Mining Incidents

Portable Crusher Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by William J Hollow
Butte, Silver Bow County, MT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2401986

Portable Crusher has $36K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
157
citations
58
significant & substantial
$36,209
proposed penalties
$29,728
paid to date
82% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,481 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
40
inspections on record
598
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: 598 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 $36K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 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.
$36K
proposed penalties
$30K
current assessed
$30K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
157 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-28.
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 981 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 618 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,039 2 1 980.9
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 62 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 43 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 232 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 338 11 0 32544.4
Show 93 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 257 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 408 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 170 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 484 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 218 10 3 45871.6
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 886 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 294 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 99 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 660 2 1 3030.3
2020 Q2 157 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 275 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 544 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 674 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 314 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 128 1 0 7812.5
2018 Q3 177 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 202 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 169 1 0 5917.2
2017 Q4 764 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 300 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 164 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 171 8 0 46783.6
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 396 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 606 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 500 5 1 10000.0
2015 Q4 262 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 399 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 777 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,115 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 816 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 621 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 146 5 0 34246.6
2013 Q4 105 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 209 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 523 13 1 24856.6
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 507 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,653 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 704 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,161 6 3 5168.0
2011 Q4 45 2 0 44444.4
2011 Q3 1,276 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,000 3 1 3000.0
2011 Q1 345 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 669 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,321 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 146 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 621 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 551 12 4 21778.6
2009 Q3 1,278 3 1 2347.4
2009 Q2 363 7 3 19283.7
2009 Q1 248 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 105 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 1,102 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 906 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 183 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 355 6 0 16901.4
2006 Q2 441 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 393 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 93 2 0 21505.4
2005 Q1 222 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 4 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 36 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 870 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 784 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 635 2 0 3149.6
2002 Q3 211 38 27 180094.8
2002 Q2 1,038 5 5 4817.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q3 743 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,271 8 4 6294.3
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 0 0 0
2000 Q1 309 5 3 16181.2

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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