Mining Incidents

Eagle Star Rock Products LLC: 206 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Portland, Columbia County, OR  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3503438

Eagle Star Rock Products LLC has $49K 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
9
Years on record
2010–2025
Latest incident
Aug 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
206
citations
43
significant & substantial
$48,948
proposed penalties
$42,992
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,956 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
82
inspections on record
1,167
inspection hours
17.7
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.
206 citations across 1,167 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Eagle Star Rock Products LLC has $49K 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.
$49K
proposed penalties
$43K
current assessed
$43K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
205 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $10K in penalties contested before the Commission, $4K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-17.
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.
20.9%
significant & substantial
7.3%
high negligence or reckless
20.9%
reasonably likely or greater
59.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 15.0% low, 77.7% moderate, 7.3% 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.
7 citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
  • Settled 7 · 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 6 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
58%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$10K proposed, $4K 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 2019-05-08.
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 2019-0309 Settlement Miller 2019 $8K → $3K
WEST 2012-475M Settlement Lesnick 2012 $2K → $2K
WEST 2009-277M Settlement Lesnick 2009 $100 → $100
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: 2026-07-15
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
27
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz13
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg12
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (27)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-07-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2026-07-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-07-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.41 1.7 0.24 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-11-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-11-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-11-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2021-10-14 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.48 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-08-15 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 Cleanup Man
2019-08-15 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.75 Cleanup Man
2017-05-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-05-09 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Backhoe Operator
2014-02-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Shovel Operator
2014-02-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-01-13 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.23 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-01-13 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.35 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-04-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-04-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-04-06 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.27 Cleanup Man
2005-04-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-05-01 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-05-01 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-05-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2003-05-01 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.21 Cleanup Man
2000-12-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.43 1.04 0.41 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-12-07 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 Crusher Oper/Worker
2000-12-07 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Supervisor, Co. Official
2000-12-07 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 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.

Eagle Star Rock Products LLC recorded 19.56 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2020.

Injury rate, 2020
This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
19.56
total case rate
9.78
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.77 and the all-US-mining average was 2.08 cases per 100 workers.
In Oregon, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.93 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2020 * 19.56 9.78 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2007 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2006 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2005 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2004 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Columbia Road & Driveway Inc 1997 to 2001
  2. Eagle Star Rock Products LLC 2001 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 8
2025 8
2024 7
2023 8
2022 8
2021 10
2020 11
2019 10
2018 10
2017 9
2016 8
2015 8
2014 7
2013 8
2012 7
2011 5
2010 5
2009 8
2008 9
2007 13
2006 13
2005 12
2004 12
2003 10
2002 8
2001 5
2000 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Eagle Star Rock Products LLC sits in Columbia County, Oregon, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Columbia County, Oregon · Population 53,178
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$86,359
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 3,515 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 3,495 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 3,295 2 0 607.0
2025 Q3 3,655 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,667 3 0 818.1
2025 Q1 3,260 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,414 2 0 585.8
2024 Q3 3,584 5 0 1395.1
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 2,771 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,407 4 0 1661.8
2023 Q4 3,171 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,661 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 4,128 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,681 3 1 1119.0
2022 Q4 3,508 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,857 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,068 3 0 977.8
2022 Q1 4,376 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 4,603 6 0 1303.5
2021 Q3 5,162 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 5,050 14 3 2772.3
2021 Q1 4,595 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 5,220 3 0 574.7
2020 Q3 4,377 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 5,538 6 0 1083.4
2020 Q1 5,313 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 5,510 4 0 726.0
2019 Q3 5,347 7 2 1309.1
2019 Q2 5,432 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 4,373 5 2 1143.4
2018 Q4 4,781 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 4,847 10 3 2063.1
2018 Q2 4,747 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 4,557 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 4,529 5 1 1104.0
2017 Q3 4,270 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,403 3 2 681.4
2017 Q1 3,691 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,894 3 1 770.4
2016 Q3 4,151 2 0 481.8
2016 Q2 4,209 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 3,941 1 0 253.7
2015 Q4 3,789 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,744 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,471 2 0 576.2
2015 Q1 3,072 3 0 976.6
2014 Q4 3,737 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,605 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,477 5 2 1438.0
2014 Q1 3,131 1 0 319.4
2013 Q4 3,104 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,521 2 1 568.0
2013 Q2 3,154 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,121 2 0 943.0
2012 Q4 2,628 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,081 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,425 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,859 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,407 5 5 2077.3
2011 Q3 2,307 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,718 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,733 4 2 2308.1
2010 Q4 1,611 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,700 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,564 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,608 9 6 5597.0
2009 Q4 1,341 1 1 745.7
2009 Q3 2,026 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,338 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,760 4 0 1063.8
2008 Q4 3,312 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,890 1 0 346.0
2008 Q2 3,951 1 0 253.1
2008 Q1 4,593 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 5,419 1 0 184.5
2007 Q3 5,719 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,999 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 4,175 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 5,175 3 1 579.7
2006 Q3 5,513 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5,069 1 0 197.3
2006 Q1 4,555 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 4,743 5 0 1054.2
2005 Q3 5,353 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 5,185 3 0 578.6
2005 Q1 5,309 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 5,656 4 0 707.2
2004 Q3 5,697 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 5,466 9 3 1646.5
2004 Q1 4,965 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 5,902 4 0 677.7
2003 Q3 4,490 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,396 8 2 1819.8
2003 Q1 3,292 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,110 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,132 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,827 1 0 261.3
2002 Q1 3,888 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,680 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,696 6 4 3537.7
2001 Q2 1,766 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,982 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,992 3 0 1002.7
2000 Q3 3,824 12 1 3138.1
2000 Q2 3,504 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,335 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

