Mining Incidents

Ball Road Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Knife River Corporation
Molalla, Clackamas County, OR  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3503771

Ball Road Quarry has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 10 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
16
Years on record
2012–2021
Latest incident
Mar 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
71
citations
15
significant & substantial
$19,551
proposed penalties
$18,253
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,298 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
42
inspections on record
569
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: 569 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Ball Road Quarry has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 10 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.
$20K
proposed penalties
$18K
current assessed
$18K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
71 assessments are final orders; 10 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-03.
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 3,757 1 0 266.2
2025 Q3 4,022 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,821 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 6,298 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,522 2 1 793.0
2024 Q3 2,535 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 4,296 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3,689 0 0 0.0
Show 49 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 4,090 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 6,451 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 10,613 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 9,831 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 9,255 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 9,666 2 0 206.9
2022 Q2 6,689 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 5,224 3 0 574.3
2021 Q4 5,064 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 6,379 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 7,779 4 2 514.2
2021 Q1 7,265 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 5,852 5 0 854.4
2020 Q3 9,782 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 7,467 7 4 937.5
2020 Q1 6,177 5 2 809.5
2019 Q4 5,521 1 1 181.1
2019 Q3 6,851 5 0 729.8
2019 Q2 7,460 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 5,560 6 1 1079.1
2018 Q4 5,642 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 7,287 1 0 137.2
2018 Q2 6,153 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 6,191 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 6,676 4 0 599.2
2017 Q3 7,543 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 8,245 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 7,123 1 0 140.4
2016 Q4 7,816 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 9,929 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 10,537 2 0 189.8
2016 Q1 7,650 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 5,991 3 1 500.8
2015 Q3 8,326 1 0 120.1
2015 Q2 8,149 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 5,425 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 5,468 4 1 731.5
2014 Q3 7,642 5 2 654.3
2014 Q2 6,763 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 4,182 3 0 717.4
2013 Q4 4,884 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 7,068 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 7,064 5 0 707.8
2013 Q1 5,119 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 5,275 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 6,370 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 6,208 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 5,060 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,987 1 0 334.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

16 on file

2021 · 1 incident

March 3, 2021 OR · Metal/Non-Metal dry screening plant operator, screen house operator MACHINERY
Baker Rock Resources · Struck by falling object

Employee was splitting a 336 slab when the slab dropped on the employee's foot.

2020 · 1 incident

January 29, 2020 OR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Baker Rock Resources · Struck against stationary object

Employee was removing a cutting edge bolt on a loader bucket and it cut a finger. Was wearing mechanics vinyl gloves.

2019 · 2 incidents

August 9, 2019 OR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Baker Rock Resources · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was palletizing and used their left knee to push on the stack of rocks to straighten them causing a bruise reported on 8/9/19. Employee requested medical attention on 8/12/19.

June 27, 2019 OR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Baker Rock Resources · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was palletizing landscaping rocks when EE felt a burning sting in the lower right side of the abdomen. The employee had hernia surgery early this year in February. EE was seen in urgent care at the Health Center that same day and had an ultrasound on 7/01/2019. Diagnosis was a strain in the lower right abdomen, no damage to the repaired hernia.

2018 · 2 incidents

July 30, 2018 OR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Baker Rock Resources · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was lifting roll of fencing to wrap pallets and as they sat down the roll they dropped the roll in a weird way and felt their shoulder pop.

May 17, 2018 OR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Baker Rock Resources · Struck against stationary object

Employee was using a pry-bar to dislodge a rock and their hand slipped and hit a piece of metal which sliced the right hand pinky finger.

2017 · 6 incidents

July 14, 2017 OR · Metal/Non-Metal dry screening plant operator, screen house operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Baker Rock Resources · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was pulling a rock from the sorting line to the discharge line and got finger caught between the rock and cross brace smashing the left ring finger.

May 27, 2017 OR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Baker Rock Resources · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was palletizing rocks when ee pulled a stone from pile and another shifted and smashed middle finger on right hand.

April 28, 2017 OR · Metal/Non-Metal dry screening plant operator, screen house operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Baker Rock Resources · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was processing stone and went to lift a piece of stone and felt a pain in their lower back. They refused medical at time of event. Employee went to doctor on 5/8/2017 and doctor put them on light duty.

April 8, 2017 OR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Baker Rock Resources · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was palletizing stone and as ee stood up after picking up a stone ee felt pain in lower back. Employee did not request medical attention for this until 4/17/17.

March 22, 2017 OR · Metal/Non-Metal dry screening plant operator, screen house operator OTHER
Baker Rock Resources · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was walking along and suddenly had a seizure. This was a pre-existing non disclosed issue. Doctor said there was no injury from the seizure and no secondary injury from falling. No equipment was running at this time.

March 17, 2017 OR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Baker Rock Resources · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee reported on 3/21/2017 that they pulled lower back muscle when employee twisted while moving product

2016 · 1 incident

November 1, 2016 OR · Metal/Non-Metal dry screening plant operator, screen house operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Baker Rock Resources · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was palletizing and as EE removed a stone from the pile to place on the pallet, another stone slid down and caught the employees right hand ring finger, crushing it.

2014 · 1 incident

September 15, 2014 OR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Baker Rock Resources · Struck by falling object

Stacking landscaping rocks on a pallet. As he grabbed a rock from the pile, a rock from above slid down and struck his hand bruising his third finger.

2012 · 2 incidents

October 12, 2012 OR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Baker Rock Resources · Struck by falling object

Employee was stacking rocks onto a pallet when a rock slipped and pinched his left middle finger. He received 3 stitches in his finger.

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