Mining Incidents

PORTABLE CRUSHER Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Lonnie Anderson
Great Falls, Cascade County, MT  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2401007

PORTABLE CRUSHER has $35K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2016–2025
Latest incident
Jul 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
162
citations
39
significant & substantial
$34,540
proposed penalties
$33,108
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,432 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
56
inspections on record
843
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: 843 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 $35K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2 outstanding across 3 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.
$35K
proposed penalties
$33K
current assessed
$33K
paid to date
$2
outstanding
160 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-15.
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 6,275 2 0 318.7
2025 Q3 5,549 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 6,215 5 0 804.5
2025 Q1 3,977 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 4,815 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 5,596 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 7,310 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3,319 2 0 602.6
Show 94 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 3,986 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 7,616 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 4,817 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,207 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 4,447 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 8,323 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 7,343 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 3,954 1 0 252.9
2021 Q4 1,950 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 6,844 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 6,863 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 5,838 6 0 1027.7
2020 Q4 6,249 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 9,712 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 9,266 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 5,832 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 4,629 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 6,976 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 7,173 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,923 4 2 2080.1
2018 Q4 6,125 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 4,239 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 5,888 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 3,009 2 1 664.7
2017 Q4 6,950 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 8,566 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 9,277 11 0 1185.7
2017 Q1 4,115 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 6,174 9 5 1457.7
2016 Q3 7,399 2 0 270.3
2016 Q2 6,190 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 5,351 8 3 1495.0
2015 Q4 3,981 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 5,735 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 5,470 3 1 548.4
2015 Q1 3,383 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,856 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 5,257 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 5,167 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,697 2 0 741.6
2013 Q4 3,215 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,806 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 5,182 22 6 4245.5
2013 Q1 1,520 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 352 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 668 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 464 21 7 45258.6
2012 Q1 399 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 826 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 736 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 439 18 6 41002.3
2011 Q1 68 1 0 14705.9
2010 Q4 199 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 808 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 840 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 167 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 379 7 2 18469.7
2009 Q3 690 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 608 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 321 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 440 3 0 6818.2
2008 Q3 892 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,030 4 1 3883.5
2008 Q1 187 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 564 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,389 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 735 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 562 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,842 3 0 1628.7
2006 Q3 2,936 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,473 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,720 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,433 3 0 1233.0
2005 Q3 2,942 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,225 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,010 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,580 3 1 1898.7
2004 Q3 1,976 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,799 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,743 1 0 573.7
2003 Q4 1,367 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,644 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,735 5 2 2881.8
2003 Q1 1,567 1 1 638.2
2002 Q4 3,254 1 0 307.3
2002 Q3 6,320 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,341 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,998 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,527 2 0 1309.8
2001 Q3 2,227 4 0 1796.1
2001 Q2 961 5 0 5202.9
2001 Q1 1,159 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,931 1 1 341.2
2000 Q1 1,623 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2025 · 1 incident

July 1, 2025 MT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
United Materials Of Great Falls Inc · Struck against stationary object

Operator wasn't wearing EE's seat belt. EE hit a bump in the cut, and that caused EE to come in contact with the can controller.

2016 · 1 incident

May 10, 2016 MT · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
United Materials Of Great Falls Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Maintenance day on crusher due to rain. While miner was changing a return roller, the frame of the roller fell striking finger tip.

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