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Portable Crusher #2: 53 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Golden, Jefferson County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504522

Portable Crusher #2 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
6
Years on record
1997–2014
Latest incident
Apr 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
53
citations
15
significant & substantial
$7,678
proposed penalties
$7,678
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Asphalt Paving Company's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
18
inspections on record
220
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: 220 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 #2 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
53 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $540 in penalties contested before the Commission, $380 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-11-09.
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.
28.3%
significant & substantial
1.9%
high negligence or reckless
26.4%
reasonably likely or greater
45.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 7.5% low, 90.6% moderate, 1.9% 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.
7 citations taken to the federal commission · 13% of citations on record
  • Settled 5 · 71%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 2 · 29%
50%
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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
30%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$540 proposed, $380 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 2009-08-04.
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 2009-1206M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $300 → $200
WEST 2004-486M Settlement Lesnick 2004 $240 → $180
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: 2010-09-15, 15 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
2
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2010-09-15 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.89 Laborer, Bullgang
2010-09-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 0.8 0.31 Laborer, Bullgang
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. Asphalt Paving Company 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2018 0
2017 0
2016 0
2015 0
2014 4
2013 5
2011 0
2010 3
2009 3
2008 2
2007 2
2006 4
2005 6
2004 5
2003 7
2002 10
2001 3
2000 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Portable Crusher #2 sits in Jefferson County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.8% 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.
Jefferson County, Colorado · Population 579,715
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$107,800
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
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
Show 60 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 1,469 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,471 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,079 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,831 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,028 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 1,479 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,161 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 48 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 852 4 0 4694.8
2009 Q3 1,562 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,089 6 3 2872.2
2009 Q1 39 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 793 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 567 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 11 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 75 3 1 40000.0
2007 Q3 705 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 223 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 739 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 233 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,597 3 0 1155.2
2006 Q2 2,842 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 411 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,698 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,837 2 0 705.0
2005 Q2 1,359 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 715 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,446 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,596 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,435 5 1 3484.3
2004 Q1 1,124 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,900 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,425 5 0 2061.9
2003 Q2 3,978 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,607 2 1 767.2
2002 Q4 4,524 1 0 221.0
2002 Q3 4,488 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 8,300 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,451 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,621 6 3 3701.4
2001 Q3 2,537 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,493 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 488 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,794 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,860 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,366 16 6 4753.4
2000 Q1 1,843 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2014 · 1 incident

April 15, 2014 CO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Asphalt Paving Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was replacing an electric motor on the head pulley of the conveyor that feeds the north screen in Portable Crusher #2. When the employee was placing the motor into position. The motor slipped and pinched and cut his right hand palm between the electric motor shaft and the gear box. Employee received eight (8) stitches in his right hand palm.

2004 · 1 incident

June 15, 2004 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Asphalt Paving Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Getting on skid steer lost balance extended rt arm to glance sefl-strained rt shoulder

2000 · 1 incident

March 13, 2000 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Asphalt Paving Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUTTING BELTING FOR GUARDS. UTILITY KNIFE SLIPPED.

1998 · 1 incident

April 22, 1998 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Asphalt Paving Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS DISLODGING A ROCK THAT WAS STUCK IN THE PORTABLE CRUSHER #2 FEEDER. USING A PRYBAR. THE PRY BAR SLIPPED AND MASHED LITTLE FINGER ON THE RIGHT HAND.

1997 · 2 incidents

August 8, 1997 CO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Asphalt Paving Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS CARRING AN OBJECT, SLIPPED & CRUSHED HIS LITTLE FINGER AT THE TIP.

July 15, 1997 CO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Asphalt Paving Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING AN ACETALINE CYCLINDER ONTO THE WELDING TRUCK & STAINED HIS LOWER BACK. [STRAINED BACK NIGHT OF 7/15/97, REPORTED IT 7/16/97, WAIVED GOING TO DR. ON 7/16/97 LATE AFTERNOON, AGRE ED TO GO TO DR. MORNING OF 7/17/97. X-RAYED NO DAMAGE, STRAIN, MEDICATION RETURNED TO DR 7/24/97 FOR RELEASE.