Portable Crusher #3 has $2K 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
2
Years on record
2007
Latest incident
Oct 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
17
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,655
proposed penalties
$1,455
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $200 gap.
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: 142 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 #3 has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $400 in penalties contested before the Commission, $200 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-12-03.
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.
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.
4citations taken to the federal commission · 24% of citations on record
Settled
2 · 50%
Vacated or withdrawn
2 · 50%
50%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$400 proposed, $200 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2008-08-01.
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.
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: 2010-05-12, 16 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
6
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (6)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2010-05-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-05-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
0.59
0.22
Cleanup Man
2010-05-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cleanup Man
2009-06-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-06-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
0.29
0.66
Cleanup Man
2009-06-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.24
1.81
0.13
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2018
0
2017
0
2016
4
2015
5
2014
4
2013
2
2012
31
2011
0
2010
4
2009
5
2008
8
2007
5
2006
1
2005
3
2004
1
2003
0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Portable Crusher #3 sits in Larimer County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Larimer County, Colorado · Population 363,561
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$91,364
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
2018 Q4
0
0
0
2018 Q1
0
0
0
2017 Q4
0
0
0
2017 Q3
0
0
0
2017 Q2
0
0
0
2017 Q1
0
0
0
2016 Q4
1,491
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
848
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2016 Q2
2,004
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
0
0
0
2015 Q4
879
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
3,292
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
4,899
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
279
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
1,587
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
1,218
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
1,998
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
485
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
1,735
1
0
576.4
2013 Q3
0
0
0
2013 Q2
296
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
0
0
0
2012 Q4
583
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
3,933
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
2,144
2
1
932.8
2011 Q1
0
0
0
2010 Q4
608
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
3,891
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
3,391
1
0
294.9
2010 Q1
0
0
0
2009 Q4
3,465
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
3,169
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
4,672
3
0
642.1
2009 Q1
418
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
3,737
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
7,180
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
5,890
5
0
848.9
2008 Q1
158
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
3,822
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
4,754
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
2,972
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
0
0
0
2006 Q4
910
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
2,128
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
0
0
0
2006 Q1
0
0
0
2005 Q4
385
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
3,230
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
447
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
0
0
0
2004 Q4
0
0
0
2004 Q3
0
0
0
2004 Q2
230
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
790
5
1
6329.1
2003 Q4
0
0
0
2003 Q3
0
0
0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
2007 · 2 incidents
October 2, 2007CO · Metal/Non-Metalprep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Manually loading screen into skid steer bucket. Wet and muddy conditions. Slipped in mud and caught right hand thumb in screen resulting in laceration and possible broken bone in tip of thumb.
September 11, 2007CO · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
Employee moving stacker and shoveling dirt into ruts made by tires. Leaning on shovel with left hand, pressed the button to move the stacker with his right hand and the frame of the stacker pinched his finger on the shovel handle. Shovel handle was at just the right angle that it wedged into place when the stacker frame contacted it. Required six sutures on left index finger.