Mining Incidents

PORTABLE CRUSHER: 26 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Cloutier Sand & Gravel · Surface
Controlled by Norman Cloutier
N STRATFORD, Coos County, NH  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 2700354

PORTABLE CRUSHER has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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 2001
26
citations
8
significant & substantial
$3,043
proposed penalties
$3,043
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
30
inspections on record
355
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: 355 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 $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
26 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $686 in penalties contested before the Commission, $686 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-08-02.
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.
30.8%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
30.8%
reasonably likely or greater
53.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 26.9% low, 73.1% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
4 citations taken to the federal commission · 15% of citations on record
  • Settled 4 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$686 proposed, $686 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2011-09-22.
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
YORK 2011-319M Settlement Lesnick 2012 $686 → $686
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2021-09-22, 4 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
5
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (5)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2021-09-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-07-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-07-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.7 0.21 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-10-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-10-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Cloutier Sand & Gravel 2000 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 2
2024 2
2023 3
2022 2
2021 2
2020 2
2019 3
2018 2
2017 3
2016 3
2015 3
2014 3
2013 3
2012 3
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 3
2007 2
2006 3
2005 3
2004 3
2003 3
2002 48
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

PORTABLE CRUSHER sits in Coos County, New Hampshire, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Coos County, New Hampshire · Population 31,386
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$58,439
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
2026 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 379 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 347 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 135 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 54 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 331 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 77 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 124 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 693 1 0 1443.0
2023 Q2 399 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 278 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 203 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 273 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 324 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 549 1 0 1821.5
2021 Q2 296 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 109 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 671 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 447 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 103 1 1 9708.7
2019 Q3 776 1 0 1288.7
2019 Q2 362 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 282 2 1 7092.2
2018 Q2 415 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 282 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 709 1 1 1410.4
2017 Q2 251 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 203 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 376 4 0 10638.3
2016 Q2 429 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 385 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 318 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 419 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 178 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 265 2 0 7547.2
2014 Q2 281 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 150 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 516 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 540 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 153 2 0 13071.9
2012 Q3 311 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 172 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 264 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 140 4 3 28571.4
2011 Q2 137 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 129 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 477 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 210 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 381 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 457 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 353 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 420 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 55 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,020 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 623 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 663 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 709 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 575 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 397 2 1 5037.8
2005 Q3 777 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 425 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 752 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,113 1 0 898.5
2004 Q2 259 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 849 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 795 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 932 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 88 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 743 2 0 2691.8
2002 Q2 9,450 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 526 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 454 2 1 4405.3
2001 Q2 432 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 852 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 666 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.