2025 · 1 incident

August 12, 2025 OR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Eagle Star Rock Products LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Injured worker suffered a right hand injury while EE and a second worker were drilling out a piece of rubber conveyor belting. Injured employee required four stitches to close wound, and was released by Urgent Care for return to light duty work same day.

2024 · 1 incident

February 1, 2024 OR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Eagle Star Rock Products LLC · Struck by flying object

Worker was grinding on a metal "spoon" attachment to a skidsteer loader, when they were hit in the eye by some of the grindings.

2020 · 2 incidents

December 15, 2020 OR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eagle Star Rock Products LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Worker said was carrying a crusher screen up to a conveyor deck, when EE felt a popping sensation in the groin area. EE pushed on the area where EE experienced the popping sensation to suppress the protrusion.

July 1, 2020 OR · Metal/Non-Metal crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eagle Star Rock Products LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Worker says EE was climbing a ladder to access area of crusher when EE felt a "poke" in EE's knee. Worker has experienced instability in EE's knee.

2015 · 1 incident

August 18, 2015 OR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eagle Star Rock Products LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances

Miner had previously been torch cutting a hole into a plate on the jaw crusher when he inadvertently grabbed an area on the plate that was still hot.

2013 · 1 incident

February 26, 2013 OR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Eagle Star Rock Products LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner was loading scrap metal into a dumpster via a skid steer loader. When raising loader arms to dump into dumpster, one of the loading forks came loose from loader, bounced off of dumpster and into the cab of the loader, striking miner on the leg. Miner was left with deep cut on his shin.

2012 · 2 incidents

October 29, 2012 OR · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Eagle Star Rock Products LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Injured worker not an Employee. Came on site driving dump truck for customer. Got out of his truck to remove some rock that was stuck in his tailgate, and lost control of the tailgate, which slammed shut on his opposite hand.

June 14, 2012 OR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Eagle Star Rock Products LLC · Struck by flying object

I was grinding a metal tube an a flake of metal got into my left eye

2010 · 1 incident

July 26, 2010 OR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Eagle Star Rock Products LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Workers were hoisting track onto excavator, when a chain tightened and swung around and struck injured worker on his wrist.