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Cline Butte Aggregate: 155 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Redmond, Deschutes County, OR  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3503549

Cline Butte Aggregate has $31K 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
1
Years on record
2018
Latest incident
May 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
155
citations
26
significant & substantial
$31,465
proposed penalties
$28,098
paid to date
89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,367 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Robinson-Owen Heavy Construction's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
71
inspections on record
859
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: 859 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2022-03-09.
On record since 2022.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Cline Butte Aggregate has $31K 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.
$31K
proposed penalties
$28K
current assessed
$28K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
154 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $12K in penalties contested before the Commission, $6K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-02.
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.
16.9%
significant & substantial
7.1%
high negligence or reckless
16.9%
reasonably likely or greater
63.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.6% none, 11.7% low, 80.5% moderate, 7.1% 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.
10 citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
  • Settled 6 · 60%
  • Stood as issued 3 · 30%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 10%
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%
43%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$17K proposed, $10K 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 2023-02-07.
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 2022-0247 Settlement Lewis 2023 $10K → $5K
WEST 2008-2M Settlement Barbour 2008 $2K → $873
WEST 2022-0246 Settlement Lewis 2023 $349 → $245
WEST 2006-259M Default Lesnick 2006 $180 → $180
WEST20030191M Settlement Manning 2003 $110 → $55
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: 2026-04-02
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
12
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg7
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz4
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (12)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-04-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-04-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-05-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2024-05-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-10-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-10-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-11-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-10-22 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.98 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-10-22 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-10-22 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.94 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-11-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.53 2.78 0.19 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-11-14 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.21 Laborer, Bullgang
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. Steve Fox Construction 2001 to 2003
  2. Robinson-Owen Heavy Construction 2004 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 4
2025 2
2024 3
2023 4
2022 4
2021 4
2020 4
2019 4
2018 4
2017 4
2016 4
2015 4
2014 4
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 4
2006 2
2005 3
2004 2
2003 2
2002 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Cline Butte Aggregate 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
2026 Q2 1,432 9 2 6284.9
2026 Q1 1,145 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 564 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 610 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 737 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,757 2 0 1138.3
2024 Q4 1,494 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,679 0 0 0.0
Show 90 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,534 2 0 1303.8
2024 Q1 1,443 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,567 7 0 4467.1
2023 Q3 1,923 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,054 1 0 486.9
2023 Q1 1,810 4 1 2209.9
2022 Q4 1,809 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,230 1 0 448.4
2022 Q2 2,298 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,076 7 4 3371.9
2021 Q4 2,101 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,241 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,292 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,960 2 0 1020.4
2020 Q4 1,982 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,331 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,232 1 0 448.0
2020 Q1 2,138 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,740 1 0 574.7
2019 Q3 2,295 8 2 3485.8
2019 Q2 2,349 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,538 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,082 2 0 960.6
2018 Q3 2,235 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,118 1 0 472.1
2018 Q1 2,272 10 2 4401.4
2017 Q4 2,242 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,533 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,296 1 0 435.5
2017 Q1 1,865 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,827 1 1 547.3
2016 Q3 2,478 5 0 2017.8
2016 Q2 2,346 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,027 5 2 2466.7
2015 Q4 2,459 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,440 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,561 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,691 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,323 4 1 3023.4
2014 Q3 2,314 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,322 1 0 430.7
2014 Q1 613 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 123 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 341 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,053 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 446 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 693 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 192 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 774 4 1 5168.0
2012 Q1 602 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 180 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 190 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 437 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 154 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 154 2 0 12987.0
2010 Q3 193 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 221 2 0 9049.8
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 202 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 127 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 121 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 272 4 0 14705.9
2008 Q3 930 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,135 1 1 881.1
2008 Q1 965 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,293 3 0 2320.2
2007 Q3 1,815 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,142 3 0 1400.6
2007 Q1 2,463 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,326 3 0 2262.4
2006 Q3 1,263 4 0 3167.1
2006 Q2 1,286 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,205 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,166 3 0 2572.9
2005 Q3 1,853 7 0 3777.7
2005 Q2 1,775 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,307 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,233 4 1 3244.1
2004 Q3 1,237 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,283 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,118 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 480 6 0 12500.0
2003 Q3 300 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 350 1 0 2857.1
2003 Q1 360 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 460 2 0 4347.8
2002 Q3 580 6 2 10344.8
2002 Q2 650 6 2 9230.8
2002 Q1 640 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2018 · 1 incident

May 29, 2018 OR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Robinson-Owen Heavy Construction · Fall from machine

Employee jumped off equipment. EE jacket got caught and ee fell. **Employer did not learn of injury until after ee quit job on 6/1/18 and started a workman's comp claim**