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FARMERS: 21 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by MDU Resources Group Inc
KLAMATH FALLS, Klamath County, OR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3503374

FARMERS has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $192 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1997–2002
Latest incident
Aug 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
21
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,182
proposed penalties
$990
paid to date
84% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $192 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Rogue Aggregates Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
11
inspections on record
165
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: 165 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

FARMERS has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $192 outstanding across 0 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$990
paid to date
$192
outstanding
21 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-03-17.
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.
4.8%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
4.8%
reasonably likely or greater
42.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 33.3% low, 66.7% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2004-03-18, 22 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
5
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz4
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (5)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2004-03-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.43 2.35 0.18 Wagon Drill Operator
2004-03-18 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 Bulldozer Operator
2003-06-18 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.78 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-06-18 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.01 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-06-18 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.93 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.

FARMERS recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2003.

Injury rate, 2003
ⓘ 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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.76 and the all-US-mining average was 4.43 cases per 100 workers.
In Oregon, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 4.09 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
2003 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2002 * 9.41 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. Farmers Sand & Gravel 1992 to 1996
  2. Farmers Rock Products Llc 1996 to 1998
  3. Rogue Aggregates Inc 1998 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2005 0
2004 5
2003 9
2002 9
2001 7
2000 8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

FARMERS sits in Klamath 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.
Klamath County, Oregon · Population 69,812
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$59,353
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
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 1,877 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,712 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 5,483 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,694 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 5,183 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 5,917 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 6,843 0 0 0.0
Show 13 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q1 3,110 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 6,295 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 7,776 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 5,070 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,111 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 5,203 10 0 1922.0
2001 Q3 6,196 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,557 6 0 1316.7
2001 Q1 3,265 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 6,391 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,399 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,970 2 0 402.4
2000 Q1 4,219 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2002 · 1 incident

August 7, 2002 OR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rogue Aggregates Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THE WORKER WAS LIFTING WEAR IRON FOR AN IMPACT CRUSHER WHEN HE STRAINED HIS GROIN MUSCLE.

1998 · 1 incident

August 24, 1998 OR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Rogue Aggregates Inc · Fall from machine

WAS TIGHTENING A CHAIN BINDER WHEN CHAIN SLIPPED-CAUSED HIM TO LOSE HIS BALANCE. WHEN HE FELL HE LANDED WITH HIS LEFT LEG UNDER HIM, TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.

1997 · 1 incident

August 18, 1997 OR · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Farmers Rock Products Llc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS DOWN ON HIS HANDS AND KNEES APPLYING BELT DRESSING TO CRUSHER BELT. WHEN HE WENT TO GET UP HE SLIPPED AND FELL HITTING HIS ARM AND ELBOW ON THE CRUSHER MOTOR.