Bedrock Mine Site has $67K 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
1
Years on record
2012
Latest incident
May 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
50
citations
15
significant & substantial
$67,003
proposed penalties
$48,270
paid to date
72% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $18,733 gap.
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: 275 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘA Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2016-03-16.
On record since 2016.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
Bedrock Mine Site has $67K 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.
$67K
proposed penalties
$48K
current assessed
$48K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
48 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $59K in penalties contested before the Commission, $40K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-10-29.
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.
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.
8citations taken to the federal commission · 16% of citations on record
Settled
7 · 88%
Stood as issued
1 · 13%
40%
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 5 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
32%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$59K proposed, $40K 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 2013-08-02.
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.
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: 2010-12-15, 15 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
2
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (2)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2010-12-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-12-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.12
0.62
0.19
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2020
3
2019
3
2018
3
2016
5
2012
4
2011
3
2010
3
2009
2
2008
1
2007
0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Bedrock Mine Site sits in Curry County, Oregon, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Curry County, Oregon · Population 23,463
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$64,769
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
2020 Q2
143
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
130
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
213
1
0
4694.8
2019 Q3
272
5
1
18382.4
2019 Q2
198
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
132
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
130
1
0
7692.3
2016 Q1
181
14
4
77348.1
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2012 Q4
80
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
745
7
1
9396.0
2012 Q2
390
3
1
7692.3
2012 Q1
336
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
0
0
0
2011 Q3
190
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
932
5
1
5364.8
2011 Q1
417
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
678
10
4
14749.3
2010 Q3
3,233
4
3
1237.2
2010 Q2
0
0
0
2010 Q1
0
0
0
2009 Q4
272
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
688
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
0
0
0
2009 Q1
192
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
0
0
0
2008 Q2
64
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
336
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
0
0
0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2012 · 1 incident
May 3, 2012OR · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanELECTRICAL
Worker was cleaning leads to starter for crusher and failed to lock out. Company has a Lockout-Tagout policy. Electrical arc caused starter to blow up. Worker suffered burns to face and hands.
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