Canby Sand & Gravel DBA CalPortland has $202K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 14 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
17
Years on record
1992–2025
Latest incident
Sep 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
282
citations
69
significant & substantial
$201,620
proposed penalties
$132,481
paid to date
66% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $69,139 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.
282 citations across 1,566 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Canby Sand & Gravel DBA CalPortland has $202K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 14 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.
$202K
proposed penalties
$134K
current assessed
$132K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
277 assessments are final orders; 14 contested dockets.
Of $112K in penalties contested before the Commission, $44K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-20.
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.
45citations taken to the federal commission · 16% of citations on record
Settled
43 · 96%
Stood as issued
2 · 4%
71%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 24 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
61%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$112K proposed, $44K 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 2020-04-30.
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.
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: 2026-05-20
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
16
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg8
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz6
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (16)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2026-05-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2026-05-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-05-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-05-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2024-05-09
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.21
Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-07-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2017-07-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2013-08-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2013-08-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.38
2.05
0.19
Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-01-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.46
2.42
0.19
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-08-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-08-30
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.19
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-08-30
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.33
Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-07-18
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.32
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-07-18
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.46
Truck Driver
2002-07-18
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.45
Crusher Oper/Worker
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 Sand & Gravel DBA CalPortland recorded 8.46 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.
8.46
total case rate
0.00
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 *
8.46
0.00
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
6.51
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
8.03
8.03
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
12
2025
11
2024
10
2023
12
2022
13
2021
11
2020
13
2019
13
2018
14
2017
13
2016
14
2015
16
2014
14
2013
9
2012
10
2011
9
2010
10
2009
9
2008
12
2007
12
2006
13
2005
12
2004
13
2003
14
2002
13
2001
16
2000
16
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Canby Sand & Gravel DBA CalPortland 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
INDEPENDENT OWNER/OPERATOR/TRUCK DRIVER WALKED BEHIND HIS PUP TRAILER AND AGAINST A STOCKPILE OF SAND.GOING TO CLEAN THE TOP OF TAILGATE OFF.PLACED HIMSELF IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION AND THE SAN D SLUFFED FROM THE TOP COVERING HIM. WAS WITHOUT OXYGEN 7-10 MINUTES BEFORE BEING UNCOVERED AND GIVEN FIRST AID.
Reportable incidents
16 on file (excluding fatalities above)
2025 · 1 incident
September 22, 2025OR · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
CalPortland Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
A miner smasher their thumb installing the end plate of a torque converter
Our employee suffered a fatal heart attack while operating a front end loader at the mine.
2018 · 1 incident
February 23, 2018OR · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Removing grease lid from barrel. EE cut right index finger on edge of grease barrel. The barrel was on crusher service truck. EE received five stitches on right index finger.
2012 · 1 incident
March 13, 2012OR · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Unbolting chute while sliding it into place it slipped pinning hand between chute and hoper below. Put bandage on hand & went back to work. EE called me Sunday 3/25/12 to tell me he was going to have his hand x-rayed. I had no notification he was having problems till Sunday.
2009 · 1 incident
July 7, 2009OR · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
He was working at the pit line area, flinging 2x4 wood boards out of the way. A splinter from one of the boards entered the underside skin of his left hand middle finger. He removed splinter right away on 7/7/09, but on 7/16/09 it looked infected so he went to doctor on 7/16/09, after work. It was cleaned & antibiotic prescribed.
2008 · 2 incidents
March 6, 2008OR · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanOTHER
Worker removed guarding attempting to clean tail roll with shovel.
2007 · 1 incident
September 14, 2007OR · Metal/Non-Metalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
The conveyor that the employee was on was wet. When he stepped down to get to the walkway his foot slipped on railing causing him to loose balance, falling to the walk about 3 feet from belt.
2006 · 2 incidents
October 19, 2006OR · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Climbing down of feed belt #16 at tailend, twist lower back and strained lower back. belt was damp but not a factor. just stepped or twisted wrong way.
Employee was clearing brush. He rammed a cottonwood ple through window of track excavator. While he was cleaning the glass out of hinges on excavator pulling rubber that broke free sliced elbow (right arm) on broken glass windshield. Cut was 2 1/2 inches and required 13 stitches at hospital.
2001 · 1 incident
February 2, 2001OR · Metal/Non-Metalmine manager, mine foreman, mine ownerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WAS WORKING ON A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WITH A HAMMER. REPLACING A SPROCKET. WHEN HITTING SPROCKET WITH A HAMMER A SMALL PIECE OF METAL APPROX. 3/16" FLEW OFF SPROCKET & LODGE IN LEFT FOREARM.
1998 · 1 incident
April 28, 1998OR · Metal/Non-Metalprep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
HE WAS CHECKING FOR BLOWN FUSE IN FUSE BOX WITH PROBE TESTER WHEN HE INSERTED TESTER THERE WAS A FLASH EXPLOSION AND HIS HANDS WERE BURNED, THIS WAS IN THE ELECTRICAL HOUSE FOR THE CRUSHER.