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: 256 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 $11K 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
55 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $6K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-04-06.
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.
8citations taken to the federal commission · 15% of citations on record
Settled
8 · 100%
63%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 8 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
71%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$6K proposed, $2K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2010-07-08.
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: 2010-04-06, 16 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
5
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (5)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2010-04-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
1.1
0.14
Laborer, Bullgang
2010-04-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2007-07-25
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.24
Front-end Loader Operator
2007-07-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
0.5
0.38
Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-05-23
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
2011
0
2010
1
2009
2
2008
1
2007
2
2006
2
2005
1
2004
3
2003
3
2002
3
2001
3
2000
4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
PORTABLE CRUSHER sits in Las Animas County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 2.5% 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.
Las Animas County, Colorado · Population 14,392
2.5%
Mining share of county employment
$50,408
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
2011 Q2
0
0
0
2011 Q1
0
0
0
2010 Q4
0
0
0
2010 Q3
100
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
942
10
6
10615.7
2010 Q1
0
0
0
2009 Q4
400
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
128
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2009 Q2
980
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
340
7
0
20588.2
2008 Q4
0
0
0
2008 Q3
0
0
0
2008 Q2
200
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
200
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
240
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
510
4
0
7843.1
2007 Q2
480
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
80
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
1,000
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
1,200
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
330
1
1
3030.3
2006 Q1
0
1
0
2005 Q4
0
0
0
2005 Q3
0
0
0
2005 Q1
800
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
1,200
10
3
8333.3
2004 Q3
1,260
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
1,248
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
980
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
880
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
1,200
3
1
2500.0
2003 Q2
1,200
1
0
833.3
2003 Q1
1,200
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
1,200
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
1,584
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
1,320
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
1,170
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
1,170
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
1,170
3
3
2564.1
2001 Q1
898
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
513
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
367
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
483
12
3
24844.7
2000 Q1
840
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file
2010 · 1 incident
April 5, 2010CO · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
While unloading panels from a truck, employee stepped on some rocks that rolled out from under his foot twisting his ankle and knee, causing him to fall to the ground.
2005 · 1 incident
February 10, 2005CO · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
TANDEM DUMP TRUCK TAIL GATE WAS IN ADVERTENTLY OPENED WHILE LOOSING ROCKS THAT HAD THE GATE BLOCK OPENED. A ROCK FROM THE TOP ROLLED DOWN, HIT THE TAILGATE AND SMASHED HIS FINGER.