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115 Portable: 50 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Rogers Northwest Inc
Tualatin, Washington County, OR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3503303

115 Portable has $6K 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
0
Years on record
—
Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
50
citations
6
significant & substantial
$5,847
proposed penalties
$5,847
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Tigard Sand & Gravel LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
17
inspections on record
255
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: 255 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

115 Portable has $6K 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
50 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $650 in penalties contested before the Commission, $650 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-12-14.
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.
12.0%
significant & substantial
2.0%
high negligence or reckless
12.0%
reasonably likely or greater
68.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 16.0% low, 82.0% moderate, 2.0% 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.
5 citations taken to the federal commission · 10% of citations on record
  • Settled 5 · 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
$650 proposed, $650 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 2008-07-15.
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
WEST 2008-1001M Settlement Barbour 2010 $300 → $300
WEST 2008-1296M Settlement Barbour 2010 $200 → $200
WEST 2008-1295M Settlement Barbour 2010 $150 → $150
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: 2009-12-15, 16 years ago
9
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz7
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (9)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2009-12-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2009-12-15 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.26 Iron Worker
2006-02-28 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.43 Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-02-28 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.24 Laborer, Bullgang
2006-02-28 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.3 Truck Driver
2005-05-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-05-26 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-05-26 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.25 Laborer, Bullgang
2005-05-26 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.82 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.

115 Portable recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2007.

Injury rate, 2007
ⓘ 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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.30 and the all-US-mining average was 3.77 cases per 100 workers.
In Oregon, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.66 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
2007 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2006 * 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.
Ownership history
  1. Circle Construction Company 1988 to 2004
  2. Tigard Sand & Gravel LLC 2004 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2009 8
2008 13
2007 13
2006 14
2005 11
2003 1
2002 1
2001 8
2000 15
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

115 Portable sits in Washington County, Oregon, 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.
Washington County, Oregon · Population 600,266
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$104,434
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
2009 Q4 447 3 1 6711.4
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 946 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,178 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,234 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,000 3 1 1000.0
2008 Q1 3,401 2 0 588.1
2007 Q4 4,988 0 0 0.0
Show 25 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2007 Q3 5,536 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 6,279 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 6,787 8 3 1178.7
2006 Q4 6,255 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 5,205 6 0 1152.7
2006 Q2 5,596 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 6,311 5 0 792.3
2005 Q4 4,836 1 0 206.8
2005 Q3 4,252 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,473 4 0 1151.7
2005 Q1 2,096 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 41 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 12 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 283 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 607 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 430 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,489 7 1 2812.4
2001 Q1 868 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,322 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,884 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,778 11 0 2302.2
2000 Q1 4,214 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.