportable incidents since 1989. MSHA has proposed $39K in penalties since 2000, with $354 outstanding.
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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: 894 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 Crushing has $39K in proposed MSHA penalties and $354 outstanding across 4 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.
$39K
proposed penalties
$37K
current assessed
$36K
paid to date
$354
outstanding
151 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $7K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-26.
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.
29citations taken to the federal commission · 19% of citations on record
Settled
21 · 72%
Stood as issued
1 · 3%
Vacated or withdrawn
7 · 24%
38%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 8 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
54%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$7K proposed, $3K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2014-01-17.
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: 2026-09-17
17
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz14
Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (17)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2026-09-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2026-09-17
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.39
Crusher Oper/Worker
2026-09-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2023-03-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-06-21
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
1.01
Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-06-21
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
2.61
Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-06-21
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
1.18
Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-09-13
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.31
Mechanic
2016-09-13
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.49
Mechanic
2003-02-12
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
2.44
Laborer, Bullgang
2003-02-12
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.46
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-02-12
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
1.5
Front-end Loader Operator
2000-08-09
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.36
Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2000-08-09
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.58
Front-end Loader Operator
2000-08-09
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
2.35
Utility Man
2000-08-09
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
3.61
Utility Man
2000-08-09
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
1.02
Crusher Oper/Worker
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.
Portable Crushing recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2006.
Injury rate, 2006
ⓘ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 and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year. Employment reports reach back to 1983, but those earlier years come from MSHA's archived file format and are not used in rates.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.41 and the all-US-mining average was 3.91 cases per 100 workers.
In Oregon, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.42 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
2006 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2005 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2000 *
0.00
0.00
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
2026
9
2025
8
2024
10
2023
10
2022
9
2021
7
2020
10
2019
16
2018
11
2017
14
2016
9
2015
11
2014
12
2013
11
2012
8
2011
6
2010
7
2009
8
2008
9
2007
9
2006
10
2005
9
2004
9
2003
8
2002
9
2001
9
2000
10
1999
12
1998
9
1997
9
1996
10
1995
9
1994
9
1993
9
1992
10
1991
12
1990
10
1989
9
1988
11
1986
8
1985
6
1984
0
1983
1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.
Portable Crushing sits in Hood River County, Oregon, 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.
Hood River County, Oregon · Population 23,958
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$82,095
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; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Victim was shoveling/clean up with another person, fell ill, was disoriented; taken immediately to the hospital. Arrived at hospital within 20 minutes. diagnosis: global amnesia. Condition is unrelated to workplace according to attending physician.
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1992 · 1 incident
May 18, 1992OR · Metal/Non-Metalmine manager, mine foreman, mine ownerMACHINERY
WOKER FAILED TO LOWER DUMP BOX ON DUMP TRUCK AFTER HE DUMPED LOAD. HE DROVE TRUCK APPROX. 300 YARDS WITH BOX UP. EXTENNDED BO HIT OVERHEAD CONVEYOR. OVERHEAD CONVEYOR CAME DOWN ON TOP OF CA B DUMP TRUCK CAUSING INJURIES TO WORKER.
June 13, 1989OR · Metal/Non-Metalgreaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oilerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
I NAME WA S LIFTING A PIECE OF SCREEN CLOTH UPON THE SCREEN PLANT & PULLED MUSCLES IN HIS BACK HE FINISHED THE SHIFT & WORKED THE NEXT DAY
June 8, 1989OR · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS PUTTING BINDER CHAINS OVER LOAD OF STEEL ON 40 FT TRAILER. HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL TO GROUND. HE LANDED ON 8X12 BLOCK OF WOOD WHICH CAUSED THE INJURY.