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PORTABLE PEGSON CRUSHER: 86 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Daniel Stoughton
Torrington, Litchfield County, CT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 0600751

PORTABLE PEGSON CRUSHER has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2020
Latest incident
Jul 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
86
citations
25
significant & substantial
$25,689
proposed penalties
$25,689
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See MOUNTAIN TOP TRUCKING's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
23
inspections on record
359
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: 359 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2021-12-01.
On record since 2021.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

PORTABLE PEGSON CRUSHER has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$26K
proposed penalties
$26K
current assessed
$26K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
81 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-19.
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.
29.4%
significant & substantial
10.6%
high negligence or reckless
29.4%
reasonably likely or greater
42.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 32.9% low, 56.5% moderate, 10.6% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2023-03-07, 3 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
12
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg8
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (12)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-03-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2023-03-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-12-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-12-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-06-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-02-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Shovel Operator
2017-02-28 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.27 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-06-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2015-06-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.98 0.13 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2015-06-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2009-03-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.5 0.32 Shovel Operator
2009-03-25 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. Mountain Top Trucking 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 5
2025 5
2024 5
2023 5
2022 5
2021 4
2020 4
2019 3
2018 3
2017 4
2016 4
2015 3
2014 2
2013 1
2012 3
2011 2
2010 2
2009 3
2008 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

PORTABLE PEGSON CRUSHER sits in Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut · Population 112,848
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$91,035
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
2026 Q2 1,391 4 1 2875.6
2026 Q1 925 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,837 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,516 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 944 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,806 2 1 1107.4
2024 Q3 2,094 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,064 0 0 0.0
Show 63 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q1 1,243 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,100 4 0 1904.8
2023 Q3 1,728 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,717 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,362 8 1 5873.7
2022 Q4 1,663 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,974 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,674 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,165 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,564 19 8 12148.3
2021 Q3 1,862 6 0 3222.3
2021 Q2 987 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 632 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,985 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,810 10 4 5524.9
2020 Q2 1,833 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 820 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 493 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 857 1 0 1166.9
2019 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 540 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 610 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 266 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 466 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,522 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 566 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 34 3 0 88235.3
2016 Q4 401 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 568 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 464 1 0 2155.2
2016 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 368 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 276 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 116 4 3 34482.8
2015 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 226 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 248 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 256 1 0 3906.2
2014 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 192 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 146 2 1 13698.6
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 8 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 215 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 100 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 127 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 394 1 0 2538.1
2011 Q3 145 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 9 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 257 7 1 27237.4
2010 Q3 327 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 36 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 254 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 838 1 1 1193.3
2009 Q3 968 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,024 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 188 8 3 42553.2
2008 Q4 617 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 246 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2020 · 1 incident

July 8, 2020 CT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mountain Top Trucking · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Customer cut finger on tailgate, received three stitches, slight fracture.