Dust Devil Mining Company · Fall from machine
Fell from loader - landed on head
Dust Devil Mining Company Metal/Non-Metal
Dust Devil Mining Company
· Surface
Controlled by
Donald H Buford; Terry L Clark
Plush,
Lake County,
OR
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3503708
Dust Devil Mining Company has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $143 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
- 2016
- Latest incident
- May 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
26
citations
6
significant & substantial
$4,762
proposed penalties
$4,179
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $583 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
28
inspections on record
400
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: 400 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Dust Devil Mining Company has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $143 outstanding across 1 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$5K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$143
outstanding
26 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-08-14.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 1,264 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 221 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 288 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 868 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q2 | 982 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 Q3 | 1,286 | 1 | 0 | 777.6 |
| 2022 Q2 | 587 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 611 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 582 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 1,460 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 2,082 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 996 | 2 | 0 | 2008.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 435 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 332 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 1,106 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 814 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 666 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 244 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 241 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 5,640 | 3 | 3 | 531.9 |
| 2016 Q2 | 1,136 | 1 | 1 | 880.3 |
| 2016 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 1,960 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 584 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 1,350 | 2 | 0 | 1481.5 |
| 2014 Q2 | 1,510 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q4 | 580 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 960 | 2 | 0 | 2083.3 |
| 2013 Q2 | 1,021 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 741 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 4,020 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 460 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011 Q3 | 1,800 | 3 | 0 | 1666.7 |
| 2011 Q2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 1,096 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 1,021 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 2,220 | 4 | 0 | 1801.8 |
| 2009 Q2 | 1,170 | 1 | 0 | 854.7 |
| 2009 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file2016 · 1 incident
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