Mining Incidents

Portable Crusher #1 Metal/Non-Metal

West Side Grading · Surface
Controlled by John P Smith
Millard, Millard County, UT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4201852

Portable Crusher #1 has $4K 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
2024
Latest incident
Sep 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2024
16
citations
6
significant & substantial
$3,659
proposed penalties
$3,659
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2024
4
inspections on record
74
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: 74 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 $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
16 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-18.
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 831 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 87 7 3 80459.8
2025 Q2 141 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 93 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 258 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 285 8 3 28070.2
2024 Q2 252 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 198 0 0 0.0
Show 3 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 378 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 488 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 327 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2024 · 1 incident

September 18, 2024 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
West Side Grading · Fall from machine

Ee was starting a feeder box when a part was getting bent. Ee climbed onto machine to remove a bolt. A pin was installed upside down, and when Ee removed the bolt, the pin fell out causing the part to shift and knocking the Ee off of the machine. Ee was standing on unprotected edge and was not using fall protection. 6'-7' fall.

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