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Portable Crusher: 47 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Ferry County-WA
Port Angeles, Ferry County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4503087

Portable Crusher has $8K 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
1995–2001
Latest incident
Jun 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
47
citations
13
significant & substantial
$8,081
proposed penalties
$8,081
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Ferry County Public Works Department's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
22
inspections on record
271
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: 271 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2013-08-28.
On record since 2013.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Portable Crusher has $8K 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
46 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-08-23.
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.
28.3%
significant & substantial
10.9%
high negligence or reckless
28.3%
reasonably likely or greater
43.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 4.3% low, 84.8% moderate, 10.9% 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: 2013-08-28, 13 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
2013-08-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 0.63 0.38 Bobcat Operator
2013-08-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.78 0.15 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2013-08-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 0.42 0.71 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. Ferry County Public Works Department 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2016 1
2015 2
2014 1
2013 1
2012 0
2011 1
2010 1
2009 1
2008 3
2007 3
2006 2
2005 3
2004 3
2003 4
2002 4
2001 3
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Portable Crusher sits in Ferry County, Washington, where the Census mining category is 1.0% 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.
Ferry County, Washington · Population 7,326
1.0%
Mining share of county employment
$54,650
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
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 110 2 0 18181.8
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 1,542 4 2 2594.0
2015 Q2 342 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
Show 54 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 1,247 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 734 11 3 14986.4
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q2 462 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 542 5 3 9225.1
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 537 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 789 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,289 13 4 5679.3
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 2,742 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,588 2 0 1259.4
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 518 1 0 1930.5
2006 Q3 3,059 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 2,867 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,528 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 913 1 0 1095.3
2004 Q2 1,636 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 1,495 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,394 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,340 2 0 1492.5
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 842 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,531 4 0 1580.4
2002 Q2 1,078 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 728 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,240 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,099 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 638 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,308 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,257 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 128 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2001 · 1 incident

June 6, 2001 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ferry County Public Works Department · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE THREW A MUCKING HOE ON TOP OF JAW CRUSHER. HOE FELL OFF AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN LEFT FOREARM, CAUSING A 2" LACERATION REQUIRING STITCHES.

1995 · 1 incident

April 11, 1995 WA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Ferry County Public Works Department · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

LABORER STEPPED BETWEEN LOADER & CONVEYOR TO UNHOOK GUIDE LINE. LOADER ROLLED AHEAD & CAUGHT RIGHT ANKLE BETWEEN TOOTH ON BUCKET & SIDE OF CONVEYOR RESULTING IN A BROKEN RIGHT ANKLE.