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Portable Crusher #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Lawrence D Krause
New Braunfels, Comal County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4104550

Portable Crusher #1 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2007
Latest incident
Sep 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
31
citations
6
significant & substantial
$4,564
proposed penalties
$4,564
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
25
inspections on record
209
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: 209 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 $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
31 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-03-14.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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
2012 Q1 1,295 2 1 1544.4
2011 Q4 908 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 908 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,096 2 0 1824.8
2011 Q1 1,788 3 0 1677.9
2010 Q4 2,589 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,724 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,444 2 0 580.7
Show 18 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q1 3,279 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,894 1 0 345.5
2009 Q3 3,509 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,368 1 0 228.9
2009 Q1 3,222 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,128 2 0 639.4
2008 Q3 3,998 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,640 2 1 757.6
2008 Q1 4,516 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,473 4 0 1151.7
2007 Q3 5,173 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,799 1 1 208.4
2007 Q1 3,160 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,177 9 3 2154.7
2006 Q3 4,560 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,040 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,136 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,994 2 0 668.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2007 · 1 incident

September 22, 2007 TX · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
L D Krause Construction Co Inc · Struck by falling object

The person that was killed was a trespasser that lived on Vogel Ranch. He was with a couple of friends, drinking beer, when he walked down into the pit. We guess he tried climbing the wall, when a boulder came down and crushed him.

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