Mining Incidents

Cobleigh Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Darwin Weathers
Tiller, Douglas County, OR  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3502969

Cobleigh Pit has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $168 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1998
Latest incident
Apr 1998
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
46
citations
9
significant & substantial
$6,928
proposed penalties
$6,653
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $275 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
48
inspections on record
435
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: 435 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Cobleigh Pit has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $168 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$168
outstanding
45 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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 370 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 698 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,042 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 563 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 447 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 800 1 0 1250.0
2024 Q2 603 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 865 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 556 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 826 2 0 2421.3
2023 Q2 504 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 488 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 624 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 802 1 0 1246.9
2022 Q2 731 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 807 4 0 4956.6
2021 Q4 630 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,086 1 0 920.8
2021 Q2 994 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 564 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 994 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 608 3 2 4934.2
2020 Q2 789 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 695 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 905 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,146 2 1 1745.2
2019 Q2 911 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 988 6 0 6072.9
2018 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 918 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 895 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 791 3 1 3792.7
2017 Q4 635 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,043 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 806 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 870 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 888 2 0 2252.3
2016 Q3 771 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 835 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 802 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 624 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 716 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 845 1 0 1183.4
2015 Q1 687 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 314 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,066 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 984 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,015 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 570 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 940 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 873 4 0 4581.9
2013 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 504 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 712 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 308 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 406 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 624 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 610 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 138 4 2 28985.5
2010 Q4 1,151 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,040 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 970 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,120 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,644 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,236 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,459 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,143 2 1 1749.8
2008 Q4 1,210 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 839 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,161 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 820 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,036 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,058 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,406 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,127 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,079 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 854 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 930 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 917 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,278 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,616 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,444 1 0 692.5
2005 Q1 1,154 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,390 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,570 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,666 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,263 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,095 2 0 1826.5
2003 Q3 1,418 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,255 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,166 6 2 5145.8
2002 Q4 978 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,611 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,354 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 557 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 634 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,038 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 628 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,489 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,706 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 730 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 643 0 0 0.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
April 30, 1998 OR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator Fatality · MACHINERY
Weathers Crushing Inc · Struck by flying object

HAMMER HEAD APPARENTLY FLEW OUT OF JAW CRUSHER AND STRUCK VICTIM ON SIDE OF FACE. VICTIM WAS UNCONSCIOUS AND DIED EN ROUTE TO HOSPITAL.

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A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.