Mining Incidents

Da-Tone Rock Products, Inc.: 142 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Da-Tone Rock Products, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Casey McLennan
BROOKINGS, Curry County, OR  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3503360

Da-Tone Rock Products, Inc. has $62K in proposed MSHA penalties and $912 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
142
citations
36
significant & substantial
$61,996
proposed penalties
$43,646
paid to date
70% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $18,350 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
63
inspections on record
965
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: 965 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Da-Tone Rock Products, Inc. has $62K in proposed MSHA penalties and $912 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.
$62K
proposed penalties
$45K
current assessed
$44K
paid to date
$912
outstanding
138 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $41K in penalties contested before the Commission, $22K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-07-23.
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.
25.7%
significant & substantial
5.7%
high negligence or reckless
25.7%
reasonably likely or greater
63.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 14.3% low, 80.0% moderate, 5.7% 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.
30 citations taken to the federal commission · 21% of citations on record
  • Settled 27 · 90%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 3 · 10%
42%
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 12 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
46%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$41K proposed, $22K 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 2019-12-03.
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 2019-0153 Settlement Miller 2019 $17K → $7K
WEST 2019-0123 Settlement Miller 2019 $8K → $6K
WEST 2017-0280 Settlement Manning 2017 $8K → $5K
WEST 2020-0113 Settlement Miller 2020 $7K → $2K
WEST 2017-0361 Settlement Manning 2017 $1K → $748
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: 2025-06-04
33%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
6
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz31 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (6)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2017-08-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.87 0.85 1.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-06-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-06-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Shovel Operator
2017-08-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.39 0.9 0.43 Supervisor, Co. Official
2017-08-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 1.05 0.28 Shovel Operator
2015-03-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 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. Da-Tone Construction 1991 to 1998
  2. Da-Tone Rock Products, Inc. 1998 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 8
2025 9
2024 8
2023 7
2022 8
2021 8
2020 6
2019 6
2018 5
2017 4
2016 4
2015 4
2014 5
2013 7
2012 10
2011 5
2010 6
2009 4
2008 4
2007 4
2006 5
2005 3
2004 3
2003 3
2002 3
2001 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Da-Tone Rock Products, Inc. sits in Curry County, Oregon, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Curry County, Oregon · Population 23,463
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$64,769
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 5,496 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 4,849 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 5,463 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 5,092 1 0 196.4
2025 Q1 4,162 1 0 240.3
2024 Q4 3,256 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,459 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 4,064 1 0 246.1
Show 91 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q1 1,920 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 915 2 0 2185.8
2023 Q3 3,744 2 0 534.2
2023 Q2 3,813 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 3,301 1 0 302.9
2022 Q4 3,486 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 4,008 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,600 2 2 555.6
2022 Q1 5,051 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3,082 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,547 3 1 845.8
2021 Q2 3,558 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,802 4 1 1427.6
2020 Q4 3,761 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,750 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,711 2 0 737.7
2020 Q1 1,949 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,715 7 1 2578.3
2019 Q3 3,375 5 2 1481.5
2019 Q2 3,522 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,362 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,798 16 2 8898.8
2018 Q3 2,273 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,787 5 2 2798.0
2018 Q1 1,175 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,598 4 1 2503.1
2017 Q3 1,924 4 1 2079.0
2017 Q2 1,872 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,490 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,422 12 3 4954.6
2016 Q3 2,349 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 600 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 347 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,258 13 5 10333.9
2015 Q3 2,365 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,883 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 515 2 0 3883.5
2014 Q4 1,302 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,252 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 748 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 340 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 965 3 1 3108.8
2013 Q3 1,671 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,794 2 0 1114.8
2013 Q1 1,880 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,168 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,414 2 1 453.1
2012 Q2 1,393 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 505 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 864 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,448 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 759 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 499 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 904 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,573 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,014 3 2 2958.6
2010 Q1 515 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 979 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,634 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,179 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,307 3 1 2295.3
2008 Q4 1,307 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,893 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,202 4 1 3327.8
2008 Q1 745 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,038 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,993 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,680 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,036 3 0 2895.8
2006 Q4 1,929 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,549 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,298 12 7 9245.0
2006 Q1 573 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 826 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,476 2 0 1355.0
2005 Q2 766 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 409 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 987 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,132 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 699 3 0 4291.8
2004 Q1 448 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 337 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 788 6 0 7614.2
2003 Q2 558 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 221 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 403 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 540 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 609 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 368 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 902 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 476 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.