Mining Incidents

Portable Crusher #2 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by James Marcou
DUNBARTON, Merrimack County, NH  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2700309

Portable Crusher #2 has $2K 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
1997–2023
Latest incident
Apr 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
21
citations
6
significant & substantial
$2,122
proposed penalties
$2,122
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
32
inspections on record
362
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: 362 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 $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
21 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-07-29.
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
2025 Q4 3,284 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,836 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,214 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 509 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,207 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,301 1 0 302.9
2024 Q2 2,909 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,420 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 2,899 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,841 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,876 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 297 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,125 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 4,027 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,922 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 989 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,231 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,073 2 0 650.8
2021 Q2 3,311 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 607 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,626 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,913 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,382 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 714 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,025 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3,200 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,665 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 669 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,397 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,603 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,241 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,003 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,679 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,358 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,107 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 386 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,351 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,570 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,374 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 416 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,047 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,865 1 0 349.0
2015 Q2 2,868 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 154 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,044 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,499 1 1 285.8
2014 Q2 3,148 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 100 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 273 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,475 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,053 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 964 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,110 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,567 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,166 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 727 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,923 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,929 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,673 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,180 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,786 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,332 3 0 900.4
2010 Q2 1,791 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 475 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,243 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,572 1 0 280.0
2009 Q2 2,831 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 820 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,369 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,070 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,036 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 817 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,003 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,270 1 0 305.8
2007 Q2 3,302 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,157 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,014 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,437 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,195 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,612 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,221 1 0 310.5
2005 Q3 2,930 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,079 2 1 649.6
2005 Q1 2,538 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,767 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,502 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,746 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 915 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,801 2 1 1110.5
2003 Q3 2,538 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,273 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,175 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,828 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,651 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,745 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,823 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,766 2 2 723.1
2001 Q3 3,556 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,743 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,638 3 0 1137.2
2000 Q4 2,992 1 1 334.2
2000 Q3 3,327 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,457 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,303 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2023 · 1 incident

April 13, 2023 NH · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Marcou Construction Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

While EE was setting up for a repair to the jaw plant, EE had to pull welding leads. EE went to secure them on the side of the plant but missed; the weight of the leads pulled EE off balance. At that point, EE knew was going to fall off the step ladder so EE turned to step to the ground. EE's left foot landed on a rock that rolled EE's ankle causing the injuries.

2001 · 1 incident

July 17, 2001 NH · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marcou Construction Company Inc · Struck by falling object

CRUSHING PLANT OPERATOR REMOVING PORTABLE CONTROL PANEL DURING PLANT DISASSEMBLY LOWERED IT FROM UPPER LEVEL TO SECOND LEVEL. OPERATOR WENT TO GROUND LEVEL TO REMOVE BOX FROM PLANT AND THE BOX FELL HITTING HIM IN THE HEAD REQUIRING 13 STICHES IN HIS HEAD.

1997 · 1 incident

June 23, 1997 NH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Marcou Construction Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO SET A MOTOR ON THE SCREEN SECTION OF OUR CLOSED CIRCUIT PLANT INTO ITS OPERATING POSITION WHEN THE CHAIN CAME OFF CAUSING THE MOTOR TO SWING DOWN AND HIT HIS 3RD AND 4TH F INGERS ON HIS RIGHT HAND AGAINST THE MOTOR SUPPORT. BONES WERE BROKEN IN BOTH FINGERS.

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The full compliance file on Portable Crusher #2

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.