Portable Crusher #1 has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $120 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
1987–2001
Latest incident
May 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
47
citations
18
significant & substantial
$6,298
proposed penalties
$5,709
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $589 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: 138 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 #1 has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $120 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$120
outstanding
47 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $705 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-07-01.
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.
5citations taken to the federal commission · 11% of citations on record
Settled
4 · 80%
Stood as issued
1 · 20%
50%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
43%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $705 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 2006-11-09.
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: 2005-06-08, 21 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
2
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2005-06-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
0.33
0.67
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-06-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.55
0.66
0.83
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
2009
0
2008
3
2007
4
2006
3
2005
4
2004
1
2003
5
2002
3
2001
6
2000
9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Portable Crusher #1 sits in Jefferson County, Colorado, 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.
Jefferson County, Colorado · Population 579,715
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$107,800
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
2009 Q1
0
0
0
2008 Q4
188
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
1,050
3
2
2857.1
2008 Q2
863
16
7
18540.0
2008 Q1
139
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
536
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
921
3
0
3257.3
2007 Q2
1,766
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2007 Q1
1,217
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
1,849
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
745
3
0
4026.8
2006 Q2
628
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
171
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
68
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
61
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
2,244
7
1
3119.4
2005 Q1
1,541
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
429
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
0
0
0
2004 Q2
0
0
0
2004 Q1
872
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
2,601
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
2,870
2
0
696.9
2003 Q2
2,689
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
997
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
1,010
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
2,704
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
1,397
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
3
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
3,488
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
2,370
5
3
2109.7
2001 Q2
3,082
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
2,163
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
6,191
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
4,434
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
4,247
8
5
1883.7
2000 Q1
2,656
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
13 on file
2001 · 1 incident
May 15, 2001CO · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE CHANGING HAMMERS INSIDE A SPOKANE CRUSHER. ONE SWUNG HIS SLEDGE HAMMER TO LOOSEN AN ANVIL BUT INSTEAD HIT THE OTHER'S FINGER AGAINST A PIN WITH THE HAMMER HEAD.
1999 · 1 incident
April 19, 1999CO · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
THE CRUSHER OPERATOR WAS CLIMBING ONTO THE CONE USING THE FEEDER CONVEYOR FRAMEWORK FOR ACCESS. THE OPERATOR SLIPPED, FALLING APPROX. 6' ONTO THE TOOLBOX MOUNTED ON A WELDING TRUCK PARKED BELO W, FCRACTURING HIS 7TH RIB.
1996 · 3 incidents
June 29, 1996CO · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanPOWERED HAULAGE
EE WAS ASSITING WITH INSTALLING A BOOM LIFTING OGNICE ON LOADE 4-239 BUCKET. EE WA SHOLDING UP TOPBOOM BAR TO PLACE THE PIN. AS SCRAPED THE TOP OF EE LAST FOOT. CONTUSION TO TOP OF LEFT FOOT.
June 27, 1996CO · Metal/Non-Metalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE AND OTHER WHERE PLACING RAILROAD TIE UNDER CONVEYOR CO WORKER PUSHED BE RAILROAD TIMBER FOREWARD CATCHING EE FINGER BETWEEN A PIECE OF IRON AND RAILROAD TIE.
May 6, 1996CO · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
EE WAS PRYING UP FROZEN CHUNCKS OF DIRT BESIDE BFEEDER TAIL PULLEY. THE BAR BROKE LOOSE FROM THEGROUND & FLIPPED UP & BUMPED EE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FOREHEAD. COUPLE OF STITCHES.
November 15, 1995CO · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
EE INDICATED HIS HAND, WHERE SORE MADE ALSO FOREARM FROM OPERATING BUCKET LOADER LEVERS. EE WILL SEE HAND SPELIST ON 12-22-95 TO FIND OUT 17 THERE IS A PROBLEM. DR APT ON 12-22-95 WITH B.J. PA RKS MD OF HAND SPECIALIST PA
1993 · 2 incidents
October 1, 1993CO · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
INJURED & ASSISTANT WERE TRYING TO MOVE HYDRAULIC CYLINDER OFF A BELT ON GROUND ONTO OR INTO LOADER BUCKET WHILE STARTING THE CONVEYOR BELT ON GROUND FLOOR. LIFTING & PUSHING TWISTED HIS BACK.
1992 · 2 incidents
April 14, 1992CO · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanPOWERED HAULAGE
EE WAS SHOVELING UNDER THE CONVEYOR TAIL PULLEY-EE WAS TRYING TO HELP EE BY PULLING SAME OF THE DIRT BACK FROM UNDER CONVEYOR WITH THE CASE SKID LOADER. BUT, THE CASE LOADER BUMPED THE CONVEYO R, KNOCKING IT OFF ITS BLOCKS, FENCING THE HANDLE OF THE SHOVEL TO STRICK HIM ON THE LEFT WRIST-EE TAKEN TO DR NO BROKEN BONE SPLINT WILL BE USED FOR SHORT PERIOD.
March 26, 1992CO · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS CUTTING A CONVEYOR BELT ON THE GROUND, BEHIND QUARRY SHOP LOST HIS BALANCE SLIPPED WITH THE KNIFE AND CUT HIS RIGHT LEG ABOVE THE KNEE. EE WAS TAKEN TO WARD RD CLINIC OR DR SIMON FOR RE VIEW AND 4 TOP SITITCHES.
1987 · 1 incident
November 6, 1987CO · Metal/Non-Metalwelder (shop)MACHINERY