Portable Crusher No 1 has $13K 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
34
Years on record
1989–2007
Latest incident
Feb 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
76
citations
20
significant & substantial
$13,331
proposed penalties
$13,331
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 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: 473 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 No 1 has $13K 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
75 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-10-04.
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.
1citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
Settled
1 · 100%
100%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $1K 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 2009-10-14.
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: 2009-11-24, 16 years ago
25%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
20
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz41 over
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz9
Respirable dust, <.1mg5
Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (20)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2006-03-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.4
0.35
4.00
Truck Driver
2009-11-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2009-11-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-11-24
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.17
Sampler, Dust
2009-11-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2009-03-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2009-03-04
Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz
0.13
Sampler, Dust
2009-03-04
Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz
3.46
Truck Driver
2009-03-04
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.13
Laborer, Bullgang
2009-03-04
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.87
Bulldozer Operator
2006-03-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.3
0.6
0.50
Bulldozer Operator
2006-03-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.29
0.57
0.51
Laborer, Bullgang
2005-09-07
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.77
Bulldozer Operator
2005-09-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.69
2.93
0.24
Truck Driver
2005-09-07
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
4.1
Laborer, Bullgang
2004-02-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2004-02-11
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.27
Bulldozer Operator
2002-03-21
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.98
Cleanup Man
2002-03-21
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.5
Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-03-21
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.36
Truck Driver
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.
Portable Crusher No 1 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2006.
Injury rate, 2006
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.41 and the all-US-mining average was 3.91 cases per 100 workers.
In Idaho, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 5.21 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2006 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2005 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2004 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2003 *
9.76
9.76
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2012
0
2011
3
2010
11
2009
7
2008
7
2007
8
2006
9
2005
9
2004
8
2003
9
2002
7
2001
6
2000
6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Portable Crusher No 1 sits in Idaho County, Idaho, where the Census mining category is 0.9% 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.
Idaho County, Idaho · Population 17,120
0.9%
Mining share of county employment
$60,975
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
Employee was releasing a chain binder from a load of crusher equipment. The binder twisted causing his right index finger to be crushed against the trailer frame and also resulting in a laceration that required sutures.
2003 · 1 incident
April 3, 2003ID · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
SLEDGE HAMMERING HEAD WIPE ON CRUSHER CONVEYOR. HAMMER SLIPPED FROM HAND. LEFT HAND PULLED INTO WIPE RESULTING ON PARTIAL AMPULATION OF LEFT INDEX FINGER.
2001 · 1 incident
August 5, 2001ID · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE NWAS DRIVING ON OFF HIGHWAY TRUCK STOCKPILING GRAVEL. HE GO TOO CLOSE TO THE EDGE AND TIPPED THE TRUCK OVER. HE WAS THROWN AROUND IN THE CAB PRETTY HARD. HE STARTED COUGHING UP BLOOD AND TA STING BLOOD IN HIS MOUTH SINCE THEN. HE QUIT WORKING FOR US THE FOLLOWING WEEK.
May 30, 2000ID · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS HELPING TEAR DOWN JAW CRUSHER AND THE PIN ON THE HYDRAULIC JACK STUCK SO HE WAS HOLDING IT ON IT WOULD OPERATE CORRECTLY AND THE JAW SLIPPED AND SMASHED HIS LEFT THUMB BETWEEN THE JAW F RAME AND WINGWALL. HIS THUMB WAS REATTACHED AND HAS MORE SURGERIES TO HAVE DONE IT.
May 3, 2000ID · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
HE WAS WALKING ACROSS THE CONVEYER. TEARING DOWNTHE CRUSHER AND HIS VISE GRIP HOOKED A SAFETY CHAIN AND HE MISSED THE STEP AND FELL, GASHING HISLEG FROM ANKLE TO KNEE.
July 7, 1999ID · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerMACHINERY
EE WAS WELDING/CUTTING ON EQUIPMENT IN THE PIT AND BEGAN TO LIGHT THE TORCH. HE DID NOT GET HIS HELMET DOWN QUICK ENOUGHT AND THE TORCH BURNED HIS EYS. HIS EYES BECAME DRY, ITCHY AND BURNED.
April 1, 1997ID · Metal/Non-Metalwelder (shop)MACHINERY
HAULING GRAVEL WITH TRCUK AND BELLYDUP. BELLYDUMP TIPPED TIPPING TRUCK HE WORKED ALL DAY 10-4-93 BUT TOLD FAREMAN HE WOULD NOT BE BACK TUNIL HE SAW A DR AS HE HAD NUMBNESS TO HIS LEFT SIDE.
1992 · 11 incidents
November 2, 1992ID · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanPOWERED HAULAGE
WHILE DRIVING OUT OF THE PROJECT AREA, THE COMPANY PICKUP KICKED OUT OF GEAR GOING UP A STEEP HILL. WENT BACKWARDS DOWN A 100' BLUFF TO THE BOTTOM OF THE QUARRY. HE LAID ON THE SEAT AND HELD O N.
SLIPPED WHEN GETTING OUT OF 235 BACKHOE. CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS RIGHT ARM/HAND.
May 22, 1992ID · Metal/Non-Metalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderHANDLING OF MATERIALS
SETTTING UP THE CRUSHER. WING WALL BRACE HIT HIM IN THE HEAD- LACERATION.
May 15, 1992ID · Metal/Non-Metalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderDUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Seubert Excavators Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
ROCK DUST IN LUNGS FROM CRUSHER WORK.
May 8, 1992ID · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerMACHINERY