Mining Incidents

Portable Crusher - Plant 3: 39 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Richard N Christopherson
Shelton, Mason County, WA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4502751

Portable Crusher - Plant 3 has $5K 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
2004
Latest incident
Apr 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
39
citations
14
significant & substantial
$5,410
proposed penalties
$5,355
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $55 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
22
inspections on record
265
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: 265 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 - Plant 3 has $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
39 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $55 in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-04-07.
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.
35.9%
significant & substantial
7.7%
high negligence or reckless
35.9%
reasonably likely or greater
46.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 25.6% low, 66.7% moderate, 7.7% 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
WEST20020392M Withdrawal 2002 $55 → $0
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: 2009-09-23, 16 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
3
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2009-09-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 1.14 0.12 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-04-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.74 0.26 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-04-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.48 0.98 0.49 Dragline 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. Ace Paving Company Inc 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2014 0
2013 1
2012 1
2011 4
2010 4
2009 3
2008 4
2007 3
2006 5
2005 3
2004 3
2003 3
2002 3
2001 3
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Portable Crusher - Plant 3 sits in Mason County, Washington, 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.
Mason County, Washington · Population 66,968
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$78,359
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 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q4 32 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 12 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 7 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 5 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 8 0 0 0.0
Show 49 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 146 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,209 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,115 5 5 4484.3
2011 Q1 670 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,401 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,611 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 546 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 362 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 267 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,555 11 5 7074.0
2009 Q2 1,302 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 477 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,473 1 0 678.9
2008 Q3 2,342 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,322 1 0 756.4
2008 Q1 710 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,491 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,077 2 0 962.9
2007 Q2 539 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 11 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,510 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,195 5 0 1564.9
2006 Q2 4,186 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 867 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 988 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 684 1 0 1462.0
2005 Q2 1,132 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,058 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,404 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,254 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,249 2 1 1601.3
2004 Q1 205 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,743 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,947 1 0 513.6
2003 Q2 859 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 176 1 0 5681.8
2002 Q4 646 2 2 3096.0
2002 Q3 2,120 1 0 471.7
2002 Q2 229 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 18 1 0 55555.6
2001 Q4 288 1 0 3472.2
2001 Q3 1,798 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,404 1 0 712.3
2001 Q1 1,021 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,423 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,840 3 1 1630.4
2000 Q2 2,400 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,029 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2004 · 1 incident

April 5, 2004 WA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ace Paving Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Removing broken screen deck, pinched right middle finger, swollen and bruised finger tip.