Mining Incidents

PORTABLE CRUSHER #1: 16 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Big Horn County · Surface
Controlled by Big Horn County-Mt
Hardin, Big Horn County, MT  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 2401857

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

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1995
Latest incident
May 1995
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
16
citations
4
significant & substantial
$1,617
proposed penalties
$1,617
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
12
inspections on record
145
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: 145 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 $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
16 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $60 in penalties contested before the Commission, $60 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-03-28.
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.
25.0%
significant & substantial
6.2%
high negligence or reckless
25.0%
reasonably likely or greater
37.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 18.8% low, 75.0% moderate, 6.2% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$60 proposed, $60 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 2007-06-07.
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 2007-555M Settlement Lesnick 2007 $60 → $60
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Big Horn County 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 0
2025 1
2024 1
2023 1
2022 0
2021 0
2020 0
2019 0
2018 0
2017 1
2016 2
2011 0
2010 0
2009 0
2008 3
2007 0
2006 2
2005 2
2004 2
2003 3
2002 3
2001 2
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

PORTABLE CRUSHER #1 sits in Big Horn County, Montana, where the Census mining category is 3.3% 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.
Big Horn County, Montana · Population 12,963
3.3%
Mining share of county employment
$56,680
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 0 0 0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 192 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
Show 71 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 436 3 0 6880.7
2023 Q4 109 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 10 1 0 100000.0
2016 Q4 90 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 270 5 2 18518.5
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 0 1 0
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 4 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 166 1 0 6024.1
2006 Q1 720 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 324 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 378 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 552 2 0 3623.2
2004 Q3 0 0 0
2004 Q2 168 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 312 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,080 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 160 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 540 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 336 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 100 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 456 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 624 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 30 1 1 33333.3
2001 Q2 688 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 720 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 288 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 684 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 684 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 630 2 1 3174.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1995 · 1 incident

May 31, 1995 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Big Horn County · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS WORKING ON CRUSHER BOLTING IN SIDE PLATE HAD TO SLIDE A DOOR OVER TO GET INSIDE WAS WALKING AROUND THE DOOR WHEN DOOR STARTED TIPPING & CAUGHT ME & WAS PUSHING ME TRIED TO HANG ON BUT DO OR KEPT PUSHING & I FELL TO THE GROUND ABOUT 10FT I WAS THE ONLY ONE INVOLVED IN THIS ACCIDENT