Mining Incidents

PORTABLE CRUSHER #25: 40 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Johnny Weik III
Mesa, Maricopa County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0202897

PORTABLE CRUSHER #25 has $6K 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
2
Years on record
2007–2008
Latest incident
Jun 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
40
citations
7
significant & substantial
$5,881
proposed penalties
$5,881
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
18
inspections on record
184
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: 184 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 #25 has $6K 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
40 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $305 in penalties contested before the Commission, $305 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-12-29.
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.
17.5%
significant & substantial
2.5%
high negligence or reckless
17.5%
reasonably likely or greater
70.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 2.5% low, 95.0% moderate, 2.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST20020046M Default Barbour 2002 $250 → $250
WEST 2003-426 Default Lesnick 2004 $55 → $55
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.

PORTABLE CRUSHER #25 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 Arizona, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.92 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.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2005 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2004 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
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.
Ownership history
  1. Superstition Crushing L.L.C. 2000 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2009 5
2008 6
2007 4
2006 7
2005 9
2004 8
2003 6
2002 4
2001 9
2000 10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

PORTABLE CRUSHER #25 sits in Maricopa County, Arizona, 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.
Maricopa County, Arizona · Population 4,491,987
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$85,518
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
2009 Q1 1,877 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,591 4 0 1543.8
2008 Q3 2,504 1 0 399.4
2008 Q2 4,703 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 4,416 11 4 2490.9
2007 Q4 3,144 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,275 4 0 1221.4
2007 Q2 2,160 0 0 0.0
Show 27 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2007 Q1 2,533 1 0 394.8
2006 Q4 1,770 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,014 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,620 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 6,423 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 7,820 6 1 767.3
2005 Q3 7,667 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 5,383 8 1 1486.2
2005 Q1 5,666 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 7,875 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 5,460 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,154 1 0 240.7
2004 Q1 3,464 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,784 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,023 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,951 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,985 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,213 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,669 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,819 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,348 1 0 298.7
2001 Q4 5,210 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,146 3 1 723.6
2001 Q2 4,307 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 4,673 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 6,604 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 5,789 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2008 · 1 incident

June 18, 2008 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Superstition Crushing L.L.C. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While working on the cone crusher top assembly, employee A was holding bolt with wrench. Employee B was loosening nut with an impact wrench; when torque was applied to the nut employee A lost grip on wrench causing wrench to make contact with employee B's face resulting in damage to mouth requiring five external stitches and 2 internal stitches.

2007 · 1 incident

October 25, 2007 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Superstition Crushing L.L.C. · Struck by falling object

While working near the jaw crusher a rock fell and hit the miner a glancing blow to the left shoulder. The primary contributing factor was the miners location - too close to the jaw. After a trip to the clinic on his way home, it was determined that the only damage was bruising. The miner returned to work the next day to regular duty. There was no time loss, but he saw a doctor.