PORTABLE CRUSHER #1 has $34K in proposed MSHA penalties and $604 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1997–2002
Latest incident
May 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
141
citations
42
significant & substantial
$33,734
proposed penalties
$33,130
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $604 gap.
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: 831 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘA Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2014-10-30.
On record since 2014.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
PORTABLE CRUSHER #1 has $34K in proposed MSHA penalties and $604 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.
$34K
proposed penalties
$34K
current assessed
$33K
paid to date
$604
outstanding
135 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $120 in penalties contested before the Commission, $120 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-07-29.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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.
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: 2025-07-22
22%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
34
samples
18
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz194 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg14
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (34)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2019-08-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.74
0.35
2.11
Bobcat Operator
2004-11-02
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.65
0.39
1.67
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2004-09-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.45
0.37
1.22
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2004-07-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.67
0.56
1.20
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2025-07-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2025-07-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2025-07-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2025-07-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2019-09-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
0.25
0.56
Bobcat Operator
2019-08-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
Bulldozer Operator
2019-08-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-07-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
0.53
0.42
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-07-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.33
0.4
0.83
Cleanup Man
2014-07-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-07-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.34
1.8
0.19
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-07-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.27
0.63
0.43
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-07-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-07-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.29
0.9
0.32
Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-01-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.36
1.85
0.19
Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-01-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2006-01-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-08-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.27
0.73
0.37
Truck Driver
2005-08-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.32
0.6
0.53
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-08-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-08-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.36
0.47
0.77
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-01-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.2
1.07
0.19
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2004-07-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2004-07-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.35
1.13
0.31
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-07-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-05-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-05-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-05-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.3
1.12
0.27
Truck Driver
2003-05-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
1.06
0.13
Bulldozer Operator
2003-05-29
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.24
Crusher Oper/Worker
Area samples (mill and shop air)
Last sampled: 2017-04-04, 9 years ago
2
samples
Show the individual readings (2)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Area sampled
2017-04-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.79
SF ACTIVE MINING
2017-04-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
SF ORE TRANSFER
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.
PORTABLE CRUSHER #1 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2007.
Injury rate, 2007
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.30 and the all-US-mining average was 3.77 cases per 100 workers.
In Idaho, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 4.75 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
4
2025
7
2024
5
2023
3
2022
2
2021
0
2020
2
2019
9
2018
1
2017
7
2016
1
2015
8
2014
7
2013
6
2012
7
2011
4
2010
5
2009
4
2008
7
2007
11
2006
9
2005
7
2004
7
2003
8
2002
9
2001
8
2000
7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
PORTABLE CRUSHER #1 sits in Bear Lake County, Idaho, where the Census mining category is 4.7% 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.
Bear Lake County, Idaho · Population 6,552
4.7%
Mining share of county employment
$67,304
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
547
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
3,785
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
2,374
4
1
1684.9
2025 Q2
1,716
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
644
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
1,845
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
454
4
0
8810.6
2024 Q2
1,260
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q1
1,630
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
2,142
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
1,886
19
7
10074.2
2023 Q2
709
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
0
0
0
2022 Q4
0
0
0
2022 Q3
1,210
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
226
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
309
0
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
581
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
1,116
2
0
1792.1
2020 Q1
0
0
0
2019 Q4
2,446
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
7,274
3
1
412.4
2019 Q2
2,439
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
0
0
0
2018 Q4
71
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
76
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
210
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
0
0
0
2017 Q4
2,710
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
1,841
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
6,106
6
2
982.6
2017 Q1
375
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
1,062
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
0
0
0
2016 Q2
0
0
0
2016 Q1
0
0
0
2015 Q4
3,154
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
4,114
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
3,518
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
2,548
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
2,595
10
6
3853.6
2014 Q3
3,698
7
3
1892.9
2014 Q2
3,014
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
1,757
2
0
1138.3
2013 Q4
3,423
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
3,416
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
2,703
4
1
1479.8
2013 Q1
1,817
1
0
550.4
2012 Q4
3,244
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
2,204
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
2,139
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
3,367
5
1
1485.0
2011 Q4
3,196
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
952
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
994
9
3
9054.3
2011 Q1
536
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
1,638
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
2,655
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
615
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
612
2
0
3268.0
2009 Q4
1,683
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
2,633
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
784
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
1,316
1
1
759.9
2008 Q4
1,898
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
3,727
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
4,603
1
0
217.2
2008 Q1
2,009
1
0
497.8
2007 Q4
4,245
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
6,225
3
0
481.9
2007 Q2
5,360
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
5,462
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
4,280
1
0
233.6
2006 Q3
5,019
2
1
398.5
2006 Q2
4,802
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
3,388
2
1
590.3
2005 Q4
3,010
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
4,483
5
0
1115.3
2005 Q2
2,918
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
2,832
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
2,688
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
3,952
5
1
1265.2
2004 Q2
2,034
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
1,944
5
0
2572.0
2003 Q4
3,153
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
3,857
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
4,272
4
3
936.3
2003 Q1
4,675
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
5,053
2
0
395.8
2002 Q3
3,248
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
3,908
1
0
255.9
2002 Q1
2,519
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
4,478
4
0
893.3
2001 Q3
4,271
3
1
702.4
2001 Q2
3,878
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
5,130
4
3
779.7
2000 Q4
6,255
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
3,441
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
3,358
8
4
2382.4
2000 Q1
1,377
1
1
726.2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
7 on file
2002 · 1 incident
May 9, 2002ID · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
DRIVING LOADER TO GET BUCKETFUL OF DIRT, OPERATOR ACCIDENTALLY HIT THE BUCKET RELEASE. THE BUCKET DROPPED TO THE GROUND, CAUSING THE LOADER TO COME TO AN ABRUPT STOP. THE OPERATOR WAS NOT WEAR ING SEATBELT, THEREFORE HE HIT THE STEERING WHEEL.
2001 · 1 incident
August 9, 2001ID · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
CRUSHER HAD MUD AND CLAY IN IT. EE WAS USING A PICK TO CLEAN OUT MUD AND HYPEREVTENDED HER SHOULDER.
November 5, 1997UT · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON