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PORTABLE CRUSHER: 70 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Millard County-Ut
Delta, Millard County, UT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4202060

PORTABLE CRUSHER has $9K 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
3
Years on record
1994–2013
Latest incident
Oct 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
70
citations
13
significant & substantial
$8,871
proposed penalties
$8,387
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $484 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Millard County Road Department's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
61
inspections on record
888
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: 888 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 $9K 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
70 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-02.
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.
18.6%
significant & substantial
1.4%
high negligence or reckless
18.6%
reasonably likely or greater
78.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 10.0% low, 88.6% moderate, 1.4% 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.
8 citations taken to the federal commission · 11% of citations on record
  • Settled 7 · 88%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 13%
80%
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 5 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
37%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $1K 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 2018-05-30.
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
WEST 2018-0412 Settlement Gill 2018 $2K → $1K
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: 2024-09-17
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
17
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg13
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (17)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-09-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2024-09-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-02-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2019-02-26 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-02-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-10-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2015-10-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-10-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-05-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 1.65 0.16 Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-04-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2010-04-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 1.11 0.21 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-10-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-10-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-11-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 1.32 0.11 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-11-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-01-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-01-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
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. Millard County Road Department 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 2
2024 2
2023 2
2022 2
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 2
2003 2
2002 2
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

PORTABLE CRUSHER sits in Millard County, Utah, where the Census mining category is 2.8% 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.
Millard County, Utah · Population 13,179
2.8%
Mining share of county employment
$70,877
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 728 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 664 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 632 2 0 3164.6
2025 Q3 320 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 616 1 1 1623.4
2025 Q1 561 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 583 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 543 0 0 0.0
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 724 1 0 1381.2
2024 Q1 601 1 0 1663.9
2023 Q4 564 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 521 1 1 1919.4
2023 Q2 600 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 360 1 0 2777.8
2022 Q4 412 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 604 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 758 2 0 2638.5
2022 Q1 446 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 618 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 662 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 551 1 0 1814.9
2021 Q1 684 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 594 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 633 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 728 1 0 1373.6
2020 Q1 672 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 574 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 680 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 592 1 0 1689.2
2019 Q1 684 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 821 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 963 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 977 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 922 10 4 10846.0
2017 Q4 830 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 830 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 632 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 768 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 970 3 1 3092.8
2016 Q3 540 5 0 9259.3
2016 Q2 554 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 450 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 469 1 0 2132.2
2015 Q3 573 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 583 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 566 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 660 2 0 3030.3
2014 Q3 630 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 475 1 0 2105.3
2014 Q1 111 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 411 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 644 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 655 1 0 1526.7
2013 Q1 420 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 670 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 675 2 2 2963.0
2012 Q1 330 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 370 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 640 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 900 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 330 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 402 2 0 4975.1
2010 Q3 770 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 898 1 0 1113.6
2010 Q1 738 6 1 8130.1
2009 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 830 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 745 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 570 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 400 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 900 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 865 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 189 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 640 4 0 6250.0
2007 Q3 705 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 820 1 0 1219.5
2007 Q1 60 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 410 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 850 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 370 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 480 1 1 2083.3
2005 Q3 1,025 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 920 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 895 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 880 2 0 2272.7
2004 Q3 1,010 2 0 1980.2
2004 Q2 845 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,160 4 1 3448.3
2003 Q4 857 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,145 1 0 873.4
2003 Q2 1,011 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 875 2 0 2285.7
2002 Q4 750 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 835 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 940 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 940 2 0 2127.7
2001 Q4 710 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 935 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 875 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 910 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 870 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 928 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 895 5 1 5586.6
2000 Q1 970 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2013 · 1 incident

October 29, 2013 UT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Millard County Road Department · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Walking down gravel ramp lost footing and put his right arm out to catch himself.

1996 · 1 incident

May 20, 1996 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Millard County Road Department · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PINCHED HAND IN CHAIN BINDER WHILE CHANGING TRACKS ON A DOZER.

1994 · 1 incident

September 7, 1994 UT · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Millard County Road Department · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING DIRT OUT FROM UNDERNEATH A CONVEYOR BELT WITH A "T" HANDLED HOE AND THE TAIL ROLLER ON THE BELT HAD NOT BEEN DISENGAGED.