Mining Incidents

Barlow Sand & Gravel LLC: 34 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Barlow Sand and Gravel LLC · Surface
Cave Junction, Josephine County, OR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3503616

Barlow Sand & Gravel LLC has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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 2006
34
citations
10
significant & substantial
$4,187
proposed penalties
$4,187
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
8
inspections on record
114
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: 114 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Barlow Sand & Gravel LLC has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
34 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-08-10.
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.
29.4%
significant & substantial
2.9%
high negligence or reckless
29.4%
reasonably likely or greater
64.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 14.7% low, 82.4% moderate, 2.9% 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.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 9% of citations on record
  • Stood as issued 3 · 100%
100%
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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $1K 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 2010-11-30.
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 2008-723M Default Lesnick 2010 $807 → $807
WEST 2011-272M Dismissal Miller 2012 $243 → $243
WEST 2008-724M Default Lesnick 2010 $100 → $100
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Barlow Sand and Gravel LLC 2005 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2011 3
2010 2
2009 2
2008 5
2007 3
2006 3
2005 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Barlow Sand & Gravel LLC sits in Josephine 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.
Josephine County, Oregon · Population 88,069
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$59,097
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 208 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 960 1 0 1041.7
2011 Q2 339 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 366 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 0 5 2
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
Show 19 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q4 92 1 0 10869.6
2009 Q3 137 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,085 6 2 5530.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 1,268 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,020 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 345 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 2 1
2007 Q4 197 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 475 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 905 10 2 11049.7
2007 Q1 741 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 625 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 546 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,864 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,065 9 3 4358.4
2005 Q4 2,304 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,294 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,334 0 0 0.0

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.