Mining Incidents

Portable Crusher: 20 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Siskiyou County-Ca
Yreka, Siskiyou County, CA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0405374

Portable Crusher has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $315 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2003
Latest incident
Jul 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
20
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,620
proposed penalties
$1,305
paid to date
81% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $315 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
18
inspections on record
184
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: 184 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Portable Crusher has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $315 outstanding across 2 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$315
outstanding
20 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $467 in penalties contested before the Commission, $382 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-05-03.
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.
15.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
15.0%
reasonably likely or greater
85.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 15.0% low, 85.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST20000174M Settlement Zielinski 2000 $345 → $260
WEST20010028M Default Barbour 2001 $122 → $122
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2010-01-14, 16 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
2010-01-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-01-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 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.
Ownership history
  1. County Of Siskiyou Dept of Public Works 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2012 1
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 3
2007 3
2006 3
2005 3
2004 4
2003 3
2002 3
2001 3
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Portable Crusher sits in Siskiyou County, California, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Siskiyou County, California · Population 43,834
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$55,499
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
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 186 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 44 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 104 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 620 3 0 4838.7
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
Show 43 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 60 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 90 2 1 22222.2
2009 Q4 63 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 345 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 285 2 0 7017.5
2008 Q3 90 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,424 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 140 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 58 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 68 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 395 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 330 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 10 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 45 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 340 1 0 2941.2
2005 Q4 322 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 693 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 903 3 0 3322.3
2005 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 294 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,144 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,180 2 0 1694.9
2004 Q1 688 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 990 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,220 1 0 819.7
2003 Q2 1,050 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 1,400 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,410 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 750 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 660 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 660 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,080 1 0 925.9
2000 Q4 324 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,110 5 2 4504.5
2000 Q2 1,480 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 200 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2003 · 1 incident

July 2, 2003 CA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
County Of Siskiyou Dept of Public Works · Fall onto or against objects

WOODEN PLANK ON WALKWAY BROKE UNDER WEIGHT OF OPERATOR CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND CATCH RIGHT ARM ON ENGINE GUARD.