Portable Crusher B has $28K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2000–2005
Latest incident
Oct 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
102
citations
20
significant & substantial
$28,255
proposed penalties
$15,691
paid to date
56% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $12,564 gap.
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: 368 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 B has $28K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 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.
$28K
proposed penalties
$16K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
99 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
Of $41K in penalties contested before the Commission, $9K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-10-09.
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.
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.
9citations taken to the federal commission · 9% of citations on record
Settled
5 · 56%
Vacated or withdrawn
4 · 44%
50%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 6 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
81%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$39K proposed, $8K 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 2013-02-20.
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.
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: 2010-05-17, 16 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
5
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (5)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2010-05-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.64
0.71
0.90
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-05-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.21
0.84
0.25
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-05-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-03-30
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.19
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-03-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.45
2.75
0.16
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2014
3
2013
3
2012
3
2011
3
2010
5
2009
4
2008
1
2007
3
2006
5
2005
5
2004
4
2003
3
2002
0
2001
2
2000
3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Portable Crusher B sits in Whatcom County, Washington, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Whatcom County, Washington · Population 228,432
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$80,989
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
2014 Q4
1,816
3
0
1652.0
2014 Q3
1,394
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
1,349
3
2
2223.9
2014 Q1
1,269
3
0
2364.1
2013 Q4
1,617
1
0
618.4
2013 Q3
1,484
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
1,662
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
1,004
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2012 Q4
1,449
3
0
2070.4
2012 Q3
1,196
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
224
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
286
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
693
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
695
3
0
4316.5
2010 Q4
980
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
1,906
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
2,344
13
5
5546.1
2010 Q1
1,810
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
1,436
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
2,943
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
1,449
5
1
3450.7
2009 Q1
1,162
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
0
0
0
2008 Q3
0
0
0
2008 Q2
0
0
0
2008 Q1
1,228
4
0
3257.3
2007 Q4
1,352
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
2,142
4
1
1867.4
2007 Q2
0
0
0
2007 Q1
1,664
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
1,450
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
2,510
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
2,319
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
1,356
1
0
737.5
2005 Q4
1,502
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
2,439
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
1,259
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
1,640
4
0
2439.0
2004 Q4
2,459
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
2,415
2
0
828.2
2004 Q2
1,440
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
1,532
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
1,112
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
0
0
0
2002 Q3
0
0
0
2002 Q1
415
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
219
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
137
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
223
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
709
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
603
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
1,620
51
11
31481.5
2000 Q2
836
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
444
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
2005 · 1 incident
October 25, 2005WA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee was shoveling around a crusher feed belt, which was feed by another belt. He noticed some material had built up in the rock box and was spilling over onto the ground. As he attempted to clear the material with a shovel, he placed his hand on the rock box and was struck on the left hand index finger tip by a rock.
2000 · 1 incident
October 6, 2000WA · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY
Aggregates West Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects
A ROCK HE WAS MOVING SLIPPED AND SQUEEZED HIS FINGER BETWEEN ANOTHER ROCK.