Mining Incidents

Hufford Portable Crusher: 51 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Hufford Construction Inc · Surface
Controlled by Chris Hufford
Baker, Fallon County, MT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2402124

Hufford Portable Crusher has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
51
citations
6
significant & substantial
$9,574
proposed penalties
$9,574
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
22
inspections on record
250
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: 250 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Hufford Portable Crusher has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
51 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-10-07.
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.
11.8%
significant & substantial
15.7%
high negligence or reckless
11.8%
reasonably likely or greater
51.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 3.9% low, 80.4% moderate, 15.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2012-10-31, 13 years ago
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2012-10-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scraper Operator
2012-10-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer 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. Hufford Construction Inc 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2016 0
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 5
2011 6
2010 6
2009 7
2008 6
2007 4
2006 5
2005 4
2004 5
2003 4
2002 4
2001 3
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Hufford Portable Crusher sits in Fallon County, Montana, where the Census mining category is 18.6% 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.
Fallon County, Montana · Population 2,817
18.6%
Mining share of county employment
$72,284
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
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 483 1 0 2070.4
2015 Q3 472 1 0 2118.6
2015 Q2 193 1 0 5181.3
2015 Q1 0 1 0
2014 Q4 130 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 397 4 0 10075.6
2014 Q2 400 0 0 0.0
Show 55 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 91 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,734 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 728 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 375 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 978 3 0 3067.5
2012 Q3 1,479 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,029 4 3 3887.3
2012 Q1 808 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 833 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 953 3 2 3148.0
2011 Q2 374 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 16 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 345 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 372 1 0 2688.2
2010 Q2 206 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 578 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 403 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 677 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 83 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 235 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 501 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,507 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,860 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 110 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 1,170 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 283 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 665 13 0 19548.9
2006 Q2 580 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 550 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 220 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 720 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 60 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 325 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 389 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 181 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 240 1 0 4166.7
2004 Q1 569 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 203 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 115 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 305 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 140 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 312 3 0 9615.4
2002 Q3 470 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 835 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 434 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 488 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 945 15 1 15873.0
2001 Q2 405 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 115 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 175 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 602 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 932 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 364 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.