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Cedar Creek Quarries Inc-Cedar Creek Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Robert G Wienert
Siletz, Lincoln County, OR  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3503123

Cedar Creek Quarries Inc-Cedar Creek Pit has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 9 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1990–2023
Latest incident
Apr 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
96
citations
20
significant & substantial
$19,952
proposed penalties
$18,533
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,419 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
70
inspections on record
967
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: 967 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Cedar Creek Quarries Inc-Cedar Creek Pit has $20K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 9 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.
$20K
proposed penalties
$19K
current assessed
$19K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
95 assessments are final orders; 9 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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
2025 Q4 2,683 3 0 1118.2
2025 Q3 2,322 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,605 1 0 277.4
2025 Q1 3,282 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,823 2 1 708.5
2024 Q3 3,369 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 3,401 2 0 588.1
2024 Q1 2,949 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 2,161 1 0 462.7
2023 Q3 2,717 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,422 1 0 412.9
2023 Q1 1,057 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,644 1 0 378.2
2022 Q3 2,843 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,664 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 3,245 2 0 616.3
2021 Q4 3,525 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,448 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,491 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 3,400 1 0 294.1
2020 Q4 2,497 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,314 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,220 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,548 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,890 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,631 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,125 1 1 470.6
2019 Q1 3,034 1 0 329.6
2018 Q4 2,629 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,614 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,619 3 1 1145.5
2018 Q1 2,052 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,818 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,134 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,654 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,491 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,969 5 2 2539.4
2016 Q3 3,516 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,593 2 0 771.3
2016 Q1 2,770 2 1 722.0
2015 Q4 2,191 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,783 1 0 560.9
2015 Q2 1,932 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,048 4 0 1953.1
2014 Q4 2,065 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,292 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,982 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,929 4 1 2073.6
2013 Q4 1,796 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,157 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,876 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,812 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,531 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,693 2 1 742.7
2012 Q2 3,216 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,655 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,136 3 1 1404.5
2011 Q3 1,758 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,214 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,885 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,172 2 1 630.5
2010 Q3 4,119 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,571 1 0 280.0
2010 Q1 3,478 5 3 1437.6
2009 Q4 3,505 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 4,007 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,052 1 0 246.8
2009 Q1 4,745 1 0 210.7
2008 Q4 6,996 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,567 5 1 1094.8
2008 Q2 4,262 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 3,552 1 1 281.5
2007 Q4 2,990 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,947 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,137 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,831 1 0 353.2
2006 Q4 3,267 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,386 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,107 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 4,058 10 1 2464.3
2005 Q4 5,699 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,169 3 0 946.7
2005 Q2 3,346 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,548 4 0 1127.4
2004 Q4 4,284 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 7,822 4 1 511.4
2004 Q2 1,557 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,874 1 1 533.6
2003 Q4 1,300 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,507 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,095 2 1 954.7
2003 Q1 4,280 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,724 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,894 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,232 2 0 618.8
2002 Q1 3,153 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,352 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,235 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,730 4 0 845.7
2001 Q1 3,975 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,873 5 1 1026.1
2000 Q3 5,315 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,677 2 0 427.6
2000 Q1 3,795 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2023 · 2 incidents

April 25, 2023 OR · Metal/Non-Metal hammer mill operator, breaker mill operator, jaw mill operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cedar Creek Quarries, Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While using a hammer smacked the back of left hand with hammer,

2020 · 1 incident

December 7, 2020 OR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cedar Creek Quarries, Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Trying to remove a tub liner from the Impactor and hit left thumb with a 4 lb hammer.

2012 · 1 incident

June 28, 2012 OR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Cedar Creek Quarries, Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Miners were attempting to lift a rock out of jaw crusher with a chain attached to 980 loader bucket, when operator was told to lower bucket, employee placed his hand on the jaw hopper frame, under bucket and pinched his fingers between bucket and hopper frame, resulting in two smashed fingers.

2009 · 1 incident

June 4, 2009 OR · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cedar Creek Quarries, Inc · Fall from machine

The lid on the VSI was opened at the end of the shift to do maintenance. It was left open overnight to finish the next day. When they started changing lid liners, they didn't know the Hyd pressure had bled off but the lid was stuck in the raised position. EE stood on the lid & it dropped apprx 2 ft causing him to loose balance & fall off. He was not wearing fall protection.

1990 · 1 incident

December 5, 1990 OR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Cedar Creek Quarries, Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

CLEANING BELT-DID NOT HEAR WHEN ALL CLEAR CALLED-BELT TURNED ON-RIGHT ARM PULLED INTO TAIL ROLL.

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