Mining Incidents

Crusher #5 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Dan E Hooker
Burns, Harney County, OR  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3503538

Crusher #5 has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2004–2011
Latest incident
Jul 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
94
citations
22
significant & substantial
$11,665
proposed penalties
$11,409
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $256 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
41
inspections on record
529
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: 529 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Crusher #5 has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
84 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-07-18.
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 635 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 178 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 0 2 0
2024 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 89 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 941 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 685 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 58 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 194 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,496 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,169 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,899 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,063 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,470 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,936 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,644 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,227 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,392 5 0 2090.3
2020 Q3 2,147 2 1 931.5
2020 Q2 2,395 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,209 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 892 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 724 1 0 1381.2
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 1,560 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,999 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 998 5 1 5010.0
2017 Q4 2,133 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,925 3 2 1558.4
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 2,011 6 0 2983.6
2016 Q2 978 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 311 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,097 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,084 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 188 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,981 4 1 2019.2
2014 Q1 1,940 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 661 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 70 7 0 100000.0
2013 Q2 450 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 0 1 0
2012 Q2 974 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,561 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 380 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,770 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,849 16 7 8653.3
2011 Q1 930 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 563 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 1,663 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,116 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,597 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 4,216 7 1 1660.3
2009 Q2 3,158 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 877 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,961 6 1 3059.7
2008 Q3 603 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 424 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 49 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,513 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,385 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,148 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,214 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,258 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,842 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,073 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,589 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,063 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,811 7 3 2490.2
2004 Q3 4,329 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,531 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,844 7 0 3796.1
2003 Q4 1,402 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 0 0 0
2003 Q2 1,343 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,021 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,576 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,327 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,812 12 5 6622.5
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2011 · 1 incident

July 20, 2011 OR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Harney Rock & Paving Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The miner was walking along the crusher to access a breakdown. When he turned around he had stepped on unstable ground causing him to sprain his ankle.

2009 · 1 incident

April 20, 2009 OR · Metal/Non-Metal FIRE
Harney Rock & Paving Company · Accident type, without injuries

EE was welding side rails on belt. Suspect piece of hot slag went under skirting at feeder hopper end. After welding crew was on site 40 add'l min. cleaning up & no sign of fire. Shift ended 6:45 pm. Slag evidently smoldered & started fire on skirting. EE usually runs belt but since was end of shift, he didn't. Damage consisted of burning up a belt & some rollers on conveyor.

2004 · 2 incidents

April 14, 2004 OR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Harney Rock & Paving Company · Struck against stationary object

Checking water level in radiator on impact lost footing, struck front of face on railing.

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The full compliance file on Crusher #5

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.