FISHER ISLAND PLANT has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
1993–2026
Latest incident
Jul 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
76
citations
9
significant & substantial
$10,615
proposed penalties
$9,630
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $985 gap.
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: 700 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
FISHER ISLAND PLANT has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
76 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-09.
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.
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.
12citations taken to the federal commission · 16% of citations on record
Settled
10 · 83%
Vacated or withdrawn
2 · 17%
43%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 7 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
41%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$3K proposed, $2K 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 2010-04-21.
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.
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: 2025-05-21
25%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
18
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz51 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg11
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (18)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2005-08-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.4
1.38
1.01
Bulldozer Operator
2025-05-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2025-05-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
Laborer, Bullgang
2025-05-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.32
1.3
0.25
Laborer, Bullgang
2019-01-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Belt Cleaner
2019-01-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.42
1.28
0.33
Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-01-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2015-03-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Supervisor, Co. Official
2015-03-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-04-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2011-04-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Belt Cleaner
2011-04-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.42
1.5
0.28
Utility Man
2005-08-04
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.26
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-08-04
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.18
Backhoe Operator
2003-02-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-02-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2003-02-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-02-05
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.
FISHER ISLAND PLANT recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2014.
Injury rate, 2014
ⓘ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 2.39 and the all-US-mining average was 2.93 cases per 100 workers.
In Oregon, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.16 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
2014 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2013 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2012 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2011 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2009 *
7.18
7.18
0.000
2008 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2007 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2006 *
6.03
6.03
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
7
2025
7
2024
7
2023
8
2022
5
2021
5
2020
9
2019
8
2018
6
2017
7
2016
8
2015
7
2014
9
2013
10
2012
9
2011
12
2010
8
2009
11
2008
10
2007
15
2006
19
2005
24
2004
18
2003
11
2002
20
2001
8
2000
11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
FISHER ISLAND PLANT sits in Benton 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.
Benton County, Oregon · Population 96,359
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$76,011
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
Miner was starting up the crusher, had just powered everything on in the MCC then went up into the control tower and heard a loud pop noise and saw smoke come out of MCC knew there was a fire and evacuated and called supervisor. Fire department and power company came out to shut off electrical and put out the fire, fire department is investigating results pending.
2023 · 1 incident
September 18, 2023OR · Metal/Non-Metalmaster mechanic, foreman, supervisorMACHINERY
Individual sustained a 5cm laceration to left forearm while performing maintenance with a 4.5" grinder. Grinding wheel became bound in material while individual was cutting a weld, causing the grinder to accelerate forward into their arm.
EE SCRATCHED HIS LEG WHEN HE BUMPED INTO A BENCH AT HIS WORK STATION. HE GOT HOME AND NOTICED IT IN THE SHOWER, IT WAS INFLAMED AND HE TREATED IT. NEXT DAY AT WORK EE DEVELOPED A FEVER AND IN FLAMATION CONTINUED TO GROW. HE WENT TO DR AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CELLULITOUS BACTERIA. WAS ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL OUTPATIENT AND TREATED WITH ANTIBIOTICS ADMINISTERED BY IV.
1997 · 2 incidents
October 7, 1997OR · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanPOWERED HAULAGE
Morse Brothers Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
WHILE CORRECTING A CONVEYOR BELT ROLLER WITH A HAMMER MY BACK SWING CAUGHT A ROLLER TAKING MY HAMMER AND MY FINGERS AROUND IT.
April 12, 1997OR · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
Morse Brothers Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
PUMP RAN OUT OF FUEL, I CHECKED THE OIL, REFULED, STARTED PUMP, GOT OIL, AS I TOOK CAP OFF, PUT OIL IN CAUGHT FINGERS IN FAN.
1993 · 1 incident
January 7, 1993OR · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)