Mining Incidents

PORTABLE CRUSHER #9: 7 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Portable, Maricopa County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0202629

PORTABLE CRUSHER #9 has $9K 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
4
Years on record
1995–2000
Latest incident
Jun 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
7
citations
4
significant & substantial
$8,776
proposed penalties
$8,776
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
8
inspections on record
71
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: 71 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 #9 has $9K 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
7 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-04-05.
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.
57.1%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
57.1%
reasonably likely or greater
85.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Salt River Sand & Rock 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2003 0
2002 7
2001 7
2000 9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

PORTABLE CRUSHER #9 sits in Maricopa County, Arizona, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Maricopa County, Arizona · Population 4,491,987
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$85,518
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
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 5,480 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,845 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 4,242 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,633 1 1 379.8
2001 Q3 3,347 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,299 0 0 0.0
Show 5 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q1 3,926 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,983 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,798 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,941 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,339 5 3 1152.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2000 · 2 incidents

June 16, 2000 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Salt River Sand & Rock · Struck by falling object

HE CAME UP THE WALL IN THE PIT TO GET A BUCKET OF MATERIAL./ HE WAS IN THE WALL ABOUT 3 OR 4 FEET HIGH. SUDDENLY THE WALL FELL DOWN AROUND HIM.

January 28, 2000 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Salt River Sand & Rock · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WORKING IN AN UNAUTHORIZED AREA. HE PUT HIS ARM BETWEEN TWO ROLLERS, TO CLEAN ONE OF THEM OFF. THE ROLLER CAUGHT THE SLEEVE ON HIS JACKET TWISTING AND PULLING OFF HIS ARM AT THE ELBOW.

1997 · 1 incident

July 10, 1997 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler OTHER
Salt River Sand & Rock · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WAS WORKING UNDER THE LOADER AND HE FELT SOMETHING CRAWLING UP HIS LEFT LEG AND IT BIT HIM.

1995 · 1 incident

September 8, 1995 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
Salt River Sand & Rock · Struck by falling object

EE SHUT THE GRINDER OFF TO SET DOWN THE GRINDER WAS STILL TURNING & HIT THE BED OF EE WORK TRUCK & FELL ON EE RIGHT FOOT CUTTING THROUGH & UNJURING HIS FOOT