METRO PORTABLE #1 has $44K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
2005–2026
Latest incident
Jun 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
155
citations
57
significant & substantial
$44,418
proposed penalties
$41,582
paid to date
94% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,836 gap.
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: 976 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘA Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2017-01-18.
On record since 2017.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
METRO PORTABLE #1 has $44K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 1 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.
$44K
proposed penalties
$43K
current assessed
$42K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
151 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $8K in penalties contested before the Commission, $6K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-11.
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.
5citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
Settled
5 · 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 5 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
23%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$8K proposed, $6K 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 2009-05-04.
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: 2024-11-05
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
13
samples
7
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz7
Respirable dust, <.1mg5
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (13)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2024-11-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2024-11-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2021-12-08
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.2
Cleanup Man
2019-11-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2019-11-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Drill Operator, Rotary
2018-10-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.23
2.06
0.60
Laborer, Bullgang
2018-10-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.74
1.58
0.47
Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-08-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.47
2.07
0.23
Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-08-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.54
1.34
0.40
Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-04-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.43
1.3
0.33
Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-04-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
1.83
0.09
Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-03-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.25
1.07
0.23
Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-03-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
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
2026
4
2025
4
2024
4
2023
5
2022
5
2021
6
2020
5
2019
5
2018
6
2017
7
2016
10
2015
9
2014
8
2013
7
2012
9
2011
7
2010
4
2009
3
2008
3
2007
3
2006
3
2005
9
2004
7
2003
7
2002
4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
METRO PORTABLE #1 sits in Columbia County, Oregon, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Columbia County, Oregon · Population 53,178
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$86,359
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
Miner was crouching down between support legs of conveyor to look under jaw and then stood up and made contact with crossbar that was part of the support legs. The contact led to a broken nose and cut lip. Stitches required.
Miner was at end of shift and stacking unused metal pieces after working on fabrication project. Miner was walking on metal sheet that was on the ground and fell, the fall resulted in a broken lower right leg. It was dark in this area, miner was using a headlamp for light. Medical services responded and took EE to the ER, miner required surgery.
2021 · 2 incidents
September 27, 2021OR · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerOTHER
Prior to the beginning of Team Members regular shift, they experienced a non-work related acute on-set medical event that resulted in their death. This is an immediately reportable accident not a work related injury or illness.
WHILE PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ACITVITIES ON A CONVEYOR, EE DISLODGED MATERIAL THAT WENT BETWEEN THEIR FACE AND SAFETY GLASSES CONTACTING THEIR LEFT EYE. EE WAS EVALUATED AS HAVING A CORNEAL ABRASION AND PRESCRIBED EYE DROPS.
2018 · 1 incident
July 12, 2018OR · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Miner was removing a rock from a conveyor. When they stepped back, they tripped over a rock and jammed their left thumb while trying to catch themselves.
2016 · 2 incidents
October 17, 2016OR · Metal/Non-Metalcrusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/workerHANDLING OF MATERIALS