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COOS COUNTY PORTABLE: 113 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Coos County-OR
Coquille, Coos County, OR  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3500893

COOS COUNTY PORTABLE has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $453 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1996
Latest incident
Feb 1996
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
113
citations
22
significant & substantial
$14,498
proposed penalties
$13,145
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,353 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Coos County Road Department's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
51
inspections on record
774
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: 774 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

COOS COUNTY PORTABLE has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $453 outstanding across 1 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.
$14K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$453
outstanding
110 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-07-01.
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.
19.5%
significant & substantial
8.0%
high negligence or reckless
19.5%
reasonably likely or greater
57.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 18.6% low, 73.5% moderate, 8.0% 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.
15 citations taken to the federal commission · 13% of citations on record
  • Settled 15 · 100%
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 10 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
26%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$3K proposed, $3K 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 2010-06-25.
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 2010-1438M Settlement Miller 2011 $3K → $3K
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: 2024-04-24
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
12
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg7
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz3
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (12)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-04-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-04-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2019-04-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-03-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2013-01-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2013-01-15 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.25 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-05-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Drill Helper
2006-05-02 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-05-02 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-05-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Wagon Drill Operator
2003-10-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.48 2.48 0.19 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-10-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 1.71 0.11 Front-end Loader Operator
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. Coos County Road Department 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 2
2024 2
2023 2
2022 2
2021 3
2020 3
2019 3
2018 3
2017 3
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 3
2010 4
2009 5
2008 5
2007 5
2006 5
2005 5
2004 5
2003 5
2002 5
2001 5
2000 10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

COOS COUNTY PORTABLE sits in Coos County, Oregon, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Coos County, Oregon · Population 64,832
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$60,313
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 405 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 640 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 470 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 21 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 112 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 353 1 0 2832.9
2024 Q4 519 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 230 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 459 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 212 5 0 23584.9
2023 Q4 436 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 466 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 485 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 483 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 269 7 1 26022.3
2022 Q3 286 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 698 3 0 4298.0
2022 Q1 605 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 645 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 505 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 540 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 473 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 449 3 0 6681.5
2020 Q3 194 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 840 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 463 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 153 2 0 13071.9
2019 Q3 17 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 730 3 0 4109.6
2019 Q1 751 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 102 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 82 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 674 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 601 7 1 11647.3
2017 Q4 62 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 134 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 891 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 710 3 0 4225.4
2016 Q4 10 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 429 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 401 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 0 5 2
2015 Q3 67 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 441 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 563 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 157 3 0 19108.3
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 299 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 747 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 9 3 1 333333.3
2013 Q3 50 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 313 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 358 2 1 5586.6
2012 Q4 57 1 0 17543.9
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 156 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 66 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 153 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 322 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 287 1 0 3484.3
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 10 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 63 15 10 238095.2
2010 Q1 229 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 105 1 0 9523.8
2009 Q3 10 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 369 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 82 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 697 5 1 7173.6
2008 Q3 741 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,348 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,276 4 0 3134.8
2007 Q4 697 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,179 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,254 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,061 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 865 4 1 4624.3
2006 Q3 855 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,023 16 2 7909.0
2006 Q1 641 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 162 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 753 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,209 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 971 5 0 5149.3
2004 Q4 717 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 760 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,546 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,344 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 735 4 0 5442.2
2003 Q3 910 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,209 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,556 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,095 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,058 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,359 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,745 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,492 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 926 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,482 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,291 7 2 5422.2
2000 Q4 1,962 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,406 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,145 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,051 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1996 · 1 incident

February 1, 1996 OR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Coos County Road Department · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EMPLOYEE HAS AN ONGOING PROBLEM OF ASTHMA AND BRONCHITIS WHICH WAS APPARENTLY CAUSED BY YEARS OFEXPOSURE TO ROCK DUST AND AIR PARTICULATES.