Mining Incidents

Portable Crusher #1005: 36 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Eureka, Eureka County, NV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2602199

Portable Crusher #1005 has $8K 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
3
Years on record
1993–2008
Latest incident
Jun 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
36
citations
10
significant & substantial
$7,584
proposed penalties
$7,584
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
12
inspections on record
104
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: 104 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 #1005 has $8K 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
36 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-06-29.
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.
27.8%
significant & substantial
13.9%
high negligence or reckless
27.8%
reasonably likely or greater
75.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 11.1% low, 75.0% moderate, 13.9% 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: 2005-10-25, 20 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
2
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2005-10-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-10-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.67 0.77 0.87 Cleanup Man
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. Aggregate Industries SWR 1992 to 2012
  2. Road and Highway Builders, LLC 2012 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2016 1
2015 1
2014 1
2013 2
2012 3
2011 4
2010 3
2009 2
2008 3
2007 1
2006 8
2005 15
2003 0
2002 0
2001 2
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Portable Crusher #1005 sits in Eureka County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 30.5% 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.
Eureka County, Nevada · Population 1,660
30.5%
Mining share of county employment
$73,095
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
2016 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
Show 44 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q2 377 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,196 5 2 2276.9
2011 Q4 1,101 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,345 2 0 1487.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 270 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,240 3 1 925.9
2010 Q2 90 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 264 8 3 30303.0
2009 Q2 508 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 1,224 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 842 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 285 8 2 28070.2
2007 Q3 50 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 371 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 1,016 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,800 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,119 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,907 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,145 9 1 2861.7
2005 Q3 1,824 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 0 0 0
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 18 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,972 1 1 507.1
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 2,576 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,687 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2008 · 1 incident

June 30, 2008 NV · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Aggregate Industries SWR · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was climbing down ladder and felt pain in right knee.

1994 · 1 incident

August 16, 1994 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Aggregate Industries SWR · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT AFTER HE HAD CLEANED A DRIVE PULLEY AND WAS GETTING DOWN OFF A WORK STAND, HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS BACK.

1993 · 1 incident

May 17, 1993 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Aggregate Industries SWR · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT AFTER HE HAD BEEN SHVOELIGN AROUND THE CONVEYOR BELTS HE FELT THAT HIS BACK WAS TWISTED.