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Portable Unit #1: 90 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Keith B Foote
WEARE, Hillsborough County, NH  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2700299

Portable Unit #1 has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $846 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
2010
Latest incident
Apr 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
90
citations
14
significant & substantial
$12,754
proposed penalties
$11,908
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $846 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Big Foote Crushing LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
44
inspections on record
426
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: 426 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 Unit #1 has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $846 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$846
outstanding
89 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-21.
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.
15.6%
significant & substantial
20.0%
high negligence or reckless
15.6%
reasonably likely or greater
48.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 3.3% low, 76.7% moderate, 20.0% 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: 2005-07-13, 21 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
2
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2005-07-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.5 0.6 0.83 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-07-13 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. C J Bolton Inc 1992 to 2004
  2. Big Foote Crushing LLC 2004 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 4
2024 4
2023 3
2022 3
2021 3
2020 4
2019 4
2018 5
2017 5
2016 5
2015 5
2014 4
2013 5
2012 5
2011 3
2010 4
2009 4
2008 4
2007 5
2006 4
2005 5
2004 5
2003 5
2002 5
2001 5
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Portable Unit #1 sits in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, 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.
Hillsborough County, New Hampshire · Population 424,732
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$100,436
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 Q1 41 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 708 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 622 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 389 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 338 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 337 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 350 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 377 5 0 13262.6
Show 93 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q1 368 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 223 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 259 4 0 15444.0
2023 Q2 401 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 314 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 288 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 322 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 355 2 0 5633.8
2022 Q1 174 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 300 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 60 4 1 66666.7
2021 Q2 377 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 527 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 393 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 708 1 0 1412.4
2020 Q2 256 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 228 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 537 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 473 4 1 8456.7
2019 Q2 188 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 841 3 1 3567.2
2018 Q2 1,121 1 0 892.1
2018 Q1 1,068 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 936 16 4 17094.0
2017 Q3 818 1 0 1222.5
2017 Q2 1,461 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,036 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 961 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,405 1 0 711.7
2016 Q2 988 1 0 1012.1
2016 Q1 874 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 685 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 931 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 967 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 896 4 2 4464.3
2014 Q4 879 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 944 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 845 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 522 3 0 5747.1
2013 Q4 1,129 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,492 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,114 5 0 4488.3
2013 Q1 1,391 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 908 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,328 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,708 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,756 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,222 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,466 1 0 682.1
2011 Q2 722 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 15 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 485 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 618 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 550 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 508 7 3 13779.5
2009 Q4 391 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 386 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 538 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 693 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,136 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,215 3 0 2469.1
2008 Q2 1,018 2 0 1964.6
2008 Q1 125 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 756 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,314 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,653 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,245 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,138 7 0 6151.1
2006 Q3 1,706 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,757 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,012 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,339 1 0 427.5
2005 Q3 2,888 2 0 692.5
2005 Q2 2,232 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 441 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,820 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,341 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,188 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,109 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,282 1 0 438.2
2003 Q3 2,328 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,494 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 498 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,718 2 1 735.8
2002 Q3 2,728 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,619 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,310 2 1 865.8
2001 Q4 2,973 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,640 4 0 1515.2
2001 Q2 2,242 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 270 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,770 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 170 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2010 · 1 incident

April 16, 2010 NH · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Big Foote Crushing LLC · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee thought he had indigestion, was not feeling well. Approximately 1/2 hour later, he was walking to service truck to sit down. He grabbed his chest and fell to his knees. CPR was performed and 911 was called.