Mining Incidents

Portable Crusher #4: 18 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Granite Construction Inc
Stansbury Park, Tooele County, UT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4201761

Portable Crusher #4 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2001
Latest incident
Sep 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
18
citations
5
significant & substantial
$1,894
proposed penalties
$1,894
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
19
inspections on record
283
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: 283 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 #4 has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
18 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-10-12.
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.
27.8%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
27.8%
reasonably likely or greater
72.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 22.2% low, 77.8% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
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: 2022-09-22, 3 years ago
42%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
17
samples
12
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz125 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
Show the individual readings (17)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2009-11-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.69 0.25 2.76 Cleanup Man
2004-08-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.52 0.29 1.79 Cleanup Man
2004-05-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.65 0.52 1.25 Bulldozer Operator
2004-05-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.51 0.25 2.04 Cleanup Man
2004-05-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.29 1.07 Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-09-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-09-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2022-09-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2017-10-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-10-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.36 0.42 Crusher Oper/Worker
2015-07-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.89 0.18 Crusher Oper/Worker
2015-07-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-07-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 1.92 0.12 Bulldozer Operator
2010-04-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.79 0.18 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-11-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.54 0.31 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-11-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 0.28 0.79 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-08-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.33 0.49 0.67 Bulldozer 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. Concrete Products Co-Div/Gibbons & Reed Company 1981 to 1995
  2. Granite Construction Company 1995 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2023 3
2022 4
2021 3
2020 2
2019 1
2018 2
2017 2
2015 5
2014 4
2013 5
2012 3
2011 5
2010 6
2009 5
2007 8
2006 7
2005 7
2004 9
2003 4
2002 2
2001 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Portable Crusher #4 sits in Tooele County, Utah, where the Census mining category is 1.8% 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.
Tooele County, Utah · Population 76,648
1.8%
Mining share of county employment
$101,846
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
2023 Q2 594 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,601 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,238 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 665 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 855 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,233 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,671 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 564 0 0 0.0
Show 54 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2020 Q4 2,441 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 714 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 108 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 504 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 424 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 293 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 104 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,290 2 0 1550.4
2017 Q3 581 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,947 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,237 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,019 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,802 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,200 1 0 833.3
2014 Q2 1,500 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 580 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,375 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 855 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,377 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,978 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,487 1 0 402.1
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 1,123 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 4,550 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,198 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,830 3 0 1639.3
2009 Q3 1,885 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,608 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,731 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,991 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,761 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,502 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,034 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,600 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 4,840 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 4,750 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 5,315 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,425 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,700 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,640 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 5,445 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 5,400 4 2 740.7
2004 Q1 3,200 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,800 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,800 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,000 1 1 333.3
2003 Q1 786 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 143 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 609 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,870 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 1,917 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,313 3 1 695.6
2001 Q2 640 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2001 · 2 incidents

September 4, 2001 UT · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Granite Construction Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

WHILE TAKING OFF BOLTS WITH RECHET/WRENCH ON NUT, WRENCH SLIPPED AND EMPLOYEE FELL BACK INTO FRAME OF EQUIPMENT.

August 20, 2001 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Granite Construction Company · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON SCREEN. STEPPED BACK & FELL ABOUT 2 FEET ONTO BELT, HIT HIS HIP & TWISTED BACK A LITTLE.