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.
191 citations across 1,359 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Canby Pit has $93K in proposed MSHA penalties and $481 outstanding across 4 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.
$93K
proposed penalties
$83K
current assessed
$83K
paid to date
$481
outstanding
185 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $19K in penalties contested before the Commission, $9K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-11.
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.
9citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
Settled
7 · 78%
Stood as issued
1 · 11%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 11%
83%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 6 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
51%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$19K proposed, $9K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2020-10-22.
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: 2025-10-29
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
24
samples
6
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz8
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz5
Show the individual readings (24)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2025-10-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-10-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-10-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.3
Laborer, Bullgang
2023-03-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0
Utility Man
2023-03-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-03-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2018-06-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.49
2.75
0.54
Laborer, Bullgang
2018-06-06
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.26
Truck Driver
2017-06-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Shovel Operator
2017-06-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2017-06-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-03-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2014-03-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-03-05
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.23
Laborer, Bullgang
2009-06-02
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.32
2.58
0.12
Laborer, Bullgang
2009-06-02
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.71
2.47
0.29
Laborer, Bullgang
2009-06-02
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.08
2.7
0.40
Laborer, Bullgang
2005-04-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-04-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.29
2.24
0.13
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-04-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.39
2.6
0.15
Laborer, Bullgang
2002-04-09
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.16
Supervisor, Co. Official
2002-04-09
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
1.03
Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-04-09
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.29
Cleanup Man
2002-04-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe 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.
Canby Pit recorded 15.22 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ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.
15.22
total case rate
5.07
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Oregon, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.35 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
2025 *
15.22
5.07
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
5.47
0.00
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
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
2026
20
2025
18
2024
20
2023
20
2022
18
2021
16
2020
15
2019
14
2018
14
2017
11
2016
10
2015
10
2014
12
2013
11
2012
11
2011
10
2010
11
2009
11
2008
15
2007
17
2006
14
2005
13
2004
12
2003
12
2002
11
2001
12
2000
10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Canby Pit 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
10,218
1
0
97.9
2026 Q1
10,079
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
9,327
5
3
536.1
2025 Q3
9,614
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
10,271
3
0
292.1
2025 Q1
10,209
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
10,386
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
10,752
0
0
0.0
Show 95 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
10,914
2
0
183.3
2024 Q1
9,882
1
0
101.2
2023 Q4
9,981
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
10,999
2
0
181.8
2023 Q2
11,290
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
10,374
3
0
289.2
2022 Q4
11,310
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
11,252
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
10,817
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
9,630
5
0
519.2
2021 Q4
9,172
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
9,662
7
1
724.5
2021 Q2
8,824
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
8,874
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
8,230
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
6,600
6
2
909.1
2020 Q2
7,951
14
0
1760.8
2020 Q1
9,543
6
1
628.7
2019 Q4
6,448
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
7,227
18
2
2490.7
2019 Q2
9,200
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
5,604
3
0
535.3
2018 Q4
9,904
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
8,784
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
7,972
2
0
250.9
2018 Q1
8,170
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
7,376
2
0
271.1
2017 Q3
6,918
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
7,161
2
1
279.3
2017 Q1
7,650
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
6,539
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
7,149
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
7,144
2
0
280.0
2016 Q1
5,211
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
5,871
3
0
511.0
2015 Q3
6,096
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
6,692
1
0
149.4
2015 Q1
5,793
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
6,150
4
1
650.4
2014 Q3
6,844
4
1
584.5
2014 Q2
6,996
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
6,695
2
0
