Mining Incidents

Baker Creek Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Keri Leavitt
Powers, Coos County, OR  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3503967

Baker Creek has $55K in proposed MSHA penalties and $23K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2024
45
citations
12
significant & substantial
$54,591
proposed penalties
$31,142
paid to date
57% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $23,449 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2024
5
inspections on record
152
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: 152 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Baker Creek has $55K in proposed MSHA penalties and $23K outstanding across 2 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.
$55K
proposed penalties
$55K
current assessed
$31K
paid to date
$23K
outstanding
42 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 5,551 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 5,389 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 5,035 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 8,140 14 3 1719.9
2024 Q4 6,313 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,503 8 0 3196.2

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.

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