Mining Incidents

PORTABLE CRUSHER #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by William M Ruark
Scranton, Susquehanna County, PA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3609671

PORTABLE CRUSHER #1 has $1K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
11
citations
0
significant & substantial
$1,277
proposed penalties
$1,277
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
20
inspections on record
137
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: 137 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 $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
11 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-12-09.
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 200 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 138 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 105 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 121 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 313 1 0 3194.9
2024 Q3 186 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 271 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 349 1 0 2865.3
Show 59 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 294 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 254 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 198 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 400 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 237 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 173 1 0 5780.3
2022 Q2 281 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 191 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 222 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 124 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 117 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 234 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 75 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 73 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 107 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 114 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 46 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 345 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 500 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 919 1 0 1088.1
2018 Q3 532 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 332 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 399 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 109 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 96 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 29 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 123 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 253 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 219 2 0 9132.4
2016 Q2 1,757 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,580 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 560 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 501 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 360 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 270 1 0 3703.7
2014 Q3 206 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,500 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 590 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,288 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,640 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,214 1 0 823.7
2012 Q2 7 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,687 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,919 2 0 685.2
2011 Q3 2,737 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4,372 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,682 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,486 1 0 672.9
2010 Q3 2,073 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,062 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 4,136 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,048 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,552 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,224 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,228 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 430 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,780 0 0 0.0

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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