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Portable Crusher #1006: 55 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Sparks, Washoe County, NV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2602200

Portable Crusher #1006 has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1992–2001
Latest incident
May 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
55
citations
15
significant & substantial
$7,694
proposed penalties
$7,634
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $60 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Road and Highway Builders, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
23
inspections on record
264
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: 264 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 #1006 has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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
49 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $160 in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-08-22.
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.
27.3%
significant & substantial
7.3%
high negligence or reckless
27.3%
reasonably likely or greater
38.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 3.6% low, 89.1% moderate, 7.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
  • Vacated or withdrawn 2 · 100%
100%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$160 proposed, $0 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 2011-04-14.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST 2011-866M Withdrawal Lesnick 2012 $100 → $0
WEST 2006-228M Withdrawal Manning 2006 $60 → $0
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2001-07-11, 25 years ago
50%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz42 over
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2001-07-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.89 0.39 2.28 Oiler, Greaser
2001-07-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.06 0.77 1.38 Laborer, Bullgang
2001-07-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 0.49 0.55 Truck Driver
2001-07-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 1.73 0.11 Truck Driver
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 3
2015 1
2014 1
2013 3
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 7
2007 4
2006 3
2005 0
2004 4
2003 0
2002 7
2001 4
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Portable Crusher #1006 sits in Washoe County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Washoe County, Nevada · Population 491,770
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$85,600
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 Q3 748 10 1 13369.0
2016 Q2 584 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
Show 44 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2014 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1 1 0 1000000.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 1,476 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 332 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 566 1 1 1766.8
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 707 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 966 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,522 13 6 8541.4
2007 Q3 724 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,808 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 0 1 0
2006 Q3 666 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 948 1 0 1054.9
2006 Q1 1,660 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 0 2 0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 1,069 1 0 935.5
2004 Q3 2,222 5 0 2250.2
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 0 0 0
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 765 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,528 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,798 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 3,340 2 1 598.8
2001 Q3 4,099 8 3 1951.7
2001 Q2 1,136 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 243 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,740 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,476 9 2 2589.2
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2001 · 1 incident

May 17, 2001 NV · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Aggregate Industries SWR · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STATES THAT WHILE WORKING ON SCREEN UP WITH 17" IMPACT WRENCH 3/4" WOBBLE SOCKET 1/2" NUT. THE SOCKET SLIPPED OFF NUT, HITTING HIS R. EYE CAUSING ABRASION TO EYE.

1999 · 1 incident

April 29, 1999 NV · Metal/Non-Metal water truck operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Aggregate Industries SWR · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS HELPING AT THE CONE CRUSHER AND SLIPPED. HE HIT HIS RIGHT SIDE ON A STUD AND FELT PAIN IN HIS RIB CAGE.

1993 · 1 incident

January 14, 1993 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Aggregate Industries SWR · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE STA TES THAT WHILE HE WAS WELDING UNDERNEATH A SCREEN SOME WELDING SLAG FELL ON HIS KNEE THE SLAG BURNED THROUGH HIS PANTS & BURNED HIS KNEE EMPLOYEE DID NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION UN TIL 01-18-93

1992 · 1 incident

June 26, 1992 NV · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Aggregate Industries SWR · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING BETWEEN AN OIL STORAGE TANK & FRONT OF A FLATBED TRUCK & WHEN THE TRUCK WAS MOVED A FEW FEET A STEERING WHEEL ON THE TRUCK STRUCK ANEMBANKMENT & THE UNSECURED TANK SLIPPE D FORWARD & PINNED THE INJURED EMPLOYEE AGAINST THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK