Mining Incidents

PORTABLE CRUSHER Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Adrian August Absmeier
Alamosa, Conejos County, CO  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 0504358

PORTABLE CRUSHER has $58K in proposed MSHA penalties and $19K outstanding across 5 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 2000
119
citations
51
significant & substantial
$58,396
proposed penalties
$39,282
paid to date
67% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $19,114 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
48
inspections on record
663
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: 663 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 $58K in proposed MSHA penalties and $19K outstanding across 5 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.
$58K
proposed penalties
$58K
current assessed
$39K
paid to date
$19K
outstanding
116 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-11.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 740 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 959 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 710 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 437 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 566 2 0 3533.6
2024 Q3 218 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 196 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 168 0 0 0.0
Show 76 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 152 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 180 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 165 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 145 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 178 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 210 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 190 1 0 5263.2
2022 Q1 178 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 159 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 178 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 162 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 135 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 176 6 1 34090.9
2020 Q3 134 2 0 14925.4
2020 Q2 122 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 116 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 130 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 156 1 0 6410.3
2019 Q2 140 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 105 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 112 1 0 8928.6
2018 Q3 134 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 134 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 112 3 0 26785.7
2017 Q4 122 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 145 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 130 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 116 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 102 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 130 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 118 6 1 50847.5
2016 Q1 104 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 90 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 92 1 1 10869.6
2015 Q2 92 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 92 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 108 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 143 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 120 1 0 8333.3
2014 Q1 86 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 134 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 112 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 138 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 85 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 380 2 0 5263.2
2012 Q3 348 3 1 8620.7
2012 Q2 293 1 0 3413.0
2012 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 325 1 0 3076.9
2011 Q2 550 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 450 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 365 5 3 13698.6
2010 Q3 390 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 430 18 8 41860.5
2010 Q1 290 2 0 6896.6
2009 Q4 212 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 412 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 540 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 180 7 3 38888.9
2008 Q4 223 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 458 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 280 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 48 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 120 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q3 240 1 0 4166.7
2004 Q2 260 1 0 3846.2
2003 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 160 8 1 50000.0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2000 Q4 176 28 24 159090.9

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.

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