Portable Crusher #1 has $2K 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
17
Years on record
1985–2014
Latest incident
Jul 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
18
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,852
proposed penalties
$1,852
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 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: 207 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 $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
18 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $208 in penalties contested before the Commission, $208 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-03-04.
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.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
2citations taken to the federal commission · 11% of citations on record
Settled
2 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$208 proposed, $208 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2010-12-15.
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: 2010-02-18, 16 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (4)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2010-02-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-02-18
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.17
Utility Man
2010-02-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.28
2.4
0.12
Bulldozer Operator
2004-03-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.05
3.28
0.32
Crusher Oper/Worker
Area samples (mill and shop air)
Last sampled: 2016-12-21, 9 years ago
1
samples
Show the individual readings (1)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Area sampled
2016-12-21
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.
Portable Crusher #1 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2010.
Injury rate, 2010
ⓘ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
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.68 and the all-US-mining average was 3.20 cases per 100 workers.
In Wyoming, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.99 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.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2010 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2004 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2003 *
5.60
0.00
0.000
2002 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2001 *
5.33
0.00
0.000
2000 *
5.89
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
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
2021
1
2020
3
2019
0
2018
0
2017
3
2016
2
2015
3
2014
0
2013
7
2012
23
2011
22
2010
20
2009
5
2008
2
2004
17
2003
18
2002
17
2001
17
2000
16
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Portable Crusher #1 sits in Albany County, Wyoming, where the Census mining category is 1.0% 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.
Albany County, Wyoming · Population 37,713
1.0%
Mining share of county employment
$59,881
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
2021 Q1
40
1
0
25000.0
2020 Q4
138
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
693
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
0
0
0
2018 Q4
0
0
0
2018 Q3
0
0
0
2018 Q2
0
0
0
2018 Q1
0
0
0
Show 49 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2017 Q4
612
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
960
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
1,166
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
2,223
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
2,911
3
0
1030.6
2016 Q3
732
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
0
0
0
2016 Q1
0
0
0
2015 Q4
696
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
90
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
0
0
0
2014 Q2
0
0
0
2014 Q1
0
0
0
2013 Q4
0
0
0
2013 Q3
975
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
406
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
4,407
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
15,075
2
1
132.7
2012 Q3
11,202
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
11,529
1
0
86.7
2011 Q2
11,790
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
12,130
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
11,067
2
1
180.7
2010 Q3
12,266
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
8,582
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
9,216
1
0
108.5
2009 Q4
265
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
4,611
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
1,122
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
5,601
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
9,584
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
9,096
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
9,062
3
0
331.1
2003 Q4
9,340
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
8,812
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
9,092
1
0
110.0
2003 Q1
8,457
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
8,682
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
8,272
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
8,434
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
8,275
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
9,048
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
9,654
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
9,814
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
8,980
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
9,166
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
8,744
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
8,093
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
7,928
1
0
126.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
17 on file
2014 · 1 incident
July 17, 2014WY · Metal/Non-Metalclerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of salesSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Walking around/ between pallets right foot caught on pallet corner lost balance and right foot planted on ground and twisted causing fracture to right foot.
2011 · 2 incidents
June 1, 2011WY · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
While climbing up the ladder on 415 loader, at the 2nd rung, Employee missed grabbing the handrail with his left hand. As a result, he swung backward and to the right, hitting the left-rear loader tire with his back and went to the ground. Upon landing, he hit the ground with his left palm and right elbow.
2003 · 2 incidents
July 3, 2003WY · Metal/Non-Metalbackhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operatorMACHINERY
EE HAD A PIECE OF METAL IN HIS EYE. EE DID NOT INFORM HIS SUPERVISOR OR COMPLETE AN INJURY REPORT. ON A LATER DATE HIS EYE WAS IRRITATED & HE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL TO HAVE EYE EXAMINED. EE INFO RMED DOCTOR THAT INJURY OCCURRED AT WORK. DOCTOR REMOVED A METAL PARTICLE & PRESCRIBED MEDICATION. MCC CONTESTED CASE AS TO WHETHER INJURY OCCURRED AT WORK. WTO W/C DETERMINED ON 8/4/03 THIS
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING RUBBER BELTING MATERIAL WITH A RAZOR BLADE KNIFE PULLING BLADE ACROSS THE MATERIAL. AS EMPLOYEE WAS FINISHING HIS CUT THE BLADE SLIPPED OUT OF THE BELTING MATERIAL AND TH E EMPLOYEE CUT HIS LEG BONE AND RIGHT KNEE. LACERATION WAS CLEANED AND CLOSED WITH SUTURES.
2000 · 1 incident
March 14, 2000WY · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
THE EE WAS DESCENDING HIS HAUL TRK WHEN HIS FOOTING MISSES THE LAST STEP (LADDER RUNG) AND HE FELL LANDING ON HIS BACK. THE EE SUSTAINED A SORE BACK. THE EE WAS SEEN BY A PHYSICIAN & PLACED ON 2 DAYS OF RESTRICTED DUTY.
1999 · 1 incident
April 30, 1999WY · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
SORTS BACK ALL WEEK WHILE OPERATING SCRAPER. HE NOTICED BRUISING ON LOWER BACK ON WEEKEND AND EE CONTACTED SUPERVISOR. THERE WAS NO SPECIFIC TRIGGING ACCIDENT.
1998 · 1 incident
February 20, 1998WY · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerMACHINERY
EE ALLEGES THAT HE WAS OPERATING A DOZER AND TURNED IN HIS SEAT TO LOOK OVER HIS SHOULDER AND STRAINED HIS LOWER BACK. THIS INCIDENT IS BEING CONTESTED.
1995 · 1 incident
November 6, 1995WY · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerPOWERED HAULAGE
EE WAS COMING DOWN THE LADDER ON THE FRONT END LOADER WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED ON THE SOTTOME RUNG AND HE FELL ON HIS BACK THE BOTTOM RUNG HAD MUD BUILD UP ON IT.
1989 · 1 incident
March 29, 1989WY · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY
A PIECE OF LIMESTONE ROCK WAS THROWN FROM PRIMARY CRUSHER STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON SIDE OF HEAD. THE EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKED AND RELEASED FROM EMERGENCY WITH A SCRATCH. HE COMPLAINED OF BLURRED VISIO N AND WAS GIVEN A DAY OFF TO REST.