298.7
2013 Q4
5,918
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
6,435
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
6,799
1
0
147.1
2013 Q1
7,437
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
7,992
3
0
375.4
2012 Q3
7,132
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
7,117
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
5,367
2
0
372.6
2011 Q4
5,511
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
6,455
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
6,245
2
0
320.3
2011 Q1
5,190
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
4,840
3
0
619.8
2010 Q3
4,883
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
7,640
1
0
130.9
2010 Q1
5,298
1
0
188.8
2009 Q4
5,538
4
1
722.3
2009 Q3
7,721
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
5,611
3
1
534.7
2009 Q1
5,705
2
0
350.6
2008 Q4
5,235
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
7,442
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
6,691
13
8
1942.9
2008 Q1
8,043
1
0
124.3
2007 Q4
7,987
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
9,513
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
10,131
2
0
197.4
2007 Q1
9,550
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
7,950
2
1
251.6
2006 Q3
8,901
3
0
337.0
2006 Q2
8,148
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
8,083
2
0
247.4
2005 Q4
7,214
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
7,891
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
8,166
1
1
122.5
2005 Q1
8,006
1
0
124.9
2004 Q4
7,908
1
0
126.5
2004 Q3
7,542
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
5,247
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
4,132
1
0
242.0
2003 Q4
6,642
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
6,751
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
6,644
2
0
301.0
2003 Q1
6,278
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
6,776
1
0
147.6
2002 Q3
7,479
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
7,923
5
0
631.1
2002 Q1
7,110
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
8,272
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
8,470
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
6,269
2
0
319.0
2001 Q1
7,472
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
6,774
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
11 on file
2025 · 4 incidents
November 11, 2025OR · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cutter AGG driver (NOT Heidelberg employee) proceeded to the pit loading area and exited the truck to correct an issue with the gate locking system. While attempting to engage the gate latch manually, the latch moved unexpectedly, causing the gate to slam shut and crush the end of the driver's middle finger. The driver immediately left the facility to seek medical attention.
September 10, 2025OR · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
IE and a Peterson CAT Mechanic were torquing bolts on a 980G at the wheel ends. On the last bolt when EE went to torque down there was a miss communication and IE had IE's middle finger on IE's right hand in the way and it got smashed on the downward movement of the torque wrench.
August 22, 2025OR · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was working in the de watering screen and when they went to lift up a water sprayer it caught on floor level and an abrupt stop happened. They felt no injury but later that night around 7pm they started to have some pain.
March 19, 2025OR · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
Employee was using an air chisel to remove a broken bolt and a piece of shrapnel came out from the area of work and got lodged into the worker's left forearm about an inch deep. The air tool was inspected by a service company and it was determined that debris did not come out of the tool.
2024 · 1 incident
April 12, 2024OR · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Two employees were replacing return rollers on the #3 pit conveyor. When dropping one end of the roller in place an employee felt themselves overextend left arm causing pain in shoulder area. Employee worked the remainder of the shift without further incident. Employee elected self care until decided to be seen at a clinic 03/22/2021 and received physical therapy.
2012 · 1 incident
November 8, 2012OR · Metal/Non-Metalquality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistantHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was replacing a return roller with another employee. The injured employee placed his end of the return roller in the bracket the other employee did also but his end did not fall into place instead the return roller fell to the ground pinching the injured employees finger in between the return roller bracket and the return roller. The tip of the finger was amputated.
2009 · 2 incidents
December 14, 2009OR · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EE hit a d-7 rail link with a 5lb hammer this caused a piece of shrapnel to fly and lodge under injured EE's skin at the right temple. The piece of metal was 1/4-1/2 inch in length
October 6, 2009OR · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
Employee was attemping to latch down the hood on a motor grader, While doing so the engine fan caught the sleeve on his coverall pulling his forearm into the fan. He recieved 49 stitches 9 of them internal and the rest external
2007 · 1 incident
January 15, 2007OR · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
The employee was replacing bolts on the cone screen wear plate. He was using a 1/2" ratchet with extension lying on the catwalk to access the bolt on the bottom side. The socket slipped off the bolt and the ratchet handle hit him in the nose resulting in a contusion.
2006 · 1 incident
May 5, 2006OR · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE was installing a hood lift assembly on the 988G loader. After connecting the pin & spring clip to the cylinder end of the assembly & the hood, he proceeded to place the clip & pin on the rear assembly end. Pin would not go through. EE attempted to align the pin by activating the hood to relieve pressure. The hood raised, the pin popped out & his hand was caught in the machine.
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