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Portable Crusher #1: 91 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Fort Garland, Costilla County, CO  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 0504554

Portable Crusher #1 has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2003–2006
Latest incident
Aug 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
91
citations
21
significant & substantial
$13,037
proposed penalties
$13,037
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Asphalt Constructors Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
39
inspections on record
539
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: 539 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2018-01-31.
On record since 2018.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Portable Crusher #1 has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
90 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $220 in penalties contested before the Commission, $220 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-22.
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.
23.3%
significant & substantial
10.0%
high negligence or reckless
23.3%
reasonably likely or greater
38.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 1.1% low, 88.9% moderate, 10.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$220 proposed, $220 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 2008-01-30.
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
WEST 2006-163M Settlement Lesnick 2006 $120 → $120
WEST 2008-402M Settlement Manning 2009 $100 → $100
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: 2024-05-01
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
17
samples
10
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz11
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (17)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-05-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-05-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-04-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 Crusher Oper/Worker
2020-04-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-04-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.59 0.32 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-02-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.4 2.12 0.19 Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-02-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 1.15 0.10 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-02-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-02-24 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-08-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.45 1.21 0.37 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-08-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 1.52 0.12 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-07-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-07-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 1.23 0.13 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-07-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.7 2.35 0.30 Utility Man
2002-07-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.65 2.57 0.25 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-04-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.58 1.8 0.32 Utility Man
2002-04-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 2.1 0.15 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. Asphalt Constructors Inc 1995 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 5
2025 4
2024 3
2023 5
2022 3
2021 5
2020 5
2019 1
2018 3
2017 3
2016 6
2015 3
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 4
2010 3
2009 4
2008 4
2007 3
2006 4
2005 4
2004 4
2003 4
2002 4
2001 3
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Portable Crusher #1 sits in Costilla County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Costilla County, Colorado · Population 3,571
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$36,519
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
2026 Q2 708 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,203 1 0 831.3
2025 Q4 262 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,008 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,260 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,226 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,145 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,287 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,516 1 0 659.6
2024 Q1 1,189 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,057 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 983 2 0 2034.6
2023 Q2 1,146 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 614 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 724 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 905 2 1 2209.9
2022 Q2 1,548 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,112 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 415 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 160 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 633 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 11,432 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 7,465 6 1 803.8
2020 Q3 6,286 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,229 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,852 4 0 2159.8
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 2,361 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 583 2 0 3430.5
2018 Q3 572 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 425 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 883 3 1 3397.5
2017 Q4 215 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 692 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 693 5 1 7215.0
2016 Q4 280 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 113 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 338 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,728 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 290 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 10 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 905 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 168 2 1 11904.8
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 472 2 0 4237.3
2014 Q1 1,027 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 126 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 768 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,263 2 0 1583.5
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 334 2 1 5988.0
2012 Q2 440 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,097 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 593 1 0 1686.3
2011 Q3 1,252 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,993 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 552 1 0 1811.6
2010 Q4 130 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 880 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 692 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,427 8 4 5606.2
2009 Q4 1,479 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,177 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,513 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,264 3 1 2373.4
2008 Q4 1,185 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,640 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,866 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,835 1 0 545.0
2007 Q4 102 1 0 9803.9
2007 Q3 202 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 278 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,156 2 1 1730.1
2006 Q4 238 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,979 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,509 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,270 2 1 1574.8
2005 Q4 442 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,178 4 0 3395.6
2005 Q2 1,760 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,068 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,683 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,698 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,036 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,756 2 0 1139.0
2003 Q4 1,925 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,865 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,734 5 1 2883.5
2003 Q1 989 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,013 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,699 5 2 1852.5
2002 Q2 2,980 8 2 2684.6
2002 Q1 360 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,071 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,910 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,336 2 0 856.2
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 1,748 12 3 6865.0
2000 Q3 2,356 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,360 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,030 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2006 · 1 incident

August 1, 2006 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Asphalt Constructors Inc · Struck by falling object

Injury was @ Smith pit EE was removing a back plate from the Jaw Crusher to remove material that had accumulated in the belt area after replacing the drive belt which had broke. The back plate fell on EE's right wrist. Catching it on the tail pulley assembly, hurting his right wrist. All lock out and tag out procedures were followed.

2003 · 1 incident

February 18, 2003 CO · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Asphalt Constructors Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CONVEYOR HAD BEEN KNOCKED OFF STAND BY EE; EE WAS RESETTING CONVEYOR ONTO STAND WHEN CHAIN SLIPPED PINCHING 1ST & 2ND FINGERS BETWEEN CONVEYOR & STAND.