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PORTABLE CRUSHING PLANT: 113 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Earthmovers Inc · Surface
Controlled by Edward J Kilian Jr
Danbury, Fairfield County, CT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0600662

PORTABLE CRUSHING PLANT has $19K 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
2
Years on record
1998
Latest incident
Oct 1998
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
113
citations
29
significant & substantial
$18,605
proposed penalties
$18,605
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Earthmovers Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
38
inspections on record
503
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: 503 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 CRUSHING PLANT has $19K 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.
$19K
proposed penalties
$19K
current assessed
$19K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
113 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-09-26.
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.
25.7%
significant & substantial
8.0%
high negligence or reckless
25.7%
reasonably likely or greater
51.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 12.4% low, 79.6% moderate, 8.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
  • Stood as issued 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
$3K proposed, $3K 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 2011-03-01.
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
YORK 2011-119M Default Lesnick 2012 $3K → $3K
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: 2014-09-18, 11 years ago
100%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
7
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz11 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
Show the individual readings (7)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2004-03-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.56 0.53 2.94 Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-09-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2014-09-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-11-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-03-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-03-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2004-03-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader 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. Earthmovers Inc 1998 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2021 3
2020 3
2019 3
2018 2
2017 3
2016 3
2015 3
2014 3
2013 3
2012 3
2011 3
2010 3
2009 3
2008 5
2007 5
2006 6
2005 5
2004 5
2003 4
2002 3
2001 0
2000 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

PORTABLE CRUSHING PLANT sits in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut · Population 452,303
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$86,365
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
2021 Q4 205 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 326 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 629 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 305 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 300 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 389 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 708 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 440 0 0 0.0
Show 80 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q4 367 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 499 1 0 2004.0
2019 Q2 145 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 121 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 152 9 1 59210.5
2018 Q3 362 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 270 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 620 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 623 5 0 8025.7
2017 Q2 995 5 0 5025.1
2017 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 680 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 760 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 827 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,055 7 1 6635.1
2015 Q4 775 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 645 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 727 7 1 9628.6
2015 Q1 606 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 778 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 775 1 0 1290.3
2014 Q2 899 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 839 3 0 3575.7
2013 Q4 527 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 593 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 576 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 655 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 619 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 542 7 0 12915.1
2012 Q2 943 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 961 1 0 1040.6
2011 Q4 613 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 658 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,351 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 500 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 563 2 1 3552.4
2010 Q3 536 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 977 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,022 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 904 17 9 18805.3
2009 Q3 742 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,162 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 853 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,194 5 0 4187.6
2008 Q3 1,391 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,399 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,222 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,417 3 2 2117.1
2007 Q3 1,572 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,441 2 2 1387.9
2007 Q1 2,164 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,222 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,913 7 5 3659.2
2006 Q2 3,202 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,130 11 2 5164.3
2005 Q4 2,147 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,704 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,608 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,123 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,151 1 0 464.9
2004 Q3 1,632 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,274 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,629 9 3 5524.9
2003 Q4 1,774 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 833 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 970 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 438 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,189 6 2 5046.3
2002 Q3 748 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 340 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 180 3 0 16666.7
2001 Q4 320 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 0 1 0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1998 · 2 incidents

October 31, 1998 CT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Earthmovers Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BROKEN THUMB JAMMED WHILE USING PRY BAR TO MOVE ROCKS

October 5, 1998 CT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Earthmovers Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STRAINED MUSCLES @LEFT SHOULDER WHILE USING PRY BAR TO MOVE JAMMED ROCKS