METRO PORTABLE #3 has $123K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
15
Years on record
1994–2023
Latest incident
Sep 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
138
citations
27
significant & substantial
$122,930
proposed penalties
$79,563
paid to date
65% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $43,367 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: 869 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
METRO PORTABLE #3 has $123K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 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.
$123K
proposed penalties
$80K
current assessed
$80K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
136 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
Of $98K in penalties contested before the Commission, $55K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-30.
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.
7citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
Settled
2 · 29%
Stood as issued
5 · 71%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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%
44%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$98K proposed, $55K 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 2024-04-24.
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: 2026-06-16
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
22
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg10
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz8
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
Show the individual readings (22)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2026-06-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2026-06-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2026-06-16
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.51
Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-08-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-08-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-08-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-12-08
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.45
Cleanup Man
2018-03-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.83
Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-03-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.54
Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-03-21
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.33
Front-end Loader Operator
2017-04-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2017-04-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-12-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.7
3.11
0.23
Cleanup Man
2005-12-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2005-12-08
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.21
Truck Driver
2005-12-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-06-04
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
1.2
Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-06-04
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
1.06
Laborer, Bullgang
2002-04-04
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
1.07
Laborer, Bullgang
2002-04-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-04-04
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.79
Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-04-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
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.
METRO PORTABLE #3 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Oregon, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.35 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2025 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
8.18
8.18
0.000
2007 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2006 *
14.20
14.20
0.000
2005 *
7.86
0.00
0.000
2004 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2003 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
13
2025
12
2024
8
2023
9
2022
7
2021
7
2020
4
2019
4
2018
5
2017
1
2016
2
2015
4
2008
9
2007
10
2006
11
2005
11
2004
11
2003
10
2002
9
2001
13
2000
32
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
METRO PORTABLE #3 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
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2026 Q2
7,971
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
10,252
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
9,379
1
0
106.6
2025 Q3
7,287
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
9,064
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
10,978
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
7,394
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
3,886
0
0
0.0
Show 69 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
6,081
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
5,829
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
5,692
2
2
351.4
2023 Q3
5,166
1
0
193.6
2023 Q2
8,432
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
5,149
1
0
194.2
2022 Q4
3,489
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
4,015
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
4,381
1
0
228.3
2022 Q1
5,988
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
4,084
2
0
489.7
2021 Q3
4,042
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
4,135
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
6,646
2
0
300.9
2020 Q4
2,870
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
1,502
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
3,827
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
4,003
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
2,201
10
2
4543.4
2019 Q3
2,213
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
3,472
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
3,478
1
0
287.5
2018 Q4
3,208
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
3,682
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
2,942
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
934
1
0
1070.7
2017 Q4
0
0
0
2017 Q3
0
0
0
2017 Q2
2,396
1
0
417.4
2017 Q1
0
0
0
2016 Q4
0
0
0
2016 Q3
3,616
1
0
276.5
2016 Q2
0
0
0
2016 Q1
0
0
0
2015 Q4
210
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
4,274
12
7
2807.7
2008 Q2
7,759
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
7,197
6
2
833.7
2007 Q4
6,847
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
7,412
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
7,763
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
7,998
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
7,650
7
2
915.0
2006 Q3
8,861
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
5,301
8
2
1509.1
2006 Q1
6,361
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
6,682
5
0
748.3
2005 Q3
6,606
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
5,826
2
0
343.3
2005 Q1
6,327
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
4,808
5
0
1039.9
2004 Q3
6,239
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
4,078
4
0
980.9
2004 Q1
5,251
2
0
380.9
2003 Q4
5,243
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
6,477
6
0
926.4
2003 Q2
6,371
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
5,500
2
0
363.6
2002 Q4
6,237
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
5,286
4
0
756.7
2002 Q1
3,078
2
0
649.8
2001 Q4
4,362
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
1,714
6
1
3500.6
2001 Q2
7,828
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
6,707
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
5,134
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
11,852
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
13,478
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
15,085
38
8
2519.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
15 on file
2023 · 1 incident
September 18, 2023OR · Metal/Non-Metalgroundman, yardmanMACHINERY
Miner entered HP400 cone crusher after performing lock out/tag out to clear a large rock stuck between cone and mantel. Miner failed to recognize the stored energy in the cone being suspended by the rock. When dislodging the rock, the weight of the cone came down trapping both feet between the cone and mantel.
2022 · 1 incident
August 1, 2022OR · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
TEAM MEMBER WAS LIFTING INSPECTION DOOR TO VSI. WHILE MOVING TO GET A BETTER LEVERAGE ON THE DOOR TO USE TWO HANDS, THE DOOR SLIPPED AND LANDED ON TEAM MEMBER'S LEFT THUMB. THE EVALUATION BY THE HAND SPECIALIST INDICATES NERVE DAMAGE AND BONE IS OFFSET AND WILL NEED SURGERY.
2020 · 1 incident
May 18, 2020OR · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Team Member removed the mantel nut on an HP-400 Cone Crusher while performing regular maintenance. Team member lost grip of the mantel nut while setting it to the side causing there right hand / wrist to be pinch between the cone liner and mantel nut.
Employee wandered away from job duties, past a clearly marked "Do Not Enter" sign and fell into crusher feeder. He broke his left femur and left wrist.
2006 · 2 incidents
July 12, 2006OR · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
While getting off of D-10 Dozer, slipped and fell. Cut the base of right thumb requiring stitches. Restricted work - no use of right hand for 1 week.
1998 · 1 incident
October 12, 1998OR · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REPAIR A BROKEN WATER LINE.HE WAS STANDING ON A 10FT HIGH PILE OF LARGE ROCKS THE ROCK BEGAN SLIDING & EE FELL ABOUT 10 FT TEARING OFF A PINKY FINGER, AND BREAKING A WRIST & BRUISING HIS HIP
1997 · 5 incidents
December 8, 1997OR · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
THE WATER TRUCK WAS PARTIALLY LOADED & COMING DOWN A 5% GRADE OFF THE HILL WHEN THE JAKE BRAKE STOPPED WORKING ACCORDING TO OPERATOR & A POINT WHERE HE HAD MET ANOTHER PIT TRUCK COMING UP HILL & TO AVOID COLLISION WENT OFF ROAD & JUMPED OUT OF TRUCK HE WAS WEARING A SEAT BELT & DID UNDO IT BEFORE JUMPING HE SUSTAINED A HEAD INJURY
May 20, 1994OR · Metal/Non-Metaldrill operatorMACHINERY