Portable Crusher Metal/Non-Metal
Botcher Const Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Lowell Botcher; James Botcher
Houston,
Houston County,
MN
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2103333
Portable Crusher has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
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- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
36
citations
6
significant & substantial
$3,946
proposed penalties
$3,795
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $151 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
35
inspections on record
194
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 194 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 $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
36 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 783 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 686 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 476 | 1 | 0 | 2100.8 |
| 2025 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 720 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 671 | 1 | 0 | 1490.3 |
| 2024 Q2 | 781 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 481 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 716 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 791 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 540 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 670 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 716 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 711 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 791 | 1 | 0 | 1264.2 |
| 2021 Q2 | 321 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 781 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 831 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 371 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 686 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 891 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 481 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 681 | 2 | 1 | 2936.9 |
| 2018 Q3 | 791 | 6 | 2 | 7585.3 |
| 2018 Q2 | 391 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 761 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 786 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 671 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 831 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 781 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 921 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 836 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 961 | 2 | 0 | 2081.2 |
| 2015 Q2 | 831 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 691 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 1,136 | 4 | 2 | 3521.1 |
| 2014 Q2 | 381 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 841 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 1,046 | 4 | 0 | 3824.1 |
| 2013 Q2 | 721 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 926 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 1,283 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 1,046 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 136 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 746 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 981 | 9 | 1 | 9174.3 |
| 2011 Q2 | 916 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 941 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 696 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 971 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 921 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 1,046 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 1,081 | 4 | 0 | 3700.3 |
| 2009 Q1 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 641 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 1,086 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 1,041 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 1,321 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 1,041 | 1 | 0 | 960.6 |
| 2007 Q2 | 461 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 791 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 641 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 786 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 773 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 796 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 421 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 361 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q3 | 865 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 491 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q4 | 786 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 621 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q2 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002 Q4 | 680 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 320 | 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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The full compliance file on Portable Crusher
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.