Mining Incidents

Portable Crusher: 48 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

A&E LLC · Surface
Controlled by Heidi A Grooms
Darrington, Snohomish County, WA  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 4503617

Portable Crusher has $6K 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 2007
48
citations
3
significant & substantial
$6,101
proposed penalties
$6,101
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
27
inspections on record
296
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: 296 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 $6K 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
47 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $300 in penalties contested before the Commission, $300 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-21.
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.
6.4%
significant & substantial
14.9%
high negligence or reckless
6.4%
reasonably likely or greater
29.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 14.9% low, 70.2% moderate, 14.9% 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.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$300 proposed, $300 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 2007-10-23.
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 2008-120M Settlement Lesnick 2009 $300 → $300
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: 2016-06-08, 10 years ago
3
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2016-06-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-06-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2012-02-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
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. A&E LLC 2006 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 0
2024 1
2023 1
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 3
2007 3
2006 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Portable Crusher sits in Snohomish County, Washington, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Snohomish County, Washington · Population 834,648
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$107,982
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 60 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q2 40 5 0 125000.0
2023 Q1 100 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 125 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 345 0 0 0.0
Show 63 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q2 125 3 0 24000.0
2022 Q1 300 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 125 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 360 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 60 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 70 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 200 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 300 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 60 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 60 3 0 50000.0
2019 Q4 200 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 240 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 40 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 60 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 360 2 0 5555.6
2018 Q2 40 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 360 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 240 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 60 1 0 16666.7
2016 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 240 1 0 4166.7
2016 Q2 160 16 3 100000.0
2016 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 36 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 40 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 16 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 60 1 0 16666.7
2014 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 160 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 160 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 120 2 0 16666.7
2013 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 20 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 20 1 0 50000.0
2013 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 120 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 120 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 120 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 120 4 0 33333.3
2011 Q4 120 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 100 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 240 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 240 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 240 3 0 12500.0
2010 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 360 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 360 1 0 2777.8
2009 Q1 360 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 360 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 360 1 0 2777.8
2008 Q1 360 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 360 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 360 3 0 8333.3
2007 Q2 360 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 360 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 360 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.