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Jefferson Portable: 35 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Jefferson County-OR
MADRAS, Jefferson County, OR  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3503423

Jefferson Portable has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1997–2013
Latest incident
Nov 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
35
citations
8
significant & substantial
$4,385
proposed penalties
$4,168
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $217 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Jefferson County Public Works Department's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
34
inspections on record
396
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: 396 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Jefferson Portable has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
35 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $894 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-08.
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.
22.9%
significant & substantial
2.9%
high negligence or reckless
25.7%
reasonably likely or greater
65.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 31.4% low, 65.7% moderate, 2.9% 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.
10 citations taken to the federal commission · 29% of citations on record
  • Settled 9 · 90%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 10%
50%
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 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
26%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $894 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 2013-04-11.
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 2013-583M Settlement Barbour 2013 $308 → $300
WEST 2010-1779M Settlement Barbour 2012 $300 → $200
WEST 2013-676M Settlement Steele 2013 $243 → $109
WEST 2007-239M Settlement Lesnick 2007 $165 → $165
WEST 2006-136M Settlement Manning 2006 $135 → $60
WEST 2007-240M Settlement Lesnick 2007 $60 → $60
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: 2025-01-30
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
10
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz7
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (10)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-01-30 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.25 10 0.03 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-01-30 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.23 Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-10-12 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.34 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-10-12 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.42 Truck Driver
2016-10-12 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.35 Crusher Oper/Worker
2013-01-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-04-29 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-04-29 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.23 Bulldozer Operator
2010-04-29 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.24 Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-04-29 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.
Ownership history
  1. Jefferson County Public Works Department 1995 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 3
2024 2
2023 2
2022 2
2021 3
2020 3
2019 3
2018 3
2017 3
2016 4
2015 5
2014 4
2013 3
2012 2
2011 4
2010 4
2009 3
2008 4
2007 2
2006 5
2005 5
2004 4
2003 4
2002 3
2001 2
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Jefferson Portable sits in Jefferson County, Oregon, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Jefferson County, Oregon · Population 24,973
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$73,051
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 310 4 0 12903.2
2026 Q1 1,556 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 666 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1 1 0 1000000.0
2025 Q2 1,578 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,890 2 0 1058.2
2024 Q4 277 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 9 0 0 0.0
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 34 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 659 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 24 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 734 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,636 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 755 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 4 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 5 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 99 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 361 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 5 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 52 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 817 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,367 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 277 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 288 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,596 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 626 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 43 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 468 4 1 8547.0
2019 Q1 1,061 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,107 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 21 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 205 1 0 4878.0
2018 Q1 622 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,430 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 153 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 593 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 255 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,467 1 0 681.7
2016 Q3 104 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 431 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,446 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 484 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 293 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 163 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,235 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 25 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 862 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 52 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 841 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 42 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 213 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 793 5 1 6305.2
2012 Q4 1,359 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 400 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 1,412 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,242 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 944 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 136 2 1 14705.9
2010 Q4 1,656 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 525 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,104 4 1 3623.2
2010 Q1 101 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 481 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 369 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 728 5 3 6868.1
2009 Q1 96 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 381 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 93 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 67 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 147 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 282 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,201 3 1 2497.9
2006 Q3 910 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,236 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 251 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 449 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 518 1 0 1930.5
2005 Q2 875 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 808 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 234 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 188 2 0 10638.3
2004 Q2 110 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 305 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 46 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 986 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 231 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 35 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 366 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 492 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 1,105 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 131 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 0 0 0
2000 Q2 46 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,002 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2013 · 1 incident

November 19, 2013 OR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Jefferson County Public Works Department · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

A rock was placed in the jaw. The rock needed to be moved. Employee used a bar to move rock. While doing this he strained his lower back.

2011 · 1 incident

October 13, 2011 OR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jefferson County Public Works Department · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee said he was lifting a door and heard a pop sound. He did not use proper lifting type of tool for task attempted. The medical quantification is unknown and will be determined by professional medical staff.

1999 · 1 incident

1998 · 1 incident

August 18, 1998 OR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jefferson County Public Works Department · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS SHOVELING ROCK MATERIAL AND EXPERIENCED A TWINGE OF PAIN IN HIS LEFT SHOULDER WHICH CONTINUED TO WORSEN AS THE DAY WENTY BY

1997 · 2 incidents

August 25, 1997 OR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Jefferson County Public Works Department · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GPF-SHIFT OF HEARING OF 25DB OR MORE AS PER HEARING TEST RESULTS.

July 28, 1997 OR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Jefferson County Public Works Department · Fall from ladders

EE WAS DESCENDING THE LADDER OFF THE CRUSHER JAW. HE MISSED THE NEXT TO THE LAST RUNG ON THE LADDER & STEPPED THROUGH THE RUNG. HE FELL BACKWARDS & TWISTED HIS KNEE AS HE FELL.