Mining Incidents

CRUSHER #1: 19 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Tom Mc Guire
Saratoga, Carbon County, WY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4801571

CRUSHER #1 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $307 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2002
Latest incident
Sep 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
19
citations
8
significant & substantial
$2,390
proposed penalties
$2,083
paid to date
87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $307 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
9
inspections on record
77
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: 77 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

CRUSHER #1 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $307 outstanding across 1 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
$307
outstanding
19 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $60 in penalties contested before the Commission, $60 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-04-17.
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.
42.1%
significant & substantial
15.8%
high negligence or reckless
42.1%
reasonably likely or greater
89.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.3% low, 78.9% moderate, 15.8% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$60 proposed, $60 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 2006-04-12.
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
WEST 2006-325M Settlement Manning 2006 $60 → $60
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Carbon County Concrete Inc 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2006 2
2005 2
2004 3
2003 3
2002 3
2001 3
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

CRUSHER #1 sits in Carbon County, Wyoming, where the Census mining category is 5.6% 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.
Carbon County, Wyoming · Population 14,549
5.6%
Mining share of county employment
$66,721
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
2006 Q1 150 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,261 1 0 793.0
2005 Q3 1,263 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 945 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,587 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,378 9 6 6531.2
2004 Q1 468 0 0 0.0
Show 16 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q4 1,205 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,326 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,194 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 972 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,521 8 2 5259.7
2002 Q3 1,706 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 907 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 895 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,574 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,552 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 953 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 735 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 745 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,137 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,216 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 701 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2002 · 2 incidents

September 17, 2002 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Carbon County Concrete Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING BELTING WITH A UTILITY KNIFE. THE KNIFE SLIPPED OFF THE BELTING CUTTING HIS WRIST.

September 16, 2002 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Carbon County Concrete Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CUTTING BELTING WITH THE UTILITY KNIFE THE KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING HIS WRIST.