Portable Crusher No 3 has $59K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
29
Years on record
1990–2004
Latest incident
Jun 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
114
citations
36
significant & substantial
$59,089
proposed penalties
$41,426
paid to date
70% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $17,663 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: 536 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 3 has $59K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$59K
proposed penalties
$41K
current assessed
$41K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
113 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $41K in penalties contested before the Commission, $23K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-04-14.
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.
16citations taken to the federal commission · 14% of citations on record
Settled
16 · 100%
94%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 16 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
43%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$41K proposed, $23K 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 2008-08-27.
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: 2010-04-14, 16 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
17
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (17)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2010-04-14
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.13
Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-04-14
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.44
Laborer, Bullgang
2010-04-14
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.53
Truck Driver
2005-06-28
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.17
Bulldozer Operator
2005-06-28
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.68
Cleanup Man
2005-06-28
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.58
Bulldozer Operator
2004-02-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.51
1.79
0.28
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-02-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.43
2.34
0.18
Truck Driver
2004-02-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.99
1.39
0.71
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-02-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
1.42
0.12
Bulldozer Operator
2002-01-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2002-01-30
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.42
Truck Driver
2002-01-30
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
3.74
Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-01-30
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.66
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-08-08
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.92
Truck Driver
2001-08-08
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.38
Bulldozer Operator
2001-08-08
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.55
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.
Portable Crusher No 3 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2009.
Injury rate, 2009
ⓘ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 2.82 and the all-US-mining average was 3.36 cases per 100 workers.
In Idaho, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.96 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
2009 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2008 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2007 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2006 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2005 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2004 *
11.92
0.00
0.000
2003 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2002 *
0.00
0.00
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
2011
0
2010
9
2009
13
2008
11
2007
10
2006
12
2005
13
2004
13
2003
11
2002
13
2001
13
2000
9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Portable Crusher No 3 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
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2011 Q2
0
0
0
2011 Q1
0
0
0
2010 Q4
4,346
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
5,616
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
4,462
2
1
448.2
2010 Q1
3,060
6
1
1960.8
2009 Q4
5,160
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
8,032
6
2
747.0
Show 38 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2009 Q2
7,650
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
5,102
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
4,612
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
6,885
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
4,908
5
1
1018.7
2008 Q1
8,360
3
1
358.9
2007 Q4
7,650
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
7,140
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
4,462
7
3
1568.8
2007 Q1
816
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
8,032
13
11
1618.5
2006 Q3
8,415
5
1
594.2
2006 Q2
8,288
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
6,375
12
0
1882.4
2005 Q4
9,818
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
8,415
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
8,925
7
0
784.3
2005 Q1
4,230
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
6,120
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
8,925
8
2
896.4
2004 Q2
9,818
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
8,681
5
1
576.0
2003 Q4
6,375
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
5,738
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
8,032
18
9
2241.0
2003 Q1
6,516
8
0
1227.7
2002 Q4
9,180
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
8,925
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
7,956
1
0
125.7
2002 Q1
8,288
2
0
241.3
2001 Q4
8,032
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
8,288
4
1
482.6
2001 Q2
6,885
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
6,192
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
7,012
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
7,650
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
7,713
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
0
0
0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
29 on file
2004 · 2 incidents
June 3, 2004ID · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
THIS HAS BEEN AN ON GOING INJURY FROM 5-2-94, STATE INSURANCE FUND HAS REOPENED THE CLAIM FOR HIM AND I GAVE MY OFFICE MANAGE. HIS NAME FOR FORM 7000-2 AS BEING ON THE CRUSHER AT THE TIME OF R EOPENING THIS CLAIM HE WAS AT OUR SHOP BY 2-24-97. HE WAS BACK AT THE CRUSHER DIAGNOSIS IS A DISLOCATED BACK DISC CAUSING PRESSURE ON A NERVE TO CAUSE HIP TO HURT.
1996 · 1 incident
September 17, 1996ID · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
BOULDER GOT STUCK IN JAW. HE WAS TRYING TO HOOK A CHOKER ONTO ROCK TO PULL IT OUT. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE CAME TO HELP AND DISLODGED ANOTHER ROCK AND IT SMASHED HIS FOOT BETWEEN THE TWO ROCKS.
October 26, 1995ID · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
JUMPED UP TO GRAB THE CATWALK AND PULL HIMSELF ONTO IT AND MISSED AND FELL ON RT SIDE. HE PUT RT HAND DOWN TO CATCH HIMSELF AND BROKE HIS RING FINGER BONE IN BACK SIDE OF HIS HAND.
February 23, 1994ID · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
October 7, 1993ID · Metal/Non-Metalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
JUMPED OFF JAW WHEN SETTING UP AT PRAIRIE CITY AUSTIN JOT RIGHT KNEE FLARED UP AND WAS SWOLLEN FOR ONE WEEK IGNORED AT UNTIL SETTING UP AT PLUMMER IDAHO AND HIS KNEE FLARED UP AGAIN.
September 10, 1993ID · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
BREAKING ROCK IN JAW WITH SLEDGEHAMMER & HIT KNEE. KNEE WAS BLACK & BLUE SWOLLEN & HARD TO WALKON SO EMPLOYEE WENT TO HOSPITAL TO HAVE XRAYS DONE. NOTHING BROKEN
WHILE TRAVELING TO WORK WITH A COWORKER THE VEHICLE SLID ON ICE AND CUAGHT THEGUARD RAIL CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ROLL 1 1/2 TIMES. INJURED WAS THE ONLY ONE OF THE FOUR TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTIO N HE IS COMPLAING OF A STIFF NECK AND BACK.
October 12, 1992ID · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
LOWERING CAT WALK AND CAUGHT LITTLE RING FINGER. REQUIRED 3 STITCHES TO RING FINGER.
April 24, 1990ID · Metal/Non-Metalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON