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: 325 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 0 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
25 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-03-26.
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.
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: 2002-07-03, 24 years ago
4
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz4
Show the individual readings (4)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2002-07-03
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.44
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-07-03
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.19
Truck Driver
2002-07-03
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
3.14
Cleanup Man
2002-07-03
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.37
Truck Driver
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
2008
4
2007
5
2006
5
2005
7
2004
7
2003
6
2002
6
2001
5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Portable Crusher sits in Deschutes County, Oregon, 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.
Deschutes County, Oregon · Population 203,026
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$87,640
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
2008 Q4
0
0
0
2008 Q3
1,457
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
1,928
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
1,620
1
1
617.3
2007 Q4
2,300
2
0
869.6
2007 Q3
2,934
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
2,720
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
2,563
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2006 Q4
2,829
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
2,851
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
2,931
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
2,985
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
2,973
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
3,432
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
3,459
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
2,674
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
2,925
4
1
1367.5
2004 Q3
3,254
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
3,544
1
0
282.2
2004 Q1
2,769
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
2,579
3
1
1163.2
2003 Q3
3,675
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
3,309
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
2,465
7
3
2839.8
2002 Q4
2,703
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
2,789
5
0
1792.8
2002 Q2
2,649
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
2,430
1
0
411.5
2001 Q4
2,862
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
4,660
3
0
643.8
2001 Q2
2,483
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file
2004 · 2 incidents
June 5, 2004OR · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Individual was instructed to move crusher parts with equipment to or to get help. employee move parts by hand and injured his back. Part were over 100 lbs each.
This day there were high winds at the pit. sand and other material were plowing around the area. The operator got out of his rock truck and got dirt and rock in his eye. He did not have safety glasses on but he did have them around his neck.
3 EE'S WERE WORKING ON AN ELEVATED CONVEYOR WITHOUT FALL PROTECTION. THEY WERE ABOUT 10.6' OFF THE GROUND. EE LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL OVER BACKWARDS. HE LANDED ON HIS HEAD AND RT. WRIST. EE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BY A COMP. TRUCK. EE HAS A FRACTURED NECK & A BROKEN RIGHT WRIST.