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Jones-Scott Company: 103 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Jones-Scott Company · Surface
Controlled by Rhonda Schroeder
Hermiston, Umatilla County, OR  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3500502

Jones-Scott Company has $22K 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
2
Years on record
1986–1987
Latest incident
Apr 1987
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
103
citations
18
significant & substantial
$22,046
proposed penalties
$16,878
paid to date
77% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,168 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Jones-Scott Company's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
55
inspections on record
728
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: 728 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Jones-Scott Company has $22K 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.
$22K
proposed penalties
$17K
current assessed
$17K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
102 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $14K in penalties contested before the Commission, $7K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-14.
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.
17.5%
significant & substantial
1.9%
high negligence or reckless
17.5%
reasonably likely or greater
79.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 12.6% low, 85.4% moderate, 1.9% 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.
9 citations taken to the federal commission · 9% of citations on record
  • Settled 8 · 89%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 11%
33%
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%
52%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$14K proposed, $7K 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 2013-02-28.
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 2013-498M Settlement Barbour 2013 $11K → $5K
WEST 2011-509M Settlement Miller 2012 $3K → $850
WEST 2013-550M Settlement Gill 2013 $425 → $300
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: 2017-04-12, 9 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
10
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg7
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (10)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2017-04-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-04-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2015-05-19 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 1.48 Laborer, Bullgang
2015-05-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-12-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2009-12-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2009-12-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2005-06-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.52 2.18 0.24 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-06-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.65 1.34 0.49 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-06-16 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. Jones Scott Company 1950 to 1986
  2. Jones-Scott Company 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 6
2025 6
2021 8
2020 8
2019 9
2018 9
2017 8
2016 7
2015 7
2014 7
2013 7
2012 8
2011 11
2010 7
2009 8
2008 9
2007 10
2006 8
2005 7
2004 5
2003 6
2002 6
2001 7
2000 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Jones-Scott Company sits in Umatilla 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.
Umatilla County, Oregon · Population 80,087
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$68,958
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 3,437 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 2,459 1 0 406.7
2025 Q4 2,932 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,861 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,880 2 0 694.4
2021 Q4 3,431 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,476 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,556 1 0 281.2
Show 85 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2021 Q1 3,271 1 0 305.7
2020 Q4 2,999 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,338 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,397 3 1 883.1
2020 Q1 3,252 4 1 1230.0
2019 Q4 3,784 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,873 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 5,134 1 1 194.8
2019 Q1 2,529 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 4,448 2 0 449.6
2018 Q3 5,341 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 5,142 3 1 583.4
2018 Q1 3,281 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,915 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,198 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,751 2 0 533.2
2017 Q1 2,691 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,222 2 0 620.7
2016 Q3 3,963 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,037 3 1 987.8
2016 Q1 2,906 1 0 344.1
2015 Q4 3,794 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,094 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,872 1 0 258.3
2015 Q1 2,897 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,260 2 0 613.5
2014 Q3 3,811 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,745 1 0 267.0
2014 Q1 2,479 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,954 1 0 338.5
2013 Q3 3,687 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,663 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,696 1 0 370.9
2012 Q4 2,972 6 2 2018.8
2012 Q3 3,525 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,859 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,184 5 0 1570.4
2011 Q4 4,568 3 1 656.7
2011 Q3 4,432 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4,057 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,765 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,439 2 0 581.6
2010 Q3 3,123 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,752 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,760 1 0 568.2
2009 Q4 2,852 10 5 3506.3
2009 Q3 3,858 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,983 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,290 8 2 2431.6
2008 Q4 3,621 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,821 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,722 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 3,768 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,518 4 0 1137.0
2007 Q3 3,854 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,057 9 2 2944.1
2007 Q1 2,668 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,883 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,535 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,144 5 1 1590.3
2006 Q1 2,632 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,728 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,370 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,891 3 0 1037.7
2005 Q1 1,849 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,527 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,378 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,284 3 0 1313.5
2004 Q1 2,211 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,266 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,234 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,298 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,598 5 0 1924.6
2002 Q4 2,569 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,718 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,657 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,554 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,531 2 0 566.4
2001 Q3 3,695 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,917 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,855 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,381 3 0 1260.0
2000 Q3 2,543 2 0 786.5
2000 Q2 1,980 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,411 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1987 · 1 incident

April 13, 1987 OR · Metal/Non-Metal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jones-Scott Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME 1487041487060809 & CO-WORKER WERE LOWERING 8INX8INX5FT WOODEN TIMBER TO GROUND FROM WAIST LEVEL-CO-WORKER DROPPED HIS END-SLIVER FROM TIMBER CUT I.NAME FINGER

1986 · 1 incident

April 18, 1986 OR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Jones Scott Company · Struck by flying object

I WAS DIGGING I3TO BANK WITH 950 CAT LOADER AND LOADING PIT TRUCKS HAULING TO WASH PLANT. THE BANK SLOUGHED OFF AND BROKE FRONT WINDSHIELD CUTTING AND BRUISING MY FACE AND BODY