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Albany Rock Products: 30 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Knife River · Surface
Controlled by Knife River Corporation
ALBANY, Linn County, OR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3500453

Albany Rock Products has $3K 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
7
Years on record
1990–2001
Latest incident
Oct 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
30
citations
3
significant & substantial
$2,764
proposed penalties
$2,764
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Knife River's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
21
inspections on record
195
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: 195 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Albany Rock Products has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
30 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-10-23.
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.
10.0%
significant & substantial
6.7%
high negligence or reckless
10.0%
reasonably likely or greater
60.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 16.7% low, 76.7% moderate, 6.7% 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: 2004-10-14, 21 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
7
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (7)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2004-10-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2004-10-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2004-10-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2004-10-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.93 0.13 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-10-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 1.12 0.13 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-10-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-10-28 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.

Albany Rock Products recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2005.

Injury rate, 2005
ⓘ 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 3.76 and the all-US-mining average was 4.21 cases per 100 workers.
In Oregon, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 4.22 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
2005 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2004 * 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. Morse Brothers Inc 1950 to 1998
  2. Knife River 1998 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2008 1
2007 5
2006 11
2005 12
2004 9
2003 6
2002 11
2001 6
2000 9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Albany Rock Products sits in Linn 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.
Linn County, Oregon · Population 129,794
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$73,396
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
2008 Q4 518 4 2 7722.0
2008 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 95 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 925 1 0 1081.1
2007 Q2 3,255 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 5,583 0 0 0.0
Show 28 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2006 Q4 6,101 3 1 491.7
2006 Q3 3,501 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,784 4 0 1436.8
2006 Q1 4,974 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 4,626 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 7,448 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,846 5 0 1031.8
2005 Q1 5,647 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 6,660 7 0 1051.1
2004 Q3 8,285 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 6,431 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,453 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,129 1 0 242.2
2003 Q3 2,162 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,247 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 5,492 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,215 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,500 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,069 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,664 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,245 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,931 1 0 202.8
2001 Q2 2,395 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,261 1 0 442.3
2000 Q4 3,068 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 5,341 1 0 187.2
2000 Q2 5,515 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,871 2 0 516.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2001 · 1 incident

October 3, 2001 OR · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Knife River · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HEARING LOSS, NOT FROM INSTANTANEOUS EXPOSURE.

2000 · 2 incidents

October 12, 2000 OR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Knife River · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STEPPING OUT OF LOADER & TWISTED ANKLE

April 11, 2000 OR · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Knife River · Fall from machine

CLIMBING INTO LOADER OFF OF A CEMENT BLOCK, SLIPPED AND CUT LEFT SHIN ON THE EDGE OF THE CEMENT BLOCK.

1996 · 1 incident

April 25, 1996 OR · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Morse Brothers Inc · Struck by flying object

STICK PICKING CLAY BALLS FROM CONVEYOR BELT WITHA SHOVEL. SHOVEL GOT STUCK IN CLAY ON BELT AND PULLED OUT OF MY HANDS. SHOVEL HIT HANDLE ON INSIDE SHACK WALL, BOUNCED ON ITS WAY BACK UP AND ST RUCK MY FACE (CHIN, MOUTH AND NOSE).

1995 · 2 incidents

October 20, 1995 OR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Morse Brothers Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM EXCAVATOR, SLIPPED ON MUDDY TRACK, LANDED ON UNEVEN GROUND, TWISTING HIS RIGHT KNEE.

October 18, 1995 OR · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Morse Brothers Inc · Struck against a moving object

WORKER WAS DRIVER PIT TRUCK AT ALBANY PLANT, ENTERING PIT EMPTY WHEN WENT OVER LARGE BUMP AND WAS LIFTED OUT OF HIS SEAT, CAME DOWN HARD AND INJURED LEFT TESTICAL AND GROIN AREA.

1990 · 1 incident

October 30, 1990 OR · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Morse Brothers Inc · Fall from machine

WEATHER-RAIN,STEADY DOWNPOUR ALL DAY.OPERATING TRACKHOE.WHEN FINISHED PARKED MACHINE AND STEPPED OUT ON MUDDY WET TRACK.SLIPPED ,STEPPED BACKWARDS FALLING BACKWARDS OFF MACHINE.THERE ARE NO ST EPS TO ASSIST IN ENTERING OR EXITING MACHINE.