ARP Portable Crusher #2 has $22K in proposed MSHA penalties and $11 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
23
Years on record
1984–2024
Latest incident
Jan 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
105
citations
18
significant & substantial
$22,461
proposed penalties
$21,913
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $548 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: 831 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.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2016-08-03.
On record since 2016.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
ARP Portable Crusher #2 has $22K in proposed MSHA penalties and $11 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.
$22K
proposed penalties
$22K
current assessed
$22K
paid to date
$11
outstanding
104 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $815 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-28.
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.
3citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
Settled
2 · 67%
Stood as issued
1 · 33%
100%
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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
51%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $695 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 2011-01-10.
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: 2025-01-23
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
18
samples
6
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz8
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz8
Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (18)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2025-01-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.33
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-01-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.34
Laborer, Bullgang
2025-01-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2017-03-29
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.32
Front-end Loader Operator
2017-03-29
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.23
Truck Driver
2017-03-29
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.22
Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-05-28
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.18
Truck Driver
2009-05-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.32
2.35
0.14
Truck Driver
2009-05-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.2
1.09
0.18
Bulldozer Operator
2009-05-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.26
1.61
0.16
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-05-26
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.2
Truck Driver
2005-05-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.33
2.62
0.13
Laborer, Bullgang
2003-02-19
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.5
Laborer, Bullgang
2003-02-19
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.28
Truck Driver
2003-02-19
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.76
Bulldozer Operator
2000-11-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2000-11-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.33
1.77
0.19
Crusher Oper/Worker
2000-11-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.85
1.2
0.71
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.
ARP Portable Crusher #2 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2010.
Injury rate, 2010
ⓘ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.
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 2.68 and the all-US-mining average was 3.20 cases per 100 workers.
In Washington, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.16 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.
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
8
2025
9
2024
10
2023
4
2022
2
2021
1
2020
6
2019
7
2018
7
2017
5
2016
8
2015
7
2014
5
2013
6
2012
8
2011
8
2010
10
2009
6
2008
7
2007
6
2006
7
2005
8
2004
7
2003
8
2002
7
2001
6
2000
6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
ARP Portable Crusher #2 sits in Douglas County, Washington, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Douglas County, Washington · Population 43,733
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$80,374
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
2026 Q2
2,982
3
0
1006.0
2026 Q1
3,242
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
3,242
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
4,217
1
1
237.1
2025 Q2
3,184
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
2,366
3
0
1268.0
2024 Q4
2,087
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
2,740
7
0
2554.7
Show 97 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
3,022
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
3,288
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
3,254
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
4,141
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
0
0
0
2023 Q1
0
0
0
2022 Q4
0
0
0
2022 Q3
178
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
0
2
0
2022 Q1
0
0
0
2021 Q4
0
0
0
2021 Q3
246
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
104
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
0
0
0
2020 Q4
958
1
0
1043.8
2020 Q3
2,298
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
2,071
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
302
3
0
9933.8
2019 Q4
660
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
1,482
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
3,911
1
0
255.7
2019 Q1
2,801
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
0
0
0
2018 Q3
9
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
5,669
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
4,813
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
2,698
6
0
2223.9
2017 Q3
2,516
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
1,799
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
609
3
2
4926.1
2016 Q4
1,743
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
3,327
4
1
1202.3
2016 Q2
3,991
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
4,858
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
3,528
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
2,801
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
2,798
7
0
2501.8
2015 Q1
0
0
0
2014 Q4
1,630
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
2,338
2
0
855.4
2014 Q2
435
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
1,841
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
4,571
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
5,151
1
0
194.1
2013 Q2
1,813
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
1,851
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
721
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
2,346
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
7,626
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
6,481
2
0
308.6
2011 Q4
2,493
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
6,651
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
7,106
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
3,109
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
3,726
5
2
1341.9
2010 Q3
8,651
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
9,401
1
0
106.4
2010 Q1
4,594
1
0
217.7
2009 Q4
1,075
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
1,360
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
727
2
0
2751.0
2009 Q1
410
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
523
2
0
3824.1
2008 Q3
1,285
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
1,717
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
911
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
1,607
2
1
1244.6
2007 Q3
1,611
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
1,424
5
2
3511.2
2007 Q1
1
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
1,772
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
2,008
3
0
1494.0
2006 Q2
2,538
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
1,264
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
3,193
5
0
1565.9
2005 Q3
3,144
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
2,834
4
1
1411.4
2005 Q1
175
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
1,645
1
0
607.9
2004 Q3
3,114
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
2,354
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
229
2
0
8733.6
2003 Q4
1,652
1
0
605.3
2003 Q3
1,166
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
1,536
1
0
651.0
2003 Q1
977
5
0
5117.7
2002 Q4
1,978
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
2,516
2
0
794.9
2002 Q1
1,576
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
1,613
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
1,691
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
1,562
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
848
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
1,030
5
0
4854.4
2000 Q3
1,052
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
1,684
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
957
8
7
8359.5
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
October 31, 1984WA · Metal/Non-Metaloutside foreman, leadmanFatality · MACHINERY
THE VICTIM WAS CLEANING OUT THE SPILL FROM BENEATH THE CONVEYOR BELTS. HE WAS USING A 1976 FORD FARM TRACTOR WITH A BLADE ATTACHED TO THE BACK OF IT. WHILE CLEANING THE SPILL, HE BACKED THE TR ACTOR UNDER A TRAILER FRAME WHICH WAS HOUSING THE CANICA IMPACT CRUSHER WHICH CAUSED HIM TO BE HIT BY THE I BEAM. THE IMPACT THREW THE VICTIM OVER THE TRACTOR AND CAUSED HIM TO BECOME WEDGED
Reportable incidents
22 on file (excluding fatalities above)
2024 · 1 incident
January 9, 2024WA · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
EE 1 & EE 2 skid steer down with engine compartment door open. EE 1 went to get headlamp, to check tension on alternator belt. EE 1 returned did not see EE 2, EE 1 believed EE 2 was in pick-up. EE 1 looked in rear windshield of skid steer, did not see EE 2. EE1 touched the alternator belt at the same time EE 2 tried to start skid steer. EE 1 felt the belt move and pulled hand back.
2023 · 1 incident
September 21, 2023WA · Metal/Non-Metaldry screening plant operator, screen house operatorMACHINERY
Miners were dismantling plant to move to new location. When lowering conveyor to ground, it is surmised that the conveyor shifted, causing the leg on the east side of the conv. to strike against the miners lower left leg. No witnessed the accident, the miner is unable to remember the event.
2011 · 1 incident
June 30, 2011WA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Injured worker was positioning himself on ladder to hand a tool to a co-worker who was performing maintenance on the cone. The injured worker put his weight against the guard which hadn't been fastened due to maintenance and he fell six feet to the ground breaking his left leg.
Worker was ripping the floor of the working bench to supply material to crushing plant. When close to edge material gave way under berm and dozer. While trying to right the dozer it overturned and rolled down the side of the old ramp leading to the bench. Worker received bruises, scrapes to body and laceration to scalp.
May 27, 2004WA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)