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Portable Crusher: 43 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Craig W Nutter
Belmont Post office, Belknap County, NH  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2700360

Portable Crusher has $5K 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
1
Years on record
2015
Latest incident
Apr 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
43
citations
7
significant & substantial
$5,002
proposed penalties
$4,897
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $105 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Nutter Enterprises Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
41
inspections on record
354
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: 354 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 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
42 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $945 in penalties contested before the Commission, $840 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-08-14.
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.
16.7%
significant & substantial
16.7%
high negligence or reckless
16.7%
reasonably likely or greater
52.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 9.5% low, 73.8% moderate, 16.7% 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.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 7% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
11%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$945 proposed, $840 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 2014-06-03.
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 2014-0149 Settlement Barbour 2015 $745 → $640
YORK 2013-216M Settlement Lesnick 2014 $200 → $200
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: 2020-03-19, 6 years ago
50%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
5
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz21 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (5)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2007-11-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.42 0.42 1.00 Crusher Oper/Worker
2020-03-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2005-11-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-11-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 0.96 0.28 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-10-04 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 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. Province S & G 2001 to 2005
  2. Nutter Enterprises Inc 2005 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 0
2025 2
2024 2
2023 3
2022 2
2021 5
2020 5
2019 4
2018 5
2017 5
2016 5
2015 3
2014 3
2013 3
2012 3
2011 3
2010 3
2009 3
2008 4
2007 4
2006 6
2005 3
2004 2
2003 3
2002 5
2001 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Portable Crusher sits in Belknap County, New Hampshire, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Belknap County, New Hampshire · Population 64,300
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$87,983
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 0 0 0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 250 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 112 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 0 2 0
Show 91 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 444 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 79 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 26 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 26 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,524 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,481 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 293 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,276 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 214 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 784 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 128 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 300 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 480 2 1 4166.7
2019 Q4 1,138 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 822 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 860 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 718 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,526 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,572 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,224 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 618 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,479 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,595 1 0 627.0
2017 Q2 829 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 133 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 261 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,013 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 691 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 163 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 481 1 1 2079.0
2015 Q3 288 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 522 1 0 1915.7
2014 Q3 561 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 695 1 0 1438.8
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 482 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 540 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 512 2 1 3906.2
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 302 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 834 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 1 0
2011 Q4 673 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 537 1 0 1862.2
2011 Q2 377 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 1,652 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,519 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,342 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 544 3 1 5514.7
2009 Q3 1,158 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 760 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 262 3 0 11450.4
2008 Q3 1,401 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,140 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 300 1 0 3333.3
2007 Q4 903 6 0 6644.5
2007 Q2 562 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 554 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,776 5 0 2815.3
2006 Q3 1,287 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,530 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,006 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,201 2 0 1665.3
2005 Q3 1,169 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 491 1 0 2036.7
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 244 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,788 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 843 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 420 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,118 5 1 4472.3
2003 Q3 1,480 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,748 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 580 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 903 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,191 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,783 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 725 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,095 1 0 913.2
2001 Q3 1,092 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,633 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2015 · 1 incident

April 23, 2015 NH · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nutter Enterprises Inc · Fall from machine

Miner was preparing to go home. After parking the loader he placed his belongings outside the door. When he went to close the door he must've lost his grip. Not much room on platform outside door on that model. He fell off, about a 6 foot drop.