Mining Incidents

KAUFFMAN PORTABLE #2: 14 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Dan Kauffman
Lincoln County, OR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3503492

KAUFFMAN PORTABLE #2 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2000
Latest incident
Feb 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
14
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,740
proposed penalties
$1,740
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
3
inspections on record
61
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: 61 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

KAUFFMAN PORTABLE #2 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
14 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-03-08.
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.
14.3%
significant & substantial
21.4%
high negligence or reckless
14.3%
reasonably likely or greater
78.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 7.1% low, 71.4% moderate, 21.4% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Kauffman Quarries Inc 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2001 5
2000 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

KAUFFMAN PORTABLE #2 sits in Lincoln 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.
Lincoln County, Oregon · Population 50,632
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$61,314
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
2001 Q1 293 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 539 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 494 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 811 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 754 14 2 18567.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2000 · 1 incident

February 16, 2000 OR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Kauffman Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WALKING BY MOTOR TO GENERATOR, PUT HAND ON RADIATOR AND HAND GOT IN THE WAY OF FAN BLADE BETWEEN GUARDS.