Mining Incidents

Portable Crusher #3: 4 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by William M Ruark
Mahopany, Wyoming County, PA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3609985

Portable Crusher #3 has $414 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 2012
4
citations
1
significant & substantial
$414
proposed penalties
$414
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
15
inspections on record
83
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: 83 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 $414 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.
$414
proposed penalties
$414
current assessed
$414
paid to date
$0
outstanding
4 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $114 in penalties contested before the Commission, $114 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-08-09.
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.
25.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
25.0%
reasonably likely or greater
25.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 25.0% low, 75.0% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 25% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$114 proposed, $114 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 2016-10-31.
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
PENN 2017-0026 Settlement Moran 2017 $114 → $114
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: 2018-10-31, 7 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
3
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2018-10-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 0.35 0.71 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2013-02-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.53 0.58 Crusher Oper/Worker
2013-02-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.42 0.57 0.74 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. Meshoppen Stone Inc. 2011 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2025 5
2023 5
2022 4
2021 4
2020 8
2019 8
2018 6
2017 5
2016 6
2015 4
2014 4
2013 11
2012 10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Portable Crusher #3 sits in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, where the Census mining category is 1.5% 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.
Wyoming County, Pennsylvania · Population 26,075
1.5%
Mining share of county employment
$70,268
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
2025 Q4 207 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 423 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 426 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 203 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 104 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 193 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 228 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 148 0 0 0.0
Show 40 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q1 171 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 283 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 299 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 178 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 148 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 144 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 124 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 195 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 330 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 347 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 311 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 424 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 493 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 828 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 320 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 330 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 413 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 307 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 313 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 379 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 360 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 246 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 164 1 0 6097.6
2016 Q2 1,740 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 800 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 364 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 441 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 300 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 300 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 270 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 350 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,500 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 591 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,288 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,657 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,286 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 499 1 0 2004.0
2012 Q3 1,957 2 1 1022.0
2012 Q2 1,870 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,202 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.