KONITZ PORTABLE CRUSHER #1 has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
15
Years on record
1987–2004
Latest incident
Jul 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
46
citations
23
significant & substantial
$8,890
proposed penalties
$7,036
paid to date
79% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,854 gap.
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: 150 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
KONITZ PORTABLE CRUSHER #1 has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
46 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $7K in penalties contested before the Commission, $5K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-10-03.
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.
12citations taken to the federal commission · 26% of citations on record
Settled
12 · 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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
30%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$5K proposed, $3K 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 2005-03-16.
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: 2004-07-27, 22 years ago
75%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
5
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz43 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (5)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2004-07-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.95
0.83
1.14
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-07-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.14
0.67
1.70
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-07-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
2.65
0.53
5.00
Cleanup Man
2004-07-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.52
1.05
0.50
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-07-17
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2006
1
2005
4
2004
4
2003
5
2002
8
2001
1
2000
6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
KONITZ PORTABLE CRUSHER #1 sits in Fergus County, Montana, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Fergus County, Montana · Population 11,581
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$59,731
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 Q3
0
0
0
2006 Q2
2
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
1
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
1,769
2
0
1130.6
2005 Q3
2,799
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
142
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
2
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
1,391
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2004 Q3
2,950
12
4
4067.8
2004 Q2
2
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
0
0
0
2003 Q4
0
0
0
2003 Q3
2,781
1
1
359.6
2003 Q2
960
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
1,831
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
3,367
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
4,083
16
14
3918.7
2001 Q3
2
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
2
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
1
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
853
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
3,465
15
4
4329.0
2000 Q2
3,278
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
166
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
15 on file
2004 · 1 incident
July 28, 2004MT · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS ON HAND AND KNEES CLEANING OUT CRUSHER CONE. WHEN HE STOOD UP, KNEE POPPED.
2003 · 2 incidents
July 21, 2003MT · Metal/Non-Metalgreaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oilerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Konitz Contracting Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
WHILE CHANGING HOSE TO NEW COMPARTMENT ON FUEL TANKER, EE WAS SPRAYED WITH DIESEL FUEL.
June 3, 2003MT · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WHILE LIFTING EXCITER OFF GENERATOR, EXCITER SLIPPED CATCHING FINGER AGAISNT TIRE, CUTTING LEFT INDEX FINGER.
1990 · 1 incident
November 9, 1990MT · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
ROLLS FILLED ON CRUSHER-RAN OVER TO PULL CLUTCH ROPE MISSED ROPE RAN UP LOADER TO DISENGAGE CLUTCH LOST BALANCE FELL FROM LADDER LANDING ON CRUSHER SCREEN GUARD UNDER RIGHT KNEE CAP-TWISTED AN KLE-NOR REPORTED TO OFFICE UNBTIL 09-05-89.
1988 · 2 incidents
December 9, 1988MT · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerMACHINERY
GUARD ON CUTTING EDGE OF BUCKET ON LOADER FELL OFF, STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON LEFT SIDE OF TOP OF HEAD, RESULTING IN CUT WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES AND DENTAL WORK (4 CHIPPED TEETH).