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Ball Road Quarry: 71 MSHA citations 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 $0 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
$18,404
paid to date
94% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,147 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Knife River Corporation-Northwest's full MSHA compliance history →
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 $0 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
$0
outstanding
71 assessments are final orders; 10 contested dockets.
Of $9K in penalties contested before the Commission, $7K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-03.
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.
21.1%
significant & substantial
2.8%
high negligence or reckless
22.5%
reasonably likely or greater
63.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 38.0% low, 59.2% moderate, 2.8% 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.
21 citations taken to the federal commission · 30% of citations on record
  • Settled 19 · 90%
  • Stood as issued 2 · 10%
89%
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 9 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
13%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$9K proposed, $7K 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 2021-08-19.
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 2021-0296 Settlement Manning 2021 $5K → $5K
WEST 2020-0344 Settlement 2020 $1K → $583
WEST 2015-0362 Settlement Miller 2015 $1K → $556
WEST 2014-1035 Settlement Barbour 2015 $668 → $600
WEST 2020-0239 Settlement Simonton 2020 $445 → $445
WEST 2020-0047 Dismissal McCarthy 2020 $242 → $242
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: 2026-05-27
12
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg8
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz4
Show the individual readings (12)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-05-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-05-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-10-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2024-10-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2021-04-14 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.27 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2021-04-14 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.24 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2021-04-14 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Truck Driver
2017-11-21 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2017-11-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2017-01-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2017-01-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-03-07 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.

Ball Road Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2023.

Injury rate, 2023
ⓘ 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 1.78 and the all-US-mining average was 2.10 cases per 100 workers.
In Oregon, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.50 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
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 7.55 7.55 0.000
2020 * 6.83 6.83 0.000
2019 * 7.88 7.88 0.000
2018 * 15.83 15.83 0.000
2017 * 33.80 27.04 0.000
2016 * 5.57 5.57 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. Baker Rock Resources 2011 to 2022
  2. Knife River Corporation-Northwest 2022 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 8
2025 7
2024 5
2023 11
2022 10
2021 11
2020 13
2019 12
2018 11
2017 13
2016 16
2015 13
2014 12
2013 13
2012 14
2011 9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Ball Road Quarry sits in Clackamas County, Oregon, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Clackamas County, Oregon · Population 422,308
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$100,360
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
2026 Q2 5,440 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 4,030 0 0 0.0
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
Show 51 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 4,296 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3,689 0 0 0.0
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 0 0 0.0
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.