Christmas Valley Plant & Pit has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
24
Years on record
1983–2002
Latest incident
Oct 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
15
citations
0
significant & substantial
$1,092
proposed penalties
$1,032
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $60 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: 334 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Christmas Valley Plant & Pit has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 outstanding across 0 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$60
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-04-19.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2003-05-08, 23 years ago
3
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (3)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2003-05-08
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.43
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-05-08
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
1.98
Kiln/Dryer Operator
2003-05-08
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.41
Forklift Operator
Area samples (mill and shop air)
Last sampled: 2003-05-08, 23 years ago
1
samples
Show the individual readings (1)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Area sampled
2003-05-08
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
3.2
MP DRY SCREENING
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.
Christmas Valley Plant & Pit recorded 14.88 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2002.
Injury rate, 2002
ⓘ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.
14.88
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 4.17 and the all-US-mining average was 5.05 cases per 100 workers.
In Oregon, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 4.92 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
2002 *
14.88
0.00
0.000
2001 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2000 *
6.45
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
2004
0
2003
16
2002
18
2001
19
2000
22
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Christmas Valley Plant & Pit sits in Lake County, Oregon, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Lake County, Oregon · Population 8,254
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$61,222
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
2004 Q2
0
1
0
2004 Q1
0
0
0
2003 Q3
3,425
1
0
292.0
2003 Q2
6,172
1
0
162.0
2003 Q1
6,660
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
6,688
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
6,759
2
0
295.9
2002 Q2
6,628
0
0
0.0
Show 9 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2002 Q1
6,803
1
0
147.0
2001 Q4
7,246
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
7,243
1
0
138.1
2001 Q2
6,584
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
7,851
7
0
891.6
2000 Q4
7,701
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
7,069
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
8,164
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
8,055
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
24 on file
2002 · 2 incidents
October 16, 2002OR · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EXITED PLATFORM FROM ROLLER AREA INSTEAD OF USING STAIRS. TRIPPED ON IRREGULARITY ON FLOOR SURFACE & HURT ANKLE.
August 19, 2002OR · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorOCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES
Oil-Dri Production Co. · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
EE USED ANOTHER EE'S LATEX GLOVES. SHORTLY THEREAFTER STARTED ITCHING & GETTING WARM. AFTER A FEW HOURS HIS WHOLE BODY WAS RED & ITCHING & BURNING. HIS ARE UNPOWDERED, BUT HE BORROWED GLOVES T HAT WERE POWDERED.
2000 · 1 incident
December 12, 2000OR · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS TRYING TO OPEN A WAREHOUSE DOOR THAT WAS STICKING/STUCK AND HURT HIS BACK.
1998 · 1 incident
February 25, 1998OR · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS HELPING TO CLEAN UP AREA AFTER RUNNING PRODUCT. WAS WALKING & STEPPED INTO A HOLE, FELL ON HER HANDS/KNEES.
1997 · 2 incidents
October 31, 1997OR · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
ACCIDENT DIDN'T GET REPORTED TO ANY SUPERVISOR UNTIL 11-6. TRIED TO LIGHT BURNER AND HAS ONLY 9 SECONDS TO REACT. EMPLOYEE SLIPPED ON STEP AND CRACKED(HIT) KNEE ON STEP TRYING TO HURRY.
September 29, 1997OR · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
BUCKET FELL INTO AUGER. EMPLOYEE TRIED TO RETRIEVE BUCKET AND HAND WAS CAUGHT.
1996 · 1 incident
February 26, 1996OR · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
DRIVER WAS ADDING OIL TO TRUCK ENGINE IN FOGGY CONDITONS WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED FROM MOUNT AND HE FELL APPROX. 2 FT LANDING ON AND FRACTURING RIGHT HIP.
WHILE CLIMBING DOWN OFF STACKED PALLETS INSIDE TRUCK CAUGHT FOOT CASUING EMPL TO SPIN AROUND & FALL CATHING BETWEEN TWO OTHER PALLETS & HANGING FULL WEIGHT ON SHOULDERS.
May 9, 1990OR · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
August 8, 1989OR · Metal/Non-Metalbeltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor riderHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS CLEANING A TAILROLLER CONVEYOR WITHOUT FIRST TURNING THE MACHINERY OFF. HIS LEFT HAND WAS CAUGHT IN BETWEEN THE BELT & TAOL ROLL & ROLLED HIS ARM UP INTO IT. EES ARM WAS BROKEN.
February 28, 1984OR · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
BACKING UP IN CAT ON MINE FLOOR.HIT BUMP AND POPPED NECK.
February 8, 1983OR · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON