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CENTRAL OREGON PORTABLE #2: 83 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Knife River Corporation
Bend, Deschutes County, OR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3503581

CENTRAL OREGON PORTABLE #2 has $46K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2007–2024
Latest incident
Feb 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
83
citations
15
significant & substantial
$45,898
proposed penalties
$30,992
paid to date
68% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $14,906 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Knife River Corporation-Northwest's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
44
inspections on record
693
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: 693 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

CENTRAL OREGON PORTABLE #2 has $46K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 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.
$46K
proposed penalties
$31K
current assessed
$31K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
79 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $32K in penalties contested before the Commission, $16K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-04-19.
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.
19.0%
significant & substantial
8.9%
high negligence or reckless
19.0%
reasonably likely or greater
58.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 15.2% low, 75.9% moderate, 8.9% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
5 citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 60%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 20%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 20%
100%
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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
50%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$32K proposed, $16K 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 2022-04-11.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST 2019-0259 Settlement Miller 2019 $30K → $16K
WEST 2019-0450 Withdrawal Miller 2019 $768 → $0
WEST 2022-0203 Default 2022 $133 → $133
WEST 2018-0525 Settlement Miller 2019 $118 → $118
WEST 2010-1769M Settlement Barbour 2012 $100 → $100
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2022-02-09, 4 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
18
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz11
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (18)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2022-02-09 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.32 Laborer, Bullgang
2019-12-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2019-12-18 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-12-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-07-19 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.08 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-07-19 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.51 Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-07-19 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.42 Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-09-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-09-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.36 2.83 0.48 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-09-08 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 Truck Driver
2005-09-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Tractor Operator
2005-03-16 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.21 Backhoe Operator
2005-03-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-03-16 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-03-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.99 2.67 0.37 Cleanup Man
2003-07-24 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.28 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-07-24 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.09 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-07-24 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 3.13 Cleanup Man
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.
Ownership history
  1. Hap Taylor & Sons 2003 to 2009
  2. Knife River Corporation-Northwest 2010 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2025 0
2024 3
2023 4
2022 4
2021 4
2020 4
2019 6
2018 7
2017 6
2016 4
2015 4
2014 3
2013 4
2012 5
2011 4
2010 4
2009 4
2008 4
2007 5
2006 5
2005 7
2004 5
2003 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

CENTRAL OREGON PORTABLE #2 sits in Deschutes 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.
Deschutes County, Oregon · Population 203,026
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$87,640
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
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 1,046 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,858 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3,457 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,980 0 0 0.0
Show 81 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3 1,454 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,295 2 0 1544.4
2023 Q1 3,665 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,891 1 0 345.9
2022 Q3 1,881 1 0 531.6
2022 Q2 2,569 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,553 3 1 1175.1
2021 Q4 3,233 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,256 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,500 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,054 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,054 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,927 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,733 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 3,430 1 0 291.5
2019 Q4 2,202 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,080 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 5,122 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 4,286 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,158 17 2 5383.2
2018 Q3 3,276 11 4 3357.8
2018 Q2 4,264 7 2 1641.7
2018 Q1 3,463 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,904 2 0 512.3
2017 Q3 3,089 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,451 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,527 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,248 2 0 889.7
2016 Q3 2,536 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,993 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,151 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,863 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,436 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,934 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 297 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 917 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,697 4 1 2357.1
2014 Q2 1,824 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,462 1 0 684.0
2013 Q4 264 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,740 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,118 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,085 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,454 1 0 687.8
2012 Q3 3,206 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,220 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 220 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,711 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,166 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,746 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 495 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 891 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 639 1 0 1564.9
2010 Q2 647 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 70 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 231 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 139 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 995 1 0 1005.0
2009 Q1 1,745 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 851 1 0 1175.1
2008 Q3 102 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 909 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,359 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,772 1 0 564.3
2007 Q3 3,019 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,082 1 0 324.5
2007 Q1 2,732 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,782 3 0 793.2
2006 Q3 3,091 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,031 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,984 2 0 670.2
2005 Q4 2,335 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,489 2 0 803.5
2005 Q2 3,769 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,823 10 2 2615.7
2004 Q4 2,029 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,231 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,957 2 1 676.4
2004 Q1 2,159 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,393 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,351 4 0 1701.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2024 · 1 incident

February 12, 2024 OR · Metal/Non-Metal crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker OTHER
Knife River Corporation-Northwest · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner was performing maintenance on a cone crusher. While lying down, miner reached up to access bolts on the hydraulic block when their shoulder spontaneously dislocated. Miner reports previous history of same condition, outside of work.

2007 · 1 incident

April 19, 2007 OR · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hap Taylor & Sons · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Operator was removing VSI plate to inspect and it fell laceraing his finger.