Mining Incidents

Kindschy Pit: 4 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Jim Mendiola Gravel Products · Surface
Controlled by Jim M Mendiola
Vale, Malheur County, OR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3503588

Kindschy Pit has $274 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
4
citations
0
significant & substantial
$274
proposed penalties
$274
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
9
inspections on record
71
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: 71 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Kindschy Pit has $274 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.
$274
proposed penalties
$274
current assessed
$274
paid to date
$0
outstanding
4 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-05-04.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Jim Mendiola Gravel Products 2004 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2013 0
2012 0
2011 1
2010 1
2009 1
2008 1
2007 1
2006 1
2005 1
2004 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Kindschy Pit sits in Malheur County, Oregon, where the Census mining category is 0.8% 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.
Malheur County, Oregon · Population 31,701
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$49,902
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
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 3 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
Show 27 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 15 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 12 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 15 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 6 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 18 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 5 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 30 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 15 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 15 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 22 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 25 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 20 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 15 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 25 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 30 1 0 33333.3
2006 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 12 1 0 83333.3
2005 Q2 15 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 15 1 0 66666.7
2004 Q4 100 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 52 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.