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Hickey Pit: 86 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Pardue Construction, LLC. · Surface
Lakeview, Lake County, OR  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3503614

Hickey Pit has $38K in proposed MSHA penalties and $13 outstanding across 8 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2009
Latest incident
Sep 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
86
citations
25
significant & substantial
$38,186
proposed penalties
$31,090
paid to date
81% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $7,096 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
32
inspections on record
483
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: 483 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Hickey Pit has $38K in proposed MSHA penalties and $13 outstanding across 8 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.
$38K
proposed penalties
$31K
current assessed
$31K
paid to date
$13
outstanding
85 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
Of $30K in penalties contested before the Commission, $23K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-17.
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.
29.4%
significant & substantial
21.2%
high negligence or reckless
29.4%
reasonably likely or greater
75.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 11.8% low, 67.1% moderate, 21.2% 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.
27 citations taken to the federal commission · 31% of citations on record
  • Settled 22 · 81%
  • Stood as issued 4 · 15%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 4%
85%
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 20 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
24%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$30K proposed, $23K 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 2017-09-21.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST 2017-0142 Settlement Lesnick 2017 $9K → $7K
WEST 2015-0373 Settlement Lesnick 2015 $8K → $5K
WEST 2017-0696 Settlement Lesnick 2018 $5K → $5K
WEST 2011-583M Settlement Barbour 2012 $4K → $3K
WEST 2017-0090 Settlement Miller 2017 $3K → $3K
WEST 2010-1049M Default Lesnick 2011 $686 → $686
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. High Grade Contracting 2005 to 2011
  2. Pardue Construction, LLC. 2011 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 3
2024 2
2023 0
2022 3
2021 3
2020 3
2019 2
2018 3
2017 3
2016 3
2015 3
2014 2
2013 2
2012 1
2011 3
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 3
2005 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Hickey Pit sits in Lake County, Oregon, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Lake County, Oregon · Population 8,254
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$61,222
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 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 34 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3 4 0 1333333.3
2025 Q2 3 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 120 5 0 41666.7
Show 74 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 59 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 2 0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 36 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 27 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 122 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 126 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 183 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 57 5 1 87719.3
2021 Q2 192 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 168 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 450 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 378 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 705 11 0 15602.8
2019 Q4 486 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 183 7 1 38251.4
2019 Q2 231 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 684 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 735 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 147 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 52 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 102 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 400 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 168 2 1 11904.8
2016 Q4 78 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 45 9 3 200000.0
2016 Q1 76 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,044 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 493 1 0 2028.4
2015 Q2 279 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 140 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 240 11 5 45833.3
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 200 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 86 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 170 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 204 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 26 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 204 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 18 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 189 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 632 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 330 1 0 3030.3
2010 Q4 19 12 7 631578.9
2010 Q3 414 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,035 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 776 4 2 5154.6
2009 Q4 105 1 0 9523.8
2009 Q3 172 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 113 2 1 17699.1
2009 Q1 39 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 68 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 60 7 3 116666.7
2008 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 4 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 65 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 493 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 76 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 263 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 293 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 440 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 848 1 0 1179.2
2005 Q2 488 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2009 · 1 incident

September 9, 2009 OR · Metal/Non-Metal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator MACHINERY
High Grade Contracting · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

operator was working on drill while it was running, an electronic senser was activated and his finger was caught in the rod holders when they closed. the tip of his left middle finger was crushed and severed from his hand.