Mining Incidents

PORTABLE CRUSHER Metal/Non-Metal

WALTHAN, Middlesex County, MA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1901114

PORTABLE CRUSHER has $214K in proposed MSHA penalties and $146K outstanding across 10 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
169
citations
80
significant & substantial
$214,189
proposed penalties
$51,471
paid to date
24% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $162,718 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
27
inspections on record
536
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: 536 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 has $214K in proposed MSHA penalties and $146K outstanding across 10 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.
$214K
proposed penalties
$198K
current assessed
$51K
paid to date
$146K
outstanding
153 assessments are final orders; 10 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-04-14.
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
2011 Q1 1,033 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,749 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 715 6 0 8391.6
2010 Q2 1,274 32 17 25117.7
2010 Q1 0 1 0
2009 Q4 898 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,065 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 876 0 0 0.0
Show 27 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q1 224 1 0 4464.3
2008 Q4 2,071 7 1 3380.0
2008 Q3 5,251 22 16 4189.7
2008 Q2 7,368 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 6,229 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 7,602 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 8,809 16 9 1816.3
2007 Q2 6,436 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,506 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 5,894 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,555 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,693 2 1 742.7
2005 Q4 2,587 26 11 10050.3
2005 Q3 2,423 6 2 2476.3
2005 Q2 2,952 7 3 2371.3
2005 Q1 1,860 13 5 6989.2
2004 Q4 1,452 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,713 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,345 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 947 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,548 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,801 30 15 16657.4
2003 Q2 1,528 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 814 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 915 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,040 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,181 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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