JEFFERY PORTABLE CRUSHER has $22K 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
3
Years on record
1989–2014
Latest incident
Jan 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
103
citations
26
significant & substantial
$21,634
proposed penalties
$19,697
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,937 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
47
inspections on record
583
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: 583 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: 2014-01-08.
On record since 2014.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
JEFFERY PORTABLE CRUSHER has $22K 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.
$22K
proposed penalties
$20K
current assessed
$20K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
100 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $11K in penalties contested before the Commission, $9K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-03-27.
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.
4citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
Settled
4 · 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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
17%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$11K proposed, $9K 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 2014-03-30.
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: 2012-10-23, 13 years ago
20%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
8
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz51 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (8)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2003-05-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.04
0.37
2.81
Sampler, Dust
2012-10-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-10-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
0.33
0.52
Cleanup Man
2012-10-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-05-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.25
0.42
0.60
Cleanup Man
2003-05-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-06-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.45
0.66
0.68
Cleanup Man
2001-06-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.37
0.95
0.39
Sampler, Dust
Area samples (mill and shop air)
Last sampled: 2014-10-09, 11 years ago
2
samples
Show the individual readings (2)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Area sampled
2014-10-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
SF ORE PROCESSING
2014-10-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
SF ROAD
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
2
2025
4
2024
3
2023
3
2022
2
2021
4
2020
4
2019
4
2018
3
2017
4
2016
4
2015
5
2014
5
2013
3
2012
5
2011
5
2010
6
2009
6
2008
6
2007
6
2006
7
2005
6
2004
6
2003
6
2002
6
2001
5
2000
6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
JEFFERY PORTABLE CRUSHER sits in Deer Lodge County, Montana, where the Census mining category is 1.8% 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.
Deer Lodge County, Montana · Population 9,512
1.8%
Mining share of county employment
$49,533
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
1,175
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
0
0
0
2025 Q4
732
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
1,321
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
986
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
289
2
0
6920.4
2024 Q4
0
0
0
2024 Q3
313
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
1,726
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
543
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
0
0
0
2023 Q3
1,234
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
1,672
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
87
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
0
0
0
2022 Q3
273
2
0
7326.0
2022 Q2
532
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
0
0
0
2021 Q4
386
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
168
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
484
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
213
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
452
7
1
15486.7
2020 Q3
524
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
979
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
928
3
1
3232.8
2019 Q4
1,033
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
658
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
962
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
0
0
0
2018 Q4
1,495
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
779
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
0
0
0
2018 Q1
0
0
0
2017 Q4
0
0
0
2017 Q3
118
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
2,320
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
983
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
415
1
0
2409.6
2016 Q3
1,024
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
481
6
2
12474.0
2016 Q1
0
0
0
2015 Q4
672
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
1,299
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
638
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
1,002
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
1,263
20
6
15835.3
2014 Q3
482
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
1,139
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
720
6
3
8333.3
2013 Q4
0
0
0
2013 Q3
0
0
0
2013 Q2
2,499
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
961
1
0
1040.6
2012 Q4
645
9
1
13953.5
2012 Q3
1,611
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
2,056
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
1,055
1
0
947.9
2011 Q4
0
0
0
2011 Q3
1,423
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
2,860
5
3
1748.3
2011 Q1
1,599
5
3
3127.0
2010 Q4
353
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
166
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
1,249
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
1,690
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
815
5
1
6135.0
2009 Q3
2,111
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
1,864
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
1,796
1
1
556.8
2008 Q4
454
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
225
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
1,879
3
0
1596.6
2008 Q1
836
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
35
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
641
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
1,944
4
1
2057.6
2007 Q1
2,421
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
228
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
1,569
1
0
637.3
2006 Q2
2,998
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
2,732
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
8
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
2,775
9
1
3243.2
2005 Q2
2,130
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
2,592
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
917
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
2,032
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
1,394
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
2,252
3
0
1332.1
2003 Q4
2,918
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
2,168
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
2,511
1
0
398.2
2003 Q1
1,917
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
1,309
1
0
763.9
2002 Q3
2,408
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
2,409
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
4,473
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
2,097
3
2
1430.6
2001 Q3
1,448
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
3,871
4
0
1033.3
2001 Q1
3,436
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
1,933
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
2,208
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
2,246
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
2,722
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file
2014 · 1 incident
January 21, 2014MT · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was coming down ladder, stepped off of last rung onto uneven ground and rolled right ankle. Body weight coming down on rolled ankle caused dis-location of right ankle.
2011 · 1 incident
March 22, 2011MT · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
During an MSHA Inspection the inspector wanted to inspect the berms above the highwall, foot traffic is usually not allowed in this area. Our EE offered to drive,the Insp.wanted to walk. Crusher operator slipped on slope fell and struck the back of his head on the frozen ground. Resulted in a concussion, blood on brain and 1.5 days in the hospital.
1989 · 1 incident
April 12, 1989MT · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)