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Angell Quarry: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Knife River Corporation
Linnton, Multnomah County, OR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3503465

Angell Quarry has $37K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 7 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1998–2005
Latest incident
Jun 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
95
citations
16
significant & substantial
$36,887
proposed penalties
$26,609
paid to date
72% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $10,278 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Knife River Corporation - Northwest's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
40
inspections on record
726
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: 726 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Angell Quarry has $37K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 7 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.
$37K
proposed penalties
$27K
current assessed
$27K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
94 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
Of $29K in penalties contested before the Commission, $19K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-10-05.
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.
17.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
16.0%
reasonably likely or greater
63.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 28.7% low, 71.3% moderate, 0.0% 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.
9 citations taken to the federal commission · 9% of citations on record
  • Settled 7 · 78%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 2 · 22%
60%
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 5 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
36%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$29K proposed, $19K 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 2010-01-19.
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 2007-289M Settlement Barbour 2007 $28K → $18K
WEST 2009-151M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $540 → $270
WEST 2005-174M Settlement Lesnick 2005 $238 → $178
WEST 2007-542M Withdrawal Barbour 2008 $191 → $0
WEST 2007-543M Settlement Barbour 2008 $120 → $120
WEST 2009-684M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $108 → $100
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: 2006-07-25, 20 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
14
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz10
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (14)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2006-07-25 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.31 Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-06-15 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.32 Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-06-15 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.68 Backhoe Operator
2006-06-15 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.27 Cleanup Man
2005-10-26 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-10-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 0.74 0.47 Laborer, Bullgang
2005-10-26 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.31 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-10-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2004-06-29 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.28 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-06-29 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-06-29 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.36 Bulldozer Operator
2002-12-04 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-12-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.23 3.13 0.39 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-12-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
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.

Angell Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2008.

Injury rate, 2008
ⓘ 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
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.15 and the all-US-mining average was 3.61 cases per 100 workers.
In Oregon, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.60 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
2008 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2007 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2006 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2005 * 5.95 5.95 5.947
2004 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2000 * 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. Knife River Corporation - Northwest 1998 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2011 7
2010 3
2009 8
2008 13
2007 15
2006 14
2005 12
2004 13
2003 7
2002 8
2001 9
2000 13
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Angell Quarry sits in Multnomah 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.
Multnomah County, Oregon · Population 803,863
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$86,247
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
2011 Q4 511 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,491 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 7,522 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 4,616 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,435 2 1 1393.7
2010 Q3 1,016 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,014 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,616 0 0 0.0
Show 40 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q4 1,558 5 1 3209.2
2009 Q3 1,691 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,625 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 8,336 1 0 120.0
2008 Q4 6,217 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 11,896 1 1 84.1
2008 Q2 7,912 3 0 379.2
2008 Q1 9,161 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 9,515 2 0 210.2
2007 Q3 10,633 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 12,513 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 8,354 2 0 239.4
2006 Q4 9,661 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 10,355 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 6,595 5 0 758.2
2006 Q1 7,158 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 9,465 2 0 211.3
2005 Q3 9,769 3 1 307.1
2005 Q2 6,782 2 1 294.9
2005 Q1 7,615 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 6,436 10 1 1553.8
2004 Q3 6,606 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 6,095 10 3 1640.7
2004 Q1 6,831 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,337 4 0 922.3
2003 Q3 3,803 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,515 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,077 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,463 3 1 866.3
2002 Q3 3,680 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,143 7 3 3266.4
2002 Q1 3,622 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,902 4 0 1025.1
2001 Q3 4,689 4 0 853.1
2001 Q2 5,176 16 0 3091.2
2001 Q1 5,878 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 6,759 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 6,933 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 6,458 1 0 154.8
2000 Q1 5,652 2 0 353.9

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
June 27, 2005 OR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · MACHINERY
Knife River Corporation - Northwest · Struck against a moving object

The victim was operating a track dozer to clean off a drill bench in preparation for drilling. The bench was 45 feet above the quarry floor. Apparently the victim was attmpting to turn the dozer around on the bench, backed off this area, and fell to the quarry floor.

Reportable incidents

5 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2002 · 1 incident

July 3, 2002 OR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Knife River Corporation - Northwest · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKER WAS CLIMBING INTO A HOPPER OFF THE END OF A SCALP SCREEN. HE LOWERED HIMSELF DOWN WITH HIS ARMS AND TWISTED TO GET A FOOTING. HE FELT A PULL IN LOWER BACK.

1999 · 3 incidents

May 13, 1999 OR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Knife River Corporation - Northwest · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS INSTALLING A WEAR PLATE AND WHEN HE WENT TO RE-RIG THE CABLE IT SLIPPED DOWN SMASHING AND CUTTING EMPLOYEE'S LEFT MIDDLE FINGER. SURGERY IS REQUIRED. IN 2/98 EMPLOYEE CUT END OFF SAME FINGER

February 18, 1999 OR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Knife River Corporation - Northwest · Struck against stationary object

WAS CLEANING IN TUNNEL AND NOTICED ROCK UNDER SIDE OF BELT. WENT TO PULL EMERGENCY STOP AND STEPPED ON ROCK BURIED IN MUD AND SPRAINED ANKLE.

January 20, 1999 OR · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Knife River Corporation - Northwest · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON IMPACT PLATE ON SCALP SCREEN TIGHTENING BOLT WITH HAMMER & HIT FINGER BRUISING IT (L(POINTER FINGER

1998 · 1 incident

November 23, 1998 OR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Knife River Corporation - Northwest · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED EE WAS HOLDING ONTO A WASHER ON A BOLT & HAD AIR GUN ON NUT WENT TO PULL NUT AND WASHER ANBD NUT STUCK TO BOLT WHICH TWISTED WASHER AROUND AND CUT LEFT THUMB WHICH REQUIRED 5 STITCHES.