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C J Bolton Portable Crusher #2: 42 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

C J Bolton Inc · Surface
Controlled by Christopher J Bolton
Goffstown, Hillsborough County, NH  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 2700411

C J Bolton Portable Crusher #2 has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 2011. MSHA has proposed $6K in penalties since 2006.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2011
Latest incident
Dec 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
42
citations
9
significant & substantial
$6,306
proposed penalties
$6,306
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date. The remaining $0 was reduced, settled, contested or is still owed.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See C J Bolton Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
20
inspections on record
212
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: 212 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

C J Bolton Portable Crusher #2 has $6K 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
42 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $400 in penalties contested before the Commission, $300 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-01-12.
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.
21.4%
significant & substantial
23.8%
high negligence or reckless
21.4%
reasonably likely or greater
59.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 9.5% low, 66.7% moderate, 23.8% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
4 citations taken to the federal commission · 10% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 75%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 25%
25%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$400 proposed, $300 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 2012-08-07.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
YORK 2009-72M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $200 → $200
YORK 2009-71M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $100 → $100
YORK 2012-279M Withdrawal Zielinski 2012 $100 → $0
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2010-04-21, 16 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2010-04-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.56 0.30 Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-04-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.34 0.35 Front-end Loader Operator
2008-11-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.64 0.30 Utility Man
2008-11-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
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.
Ownership history
  1. Big Foote Crushing LLC 2006 to 2012
  2. C J Bolton Inc 2012 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2024 1
2023 1
2022 1
2021 1
2020 1
2019 1
2018 1
2017 4
2016 2
2015 4
2014 4
2013 4
2012 4
2011 4
2010 4
2009 4
2008 4
2007 5
2006 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

C J Bolton Portable Crusher #2 sits in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Hillsborough County, New Hampshire · Population 424,732
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$100,436
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
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
Show 66 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 5 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 7 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 42 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 443 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 23 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,209 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 215 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 12 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 6 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 449 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 163 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 662 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 294 1 0 3401.4
2014 Q4 840 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 48 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 176 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 241 4 0 16597.5
2013 Q4 1,191 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 951 2 0 2103.0
2013 Q2 1,408 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 99 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,143 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,537 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,564 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,520 4 2 2631.6
2011 Q4 862 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 940 3 1 3191.5
2011 Q2 597 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 539 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,661 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 952 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,274 7 4 5494.5
2010 Q1 299 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 909 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,850 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,658 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 746 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,024 8 2 7812.5
2008 Q3 1,291 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,139 3 0 2633.9
2008 Q1 709 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,254 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,082 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,090 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 972 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,697 6 0 3535.7
2006 Q3 1,586 4 0 2522.1
2006 Q2 224 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2011 · 1 incident

December 29, 2011 NH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Big Foote Crushing LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Hyd. hoses on conv were too short; came off. Safety valve was activated, stopping conv from moving. Cat skid steer was used to hold conv to reconnect hoses. An oil leak caused conv to start settling. EE's arm was positioned in conv in order to reconnect the hoses; not realizing conv was slowly settling. The conv was on his arm when he realized what was happening, pinning it.