Portable Crusher #2 (45) 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
7
Years on record
2001–2004
Latest incident
Nov 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
73
citations
11
significant & substantial
$7,778
proposed penalties
$7,605
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $173 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
51
inspections on record
519
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: 519 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 (45) 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
73 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-10-01.
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.
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.
13citations taken to the federal commission · 18% of citations on record
Settled
12 · 92%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 8%
100%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
16%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $1K 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 2010-04-01.
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.
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: 2017-03-08, 9 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
13
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (13)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2017-03-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2017-03-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-03-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-03-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-08-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
1.03
0.14
Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-08-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-06-23
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
1.79
Welder, etc.
2005-06-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dredge/Barge Operator
2005-06-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dredge/Barge Operator
2003-03-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dredge/Barge Operator
2003-03-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-03-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-03-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
0.76
0.20
Dredge/Barge Operator
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.
Portable Crusher #2 (45) recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2005.
Injury rate, 2005
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.76 and the all-US-mining average was 4.21 cases per 100 workers.
In Idaho, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 7.12 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2025
2
2024
2
2023
2
2022
2
2021
2
2020
2
2019
2
2018
1
2017
2
2016
2
2015
2
2014
2
2013
2
2012
2
2011
3
2010
2
2009
6
2008
3
2007
6
2006
10
2005
10
2004
8
2003
8
2002
8
2001
8
2000
8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Portable Crusher #2 (45) sits in Canyon County, Idaho, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Canyon County, Idaho · Population 242,405
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$72,355
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
2025 Q3
331
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
476
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
404
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
456
2
0
4386.0
2024 Q3
660
0
0
0.0
2024 Q2
757
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
503
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
552
1
0
1811.6
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3
373
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
542
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
618
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
640
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
647
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
780
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
454
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
379
1
0
2638.5
2021 Q3
550
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
547
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
620
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
595
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
553
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
551
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
616
5
1
8116.9
2019 Q4
581
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
471
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
414
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
120
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
213
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
446
2
0
4484.3
2018 Q2
450
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
435
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
416
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
572
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
399
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
499
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
342
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
383
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
484
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
427
2
0
4683.8
2015 Q4
326
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
204
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
496
1
0
2016.1
2015 Q1
233
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
320
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
237
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
102
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
266
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
153
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
134
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
163
1
0
6135.0
2013 Q1
224
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
328
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
94
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
95
1
0
10526.3
2012 Q1
47
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
130
3
0
23076.9
2011 Q3
132
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
462
2
0
4329.0
2011 Q1
360
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
228
2
0
8771.9
2010 Q3
229
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
1,157
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
454
4
0
8810.6
2009 Q4
712
8
3
11236.0
2009 Q3
1,372
5
0
3644.3
2009 Q2
1,806
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
1,862
1
0
537.1
2008 Q4
112
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
37
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
131
3
0
22900.8
2008 Q1
507
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
607
4
1
6589.8
2007 Q3
288
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
2,048
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
1,884
4
0
2123.1
2006 Q4
3,348
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
3,376
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
3,686
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
5,506
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
6,510
8
5
1228.9
2005 Q3
5,985
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
5,886
2
0
339.8
2005 Q1
4,385
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
4,558
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
4,720
1
0
211.9
2004 Q2
4,641
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
4,328
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
4,737
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
4,979
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
3,494
2
0
572.4
2003 Q1
3,906
1
0
256.0
2002 Q4
4,997
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
4,734
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
4,380
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
3,883
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
5,480
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
4,585
4
1
872.4
2001 Q2
4,658
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
3,281
1
0
304.8
2000 Q4
4,592
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
4,158
2
0
481.0
2000 Q2
4,857
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
3,307
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
7 on file
2004 · 3 incidents
November 8, 2004ID · Metal/Non-Metalbelt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
G & B Redi-Mix · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE HAD JUST RETURNED TO THE DOCK, AFTER MEETING W/DREDGE OPERATOR. HE HAD DIS-EMBARKED FROM THE JON BOAT & JUMPED OVER SOME ROCKS THAT WERE ON THE DOCK. WHEN HE WENT INTO THE UPWARD MOTION TO JUMP THE PILE OF ROCK, HE FELT A "POP" IN HIS RT. CALF. WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN ON HIS FOOT, HE FELT AN EXTREME AMOUNT OF PAIN IN HIS CALF.
July 23, 2004ID · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Worker was fueling the fuel barge at the shore dock. The worker, rather than set up the cat walk to access the fuel barge, jumped from the shore to the fuel barge. He miscalculated the distance and bumped his right knee on the edge of the catwalk latch, puncturing a 1/2 inch hole, just above his right knee-cap, requiring 3 stitches.
March 2, 2004ID · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS REMOVING STUCK ROCK AND DEBRIS FROM THE CUTTER HEAD ON DIXIE DREDGE. IN THE PROCESS OF KNEELING DOWN TO DISLODGE A ROCK WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER, HE BUMPED HIS RIGHT KNEE ON THE ANGLE IRON THAT IS USED AS A TOE KICK ON THE CATWALK. ON 3-5-04 HE DECIDED THAT HE SHOULD BE CHECKED BY A DOCTOR.
2003 · 1 incident
November 26, 2003ID · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY
EE WAS GRINDING SOME 3X3 PLATES ON A FIXED-STAND GRINDER/BUFFER. HE SAID HE GLANCED AROUND & DID NOT SEE ANY SAFETY SHIELD OR GLASSES BUT THOUGHT THE DEFLECTOR WOULD PROVIDE THE PROTECTION NE EDED. HE GOT A SPECK OF SLAG IN HIS LEFT EYE, WHICH WASHED OUT, BUT SCRATCHED THE CORNEA.
2002 · 1 incident
October 14, 2002ID · Metal/Non-Metalwelder (shop)MACHINERY
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON A 18" PIPE AND HAD COMPLETED A PORTION OF THE TASK, HE WAS PREPARING TO ROLL THE PIPE, AND WITH HIS LEATHER WELDING GLOVE PARTIALLY ON, GRABBED THE GROUND LEAD TO THE W ELDER THAT HAD BEEN TURNED OFF. HE RECEIVED 2ND DEGREE BURN TO HIS LEFT HAND ON THE WEB BETWEEN FINGER 1 AND 2.
2001 · 2 incidents
October 29, 2001ID · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
LOADER OPERATOR WAS STARTING TO CLIMB HIS LADDER ON HIS LOADER WHEN HE REACHED UP, NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT HE WAS DOING AND HAMMED HIS RIGHT THUMB INTO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE TOP STEEL STEP . HE THOUGHT IT WOULD GET BETTER, SO HE DIDN'T REPORT IT TO HIS SUPERVISOR UNTIL 11-19-01. HE WENT TO MD ON 11-20-01 & MISSED ONE DAY OF WORK.
August 17, 2001ID · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanPOWERED HAULAGE
MINER WAS CLEANING UP ROCKS THAT HAD FALLED OFF THE MOVING FEED CONVEYOR. HE SAID HE TOSSED A COUPLE OF THEM BACK ONTO THE FEED CONVEYOR AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PICKING UP ANOTHER ROCK WHEN HE WAS HIT IN THE BACK BY A ROCK THAT ROLLED OFF THE CONVEYOR BELT. THIS KNOCKED HIM TO THE GROUND, WHERE CO-WORKERS FOUND HIM.
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