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Oregon Rock Products Incorporated: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Clark Frank
Washington County, OR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3502759

Oregon Rock Products Incorporated has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1984.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1984
Latest incident
Sep 1984
Ownership history
  1. Dale'S Sand & Gravel Company Inc 1950 to 1981
  2. Tonquin Quarry Company 1981 to 1983
  3. Oregon Rock Products Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1984 13
1983 9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Oregon Rock Products Incorporated 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.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1984 · 1 incident

September 26, 1984 OR · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Oregon Rock Products Inc · Struck by flying object

AT 12:30 PM SUPERINTENDENT NOTIFIED ALL EMPLOYEES THAT A BLAST WOULD TAKE PLACE AT 1:00PM. AT 12:55PM J&S EXPLOSIVESREP TOLD EVERYONE TO CLEAR THE AREA FOR A BLAST IN 5MIN.REP FROM J&S SAID EV EVERYONE WAS IN A SAFE PLACE EXCEPT I NAME WHOM THEY HAD MOVE FURTHER AWAY FROM THE AREA.THE BLAST SCATTERED ROCK OVER THE ENTIRE \SAFE ZONE\WHERE ALL THE MEN PICKUP TRUCKS AND CRUSHER WERE.A