Mining Incidents

Juniper Canyon Pit Metal/Non-Metal

RiverBend Materials · Surface
Controlled by CRH PLC
Prineville, Crook County, OR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3503322

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

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1990–1992
Latest incident
Jan 1992
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2024
5
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,333
proposed penalties
$0
paid to date
0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,333 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2024
2
inspections on record
17
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: 17 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Juniper Canyon Pit has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K 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
$0
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
5 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-07-31.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2024 Q2 480 4 2 8333.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1992 · 1 incident

January 6, 1992 OR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Juniper Rock Products · Struck by rolling or sliding object

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING NEXT TO A LARGE ROCK, HOOKING A CHAIN TO IT. AN ADJACENT ROCK ROLLED OVER AND PINCHED HIS LEG AGAINST THE FIRST ROCK.

1991 · 1 incident

November 15, 1991 OR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Juniper Rock Products · Unclassified, insufficient data

EMPL HAS SEVERE WRIST PAIN THAT HAS GOTTEN GRADUALLY WORSE-DURING NORMAL WORK,WRIST STARTS TO GIVE HIM PAIN.

1990 · 2 incidents

March 8, 1990 OR · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) STRIKING OR BUMPING
Juniper Rock Products · Struck against stationary object

WORKER WAS WALKING WHILE LOOKING DOWN AND HIT HIS HEAD ON THE END OF ROCK CRUSHING PLANT.

January 10, 1990 OR · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Juniper Rock Products · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING UP INCLINED CONVEYOR WHICH WAS WET. HE SLIPPED AND FELL FORWARD ONTO THE CONVEYOR LANDING ON HIS CHEST.

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