Mining Incidents

Portable Crusher Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Andrew J Mathison
Lewistown, Fergus County, MT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2401400

Portable Crusher has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1998
Latest incident
Sep 1998
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
51
citations
8
significant & substantial
$4,775
proposed penalties
$4,658
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $117 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
40
inspections on record
465
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: 465 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 $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
51 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-09-10.
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 1,548 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,042 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,069 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 845 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,975 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,895 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,715 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 660 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,201 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,358 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,200 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 784 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 834 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,228 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,314 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 724 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,047 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,312 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,883 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,346 1 0 742.9
2020 Q2 134 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,063 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,270 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,161 2 0 1722.7
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 1,347 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,316 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,015 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 427 3 0 7025.8
2017 Q3 446 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,098 4 1 3643.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 995 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,100 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,299 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 361 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 945 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,376 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,294 2 1 1545.6
2015 Q1 372 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 991 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,297 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,154 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 888 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,196 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,172 1 0 853.2
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 1,024 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,093 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,093 2 1 1829.8
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 1,022 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,577 1 0 634.1
2011 Q2 1,102 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 65 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 911 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,176 1 1 850.3
2010 Q2 987 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 340 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 223 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 593 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 471 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 729 4 1 5487.0
2008 Q3 1,247 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,224 5 0 4085.0
2008 Q1 898 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,143 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,075 2 0 963.9
2007 Q2 1,600 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 312 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 562 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,019 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,908 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 310 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2 4 0 2000000.0
2005 Q3 1,336 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,060 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 711 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 921 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,247 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,060 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 380 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,118 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,001 1 0 999.0
2003 Q1 79 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 571 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,870 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 768 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 816 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,107 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,009 10 3 9910.8
2001 Q1 214 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 830 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,987 8 0 4026.2
2000 Q2 1,471 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1998 · 1 incident

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