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Portable Crusher #1: 48 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Emery County-UT
Emery, Emery County, UT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4201659

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
4
Years on record
1990–2002
Latest incident
Dec 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
48
citations
10
significant & substantial
$5,165
proposed penalties
$5,165
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Emery County Road Department's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
57
inspections on record
761
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: 761 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
48 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-14.
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.
20.8%
significant & substantial
2.1%
high negligence or reckless
20.8%
reasonably likely or greater
72.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 8.3% low, 89.6% moderate, 2.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2025-08-14
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
25
samples
7
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg17
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz8
Show the individual readings (25)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-08-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2025-08-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-08-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-08-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2024-08-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-05-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2023-05-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.52 0.27 Bulldozer Operator
2023-05-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-05-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-05-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Shovel Operator
2018-05-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-05-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-12-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2016-12-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-09-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Shovel Operator
2016-09-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Shovel Operator
2010-11-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 1.14 0.12 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2010-11-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2005-04-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-04-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-03-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.62 1.05 0.59 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-03-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.89 0.17 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-05-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.57 1.4 0.41 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-05-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.46 1.27 0.36 Bulldozer Operator
2001-05-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.79 1.86 0.42 Supervisor, Co. Official

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2014-04-17, 12 years ago
2
samples
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2014-04-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2014-04-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
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. Emery County Road Department 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 2
2024 2
2023 2
2022 2
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 3
2010 3
2009 3
2008 3
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 3
2003 4
2002 5
2001 6
2000 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Portable Crusher #1 sits in Emery County, Utah, where the Census mining category is 7.5% 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.
Emery County, Utah · Population 9,968
7.5%
Mining share of county employment
$69,956
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 809 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,931 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 799 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 753 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 351 1 0 2849.0
2024 Q4 919 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,030 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 475 0 0 0.0
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q1 452 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 454 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 505 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 690 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 883 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 958 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 580 1 0 1724.1
2022 Q2 767 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 714 1 0 1400.6
2021 Q4 486 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 853 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 413 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 483 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 888 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 414 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 927 2 0 2157.5
2019 Q4 755 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,033 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,418 3 1 2115.7
2019 Q1 185 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 0 1 0
2018 Q3 466 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,064 2 1 1879.7
2018 Q1 620 2 0 3225.8
2017 Q4 748 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 830 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 826 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 793 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 472 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 545 1 0 1834.9
2016 Q2 822 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 935 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 764 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 999 1 1 1001.0
2015 Q2 656 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 614 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 867 3 0 3460.2
2014 Q3 733 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 791 3 1 3792.7
2014 Q1 831 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 465 1 0 2150.5
2013 Q3 659 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 708 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 829 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 694 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 802 2 1 2493.8
2012 Q1 842 2 1 2375.3
2011 Q4 141 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 937 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 737 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,132 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 827 1 0 1209.2
2010 Q3 879 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,043 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 64 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 940 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 891 1 0 1122.3
2009 Q2 1,408 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 902 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,368 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,056 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 812 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 644 1 1 1552.8
2007 Q4 687 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 589 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 657 1 0 1522.1
2006 Q4 714 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 785 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 472 3 0 6355.9
2006 Q1 314 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 643 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 856 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 651 1 0 1536.1
2005 Q1 1,057 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 228 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,111 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 834 2 1 2398.1
2004 Q1 413 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 517 1 0 1934.2
2003 Q3 674 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 606 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,187 4 1 3369.8
2002 Q4 1,150 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,617 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,197 3 0 2506.3
2002 Q1 1,413 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,522 2 0 1314.1
2001 Q3 926 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 870 2 1 2298.9
2001 Q1 291 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 998 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 558 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 427 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,204 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2002 · 2 incidents

December 27, 2002 UT · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Emery County Road Department · Struck by falling object

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE WORKING ON BROKEN TRACK WHEN THE PRY BAR SLIPPED AND THE TRACK FELL ON ONE'S SHOULDER AND COLLOR BONE.

December 18, 2002 UT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Emery County Road Department · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING SCREENS, EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING 4' SCREEN WHEN SHE SLIPPED ON A BELT PULLING HER LEFT ARM.

1996 · 1 incident

September 20, 1996 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Emery County Road Department · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE STEPPED OUT OF DOZER, STEPPED ON SOME SLICK MUD, SLIPPED AND TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF WITH HISHANDS/ARMS AND HURT RIGHT WRIST.

1990 · 1 incident

January 3, 1990 UT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Emery County Road Department · Fall onto or against objects

SOMETHING ON SHOE, SLIPPED OF LOADER STEP, HIT PIPE RAI L WITH CHEST.