Nordberg Crusher No. 1 has $1K 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
1
Years on record
2010
Latest incident
Nov 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
14
citations
5
significant & substantial
$1,450
proposed penalties
$1,450
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 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: 166 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Nordberg Crusher No. 1 has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
14 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $650 in penalties contested before the Commission, $300 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-09-10.
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.
6citations taken to the federal commission · 43% of citations on record
Settled
3 · 50%
Vacated or withdrawn
3 · 50%
0%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
54%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$650 proposed, $300 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 2011-09-02.
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: 2011-01-25, 15 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
8
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (8)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2011-01-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-01-25
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.14
Supervisor, Co. Official
2011-01-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
1.67
0.09
Laborer, Bullgang
2011-01-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2009-05-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Shovel Operator
2009-05-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.5
0.87
0.57
Laborer, Bullgang
2009-05-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.54
0.64
0.84
Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-05-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.38
0.59
0.64
Supervisor, Co. Official
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
2016
6
2015
5
2011
8
2010
5
2009
5
2008
3
2007
4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Nordberg Crusher No. 1 sits in El Paso County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.8% 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.
El Paso County, Texas · Population 866,275
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$58,859
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 Q4
2,144
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
2,413
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
1,759
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
1,895
4
0
2110.8
2011 Q4
3,245
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
3,990
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
4,063
1
1
246.1
2011 Q1
3,755
6
3
1597.9
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2010 Q4
2,578
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
1,128
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
1,535
2
1
1302.9
2010 Q1
1,654
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
1,686
1
0
593.1
2009 Q3
2,393
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
3,562
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
0
0
0
2008 Q4
1,643
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
0
0
0
2008 Q2
3,186
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
3,369
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
200
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2010 · 1 incident
November 5, 2010TX · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS