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Portable Crusher: 11 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Lincoln County-Wi
Merrill, WI, Lincoln County, WI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4703124

Portable Crusher has $852 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
1
Years on record
2006
Latest incident
Apr 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
11
citations
3
significant & substantial
$852
proposed penalties
$852
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Lincoln County Highway Department's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
27
inspections on record
238
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: 238 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 $852 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.
$852
proposed penalties
$852
current assessed
$852
paid to date
$0
outstanding
11 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $122 in penalties contested before the Commission, $122 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-10-17.
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.
27.3%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
27.3%
reasonably likely or greater
63.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 9.1% low, 90.9% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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
LAKE20000176M Settlement Feldman 2001 $122 → $122
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: 2003-07-29, 23 years ago
25%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
5
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz41 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (5)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2002-06-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.09 0.52 2.10 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-07-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.52 1.17 0.44 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-07-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.6 1.08 0.56 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-06-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.49 0.59 0.83 Supervisor, Co. Official
2002-06-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 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. Lincoln County Highway Department 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2015 0
2014 6
2013 3
2012 5
2011 4
2010 3
2009 0
2008 5
2007 4
2006 4
2005 3
2004 3
2003 2
2002 2
2001 1
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Portable Crusher sits in Lincoln County, Wisconsin, 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.
Lincoln County, Wisconsin · Population 28,403
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$67,726
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
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 46 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 200 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 289 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 132 0 0 0.0
Show 55 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q3 107 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 580 1 0 1724.1
2012 Q3 1,047 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 592 1 0 1689.2
2012 Q1 622 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 213 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 353 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 409 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 343 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 31 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 31 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 268 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 119 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 824 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 420 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,162 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 561 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,105 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 121 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 342 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 662 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 823 1 0 1215.1
2006 Q1 29 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 677 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 750 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 307 3 0 9772.0
2005 Q1 675 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 437 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 246 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 635 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 167 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,196 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,046 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 687 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 240 1 1 4166.7
2002 Q2 1,058 3 1 2835.5
2002 Q1 474 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 449 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 135 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 525 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 438 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 166 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 337 1 1 2967.4
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2006 · 1 incident

April 26, 2006 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lincoln County Highway Department · Fall from ladders

Employee was in a hurry and walked down a ladder the wrong way (forward) when his foot slipped off the step. He fell approximately four feet onto the ground injuring his right arm and lower back. He scraped his arm and has a sore lower back.