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: 360 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
BEAVER PORTABLE has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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
53 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-07-16.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2005-07-13, 21 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
7
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (7)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2005-07-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.96
1.88
0.51
Cleanup Man
2005-07-13
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.19
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-06-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.58
1.02
0.57
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-06-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-06-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.36
1.01
0.36
Laborer, Bullgang
2003-06-11
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.45
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-08-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.47
0.79
0.59
Laborer, Bullgang
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.
BEAVER PORTABLE recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2006.
Injury rate, 2006
ⓘ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 3.41 and the all-US-mining average was 3.91 cases per 100 workers.
In Oregon, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.42 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
2006 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2005 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2004 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2003 *
14.19
7.10
0.000
2002 *
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2009
0
2008
4
2007
9
2006
10
2005
12
2004
9
2003
12
2002
9
2001
9
2000
6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
BEAVER PORTABLE sits in Douglas County, Oregon, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Douglas County, Oregon · Population 111,807
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$58,983
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
2009 Q2
0
0
0
2009 Q1
0
0
0
2008 Q4
0
0
0
2008 Q3
1,607
2
0
1244.6
2008 Q2
2,276
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
3,644
2
0
548.8
2007 Q4
3,012
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
3,694
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2007 Q2
1,662
5
1
3008.4
2007 Q1
6,353
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
4,625
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
6,640
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
3,825
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
5,401
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
5,537
1
0
180.6
2005 Q3
6,140
3
0
488.6
2005 Q2
5,286
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
9,096
7
0
769.6
2004 Q4
4,883
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
7,233
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
5,744
2
1
348.2
2004 Q1
10,746
2
0
186.1
2003 Q4
6,484
1
0
154.2
2003 Q3
6,360
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
6,339
4
1
631.0
2003 Q1
9,002
3
0
333.3
2002 Q4
4,998
1
0
200.1
2002 Q3
5,784
6
0
1037.3
2002 Q2
4,723
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
5,034
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
3,773
5
3
1325.2
2001 Q3
4,839
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
5,396
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
3,746
4
0
1067.8
2000 Q4
2,331
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
2,509
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
3,269
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
3,937
5
1
1270.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
26 on file
2007 · 1 incident
February 12, 2007OR · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
CLEANING ROCK FROM AROUND A BELT WHEN A 4" ROCK FELL FROM FEEDER AND BELT AND HIT HIM IN THE BACK.
June 6, 2000OR · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS GOING UP STAIRS TO CHECK CONE WHEN 3RD STEP FROM TOP BROKE. EMPLOYEE FELL THROUGH LANDING ON RIGHT SIDE ON NEXT STEP. HE TWISTED HIS BACK AND IT KNOCKED THE AIR OUT OF HIM. HIS CLOTHING WAS CAUGHT ON EQUIPMENT. HE WAS LIFTED UP AND HIS CLOTHING PULLED FREE.
January 24, 2000OR · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
HAND RAIL ON TRUCK HAD BEEN BENT AND WAS NOT ALLOWING THE DOOR TO CLOSE EASILY. EE PLACED RIGHT HAND ON RAIL AND PULLED DOOR CLOSED WITH LEFT HAND. RIGHT THUMB WAS BETWEEN HAND RAIL AND DOOR. CAUSING THUMB TO BE SMASHED AND CUT.
March 25, 1999OR · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING TO UNPLUG GRIZZLY BAR ON FEEDER. HAD AREA LOCKED AND FLAGGED OFF. LOADER CAME TO DUMP, WAIVED OFF SO NO LOAD DUMPED. LOADER OPERATOR SAW INJURED EMPLOYEE AT TOOL SHACK SO HE WENT BACK UP AND DUMPED LOAD. EMPLOYEE HAD GOTTEN BACK IN AREA AND HAD SOME ROCKS DUMPED ON HIM.
March 18, 1999OR · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WENT UP CATWALK TO UNPLUG SHOOT, PUT LEFT FOOT ON STEP & RIGHT FOOT ON GUARD RAIL RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED & FELL ON HAND RAIL & BROKE RIB IN RIGHT SID
1998 · 4 incidents
July 21, 1998OR · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
DISMANTLING EQUIPMENT WHILE STANDING ON A CATWALK. WAS USING A PRY BAR TO EXERT PRESSURE ON STRIPPING. BAR SLIPPED, VICTIM LOST BALANCE AND FELL FROM CATWALK TO GROUND, ABOUT 10' DROP. IGHT CLAVICLE SEPARATION.
1996 · 2 incidents
August 7, 1996OR · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
WORKING ON A 980 LOADER WHEN PRY BAR SLIPPED AND BENT LEFT HAND THUMB BACK ON WRIST CAUSING STRAIN. REPORTED TO OFFICE 1-20-95 AFTER DOCTOR OFFICE VISIT ON 1-18-95.
1992 · 1 incident
April 22, 1992OR · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorMACHINERY
PINCHED FINGERS BETWEEN BELT AND DRIVE PULLEY WHEN PULLING HIMSELF UP TO SEE IF A SEAL WAS LEAKING.
1990 · 2 incidents
October 12, 1990OR · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON