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: 739 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Meadows Rock has $39K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 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.
$39K
proposed penalties
$28K
current assessed
$28K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
134 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $25K in penalties contested before the Commission, $14K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-11-12.
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.
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.
37citations taken to the federal commission · 27% of citations on record
Settled
37 · 100%
100%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 16 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
42%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$25K proposed, $14K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2015-12-28.
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.
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: 2017-03-22, 9 years ago
5
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg5
Show the individual readings (5)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2017-03-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2017-03-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2015-05-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Scale Man
2015-05-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-04-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
Area samples (mill and shop air)
Last sampled: 2014-09-26, 11 years ago
1
samples
Show the individual readings (1)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Area sampled
2014-09-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.66
SF ORE PROCESSING
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2021
0
2020
3
2019
2
2018
3
2017
3
2016
3
2015
3
2014
3
2013
4
2012
4
2011
4
2010
4
2009
5
2008
4
2007
4
2006
0
2005
2
2004
5
2003
4
2002
5
2001
4
2000
4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Meadows Rock sits in Multnomah County, Oregon, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Multnomah County, Oregon · Population 803,863
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$86,247
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
2021 Q3
0
0
0
2021 Q2
0
0
0
2021 Q1
0
0
0
2020 Q4
60
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
1,019
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
1,050
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
991
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
1,184
6
1
5067.6
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2019 Q2
0
0
0
2019 Q1
1,401
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
1,458
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
985
3
0
3045.7
2018 Q2
1,123
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
944
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
878
1
0
1139.0
2017 Q3
753
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
815
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
937
1
0
1067.2
2016 Q4
1,120
1
1
892.9
2016 Q3
945
1
0
1058.2
2016 Q2
942
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
1,013
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
1,057
8
3
7568.6
2015 Q3
926
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
1,115
6
2
5381.2
2015 Q1
1,053
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
861
1
0
1161.4
2014 Q3
1,153
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
1,047
3
2
2865.3
2014 Q1
1,191
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
1,617
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
1,163
4
0
3439.4
2013 Q2
991
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
1,275
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
1,370
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
1,144
3
0
2622.4
2012 Q2
1,226
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
1,340
2
2
1492.5
2011 Q4
1,326
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
1,249
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
1,310
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
1,367
1
0
731.5
2010 Q4
1,133
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
1,136
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
1,108
5
4
4512.6
2010 Q1
2,237
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
2,473
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
2,388
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
1,877
8
2
4262.1
2009 Q1
1,968
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
2,136
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
2,524
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
2,280
28
9
12280.7
2008 Q1
2,537
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
2,322
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
2,587
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
2,119
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
0
0
0
2006 Q4
0
0
0
2006 Q3
0
0
0
2006 Q2
0
0
0
2006 Q1
0
0
0
2005 Q4
0
0
0
2005 Q3
120
12
1
100000.0
2005 Q1
2,181
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
2,729
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
2,283
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
2,151
1
0
464.9
2004 Q1
1,356
1
0
737.5
2003 Q4
2,462
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
2,317
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
2,677
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
2,178
6
1
2754.8
2002 Q4
2,404
1
0
416.0
2002 Q3
2,306
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
2,487
3
0
1206.3
2002 Q1
2,274
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
2,715
6
4
2209.9
2001 Q3
2,472
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
2,251
1
0
444.2
2001 Q1
1,919
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
2,280
2
0
877.2
2000 Q3
1,841
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
1,996
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
1,882
20
9
10627.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2014 · 1 incident
September 23, 2014OR · Metal/Non-Metalweighman, scale personDISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)