Harris Pit-Portable Crusher has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2012
Latest incident
May 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
26
citations
6
significant & substantial
$2,747
proposed penalties
$2,747
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
29
inspections on record
273
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: 273 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Harris Pit-Portable Crusher has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
26 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $216 in penalties contested before the Commission, $216 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-06-13.
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.
2citations taken to the federal commission · 8% of citations on record
Settled
2 · 100%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$216 proposed, $216 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 2013-12-11.
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: 2013-08-13, 13 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (4)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2013-08-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
0.99
0.16
Front-end Loader Operator
2013-08-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-05-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-05-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
1.25
0.18
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
13
2025
3
2024
7
2023
2
2022
2
2021
3
2020
2
2019
2
2018
2
2017
1
2016
2
2015
2
2014
2
2013
2
2012
2
2011
1
2010
3
2009
1
2008
1
2007
1
2006
7
2005
5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Harris Pit-Portable Crusher sits in Itasca County, Minnesota, where the Census mining category is 1.5% 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.
Itasca County, Minnesota · Population 45,141
1.5%
Mining share of county employment
$66,380
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
13,086
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
0
0
0
2025 Q4
336
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
1,894
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
1,962
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
0
0
0
2024 Q4
1,404
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
2,114
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
8,851
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
0
0
0
2023 Q4
1,504
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
1,468
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
1,037
1
0
964.3
2023 Q1
0
0
0
2022 Q4
1,160
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
1,323
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
695
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
0
0
0
2021 Q4
611
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
1,989
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
2,852
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
5
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
668
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
1,410
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
957
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
0
0
0
2019 Q4
820
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
2,218
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
500
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
0
0
0
2018 Q4
801
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
483
4
0
8281.6
2018 Q2
282
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
0
0
0
2017 Q4
256
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
714
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
90
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
0
0
0
2016 Q4
952
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
799
2
0
2503.1
2016 Q2
254
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
0
0
0
2015 Q4
494
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
860
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
997
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
226
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
1,097
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
2,058
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
933
2
1
2143.6
2014 Q1
0
0
0
2013 Q4
366
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
1,066
7
4
6566.6
2013 Q2
296
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
24
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
530
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
961
2
0
2081.2
2012 Q2
1,406
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
0
0
0
2011 Q4
1,007
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
1,143
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
1,027
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
0
0
0
2010 Q4
962
5
1
5197.5
2010 Q3
1,379
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
1,728
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
288
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
0
0
0
2009 Q3
1,598
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
267
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
0
0
0
2008 Q4
0
0
0
2008 Q3
216
2
0
9259.3
2008 Q2
633
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
0
0
0
2007 Q4
0
0
0
2007 Q3
795
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
0
0
0
2007 Q1
0
0
0
2006 Q4
569
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
374
1
0
2673.8
2005 Q3
548
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
897
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2012 · 1 incident
May 29, 2012MN · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)