Mining Incidents

Martha Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Summitt Mining, LLC · Underground
Controlled by Scott R Nelson
Grants Pass, Josephine County, OR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3503826

Martha Mine has $19K 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 2015
66
citations
17
significant & substantial
$18,527
proposed penalties
$18,527
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
29
inspections on record
636
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: 636 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Martha Mine has $19K 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.
$19K
proposed penalties
$19K
current assessed
$19K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
65 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-07-10.
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
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 435 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 555 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 522 6 0 11494.3
2024 Q2 1,006 1 0 994.0
2024 Q1 1,309 13 3 9931.2
Show 16 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,001 1 0 999.0
2023 Q3 1,338 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,006 2 0 1988.1
2023 Q1 927 3 0 3236.2
2022 Q4 1,722 1 0 580.7
2022 Q3 2,110 2 1 947.9
2022 Q2 1,716 1 0 582.8
2022 Q1 1,191 1 0 839.6
2021 Q4 478 2 0 4184.1
2021 Q3 760 3 0 3947.4
2020 Q2 20 1 0 50000.0
2020 Q1 758 24 11 31662.3
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 15 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 354 3 1 8474.6
2015 Q2 111 2 1 18018.0

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.

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