METRO PORTABLE #5 has $57K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 8 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
1987–2021
Latest incident
Mar 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
157
citations
40
significant & substantial
$57,187
proposed penalties
$55,839
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,348 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: 992 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 #5 has $57K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 8 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.
$57K
proposed penalties
$56K
current assessed
$56K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
157 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
Of $29K in penalties contested before the Commission, $28K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-08-23.
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.
23citations taken to the federal commission · 15% of citations on record
Settled
19 · 83%
Stood as issued
4 · 17%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 14 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
5%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$29K proposed, $28K 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 2021-09-20.
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: 2020-07-30, 6 years ago
16
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz11
Respirable dust, <.1mg5
Show the individual readings (16)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2020-07-30
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.38
Cleanup Man
2016-08-10
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.29
Front-end Loader Operator
2016-08-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-08-10
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.2
Front-end Loader Operator
2015-06-25
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.69
Front-end Loader Operator
2015-06-25
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.43
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-10-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-10-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2009-10-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-10-21
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.21
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-09-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-09-01
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.42
Laborer, Bullgang
2005-09-01
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.32
Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2005-04-20
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.17
Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2005-04-20
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.18
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-04-20
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.25
Laborer, Bullgang
Area samples (mill and shop air)
Last sampled: 2014-10-10, 11 years ago
1
samples
Show the individual readings (1)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Area sampled
2014-10-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
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.
METRO PORTABLE #5 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2019.
Injury rate, 2019
ⓘ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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.94 and the all-US-mining average was 2.32 cases per 100 workers.
In Oregon, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.22 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
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
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
2024
0
2023
1
2022
6
2021
8
2020
11
2019
11
2018
12
2017
13
2016
11
2015
10
2014
9
2013
7
2012
9
2011
7
2010
7
2009
8
2008
10
2007
11
2006
10
2005
7
2004
8
2003
7
2002
8
2001
8
2000
7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
METRO PORTABLE #5 sits in Clackamas County, Oregon, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Clackamas County, Oregon · Population 422,308
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$100,360
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
2024 Q3
0
0
0
2024 Q2
0
0
0
2024 Q1
0
0
0
2023 Q4
0
0
0
2023 Q3
0
0
0
2023 Q2
0
0
0
2023 Q1
726
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
3,553
0
0
0.0
Show 91 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2022 Q3
5,120
2
1
390.6
2022 Q2
4,566
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
3,290
1
0
304.0
2021 Q4
4,776
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
5,986
1
0
167.1
2021 Q2
4,652
14
3
3009.5
2021 Q1
4,005
5
0
1248.4
2020 Q4
4,304
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
5,729
7
2
1221.9
2020 Q2
5,221
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
4,045
3
1
741.7
2019 Q4
6,698
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
5,456
4
0
733.1
2019 Q2
4,678
1
0
213.8
2019 Q1
3,627
3
0
827.1
2018 Q4
5,000
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
6,005
1
0
166.5
2018 Q2
5,120
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
4,446
4
1
899.7
2017 Q4
4,565
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
4,870
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
5,119
1
0
195.4
2017 Q1
3,601
2
0
555.4
2016 Q4
4,096
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
5,807
7
2
1205.4
2016 Q2
4,833
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
3,457
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
3,085
9
5
2917.3
2015 Q3
4,069
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
3,443
4
3
1161.8
2015 Q1
2,621
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
3,186
3
1
941.6
2014 Q3
2,929
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
3,273
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
2,990
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
2,918
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
2,872
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
2,749
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
1,983
1
1
504.3
2012 Q4
3,438
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
3,995
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
3,567
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
2,787
1
0
358.8
2011 Q4
3,022
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
3,224
4
1
1240.7
2011 Q2
3,265
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
2,743
4
2
1458.3
2010 Q4
2,795
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
3,043
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
2,183
4
2
1832.3
2010 Q1
2,043
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
2,944
9
6
3057.1
2009 Q3
3,815
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
2,864
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
2,529
5
4
1977.1
2008 Q4
3,827
1
0
261.3
2008 Q3
4,693
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
4,919
4
2
813.2
2008 Q1
3,855
7
1
1815.8
2007 Q4
4,227
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
4,782
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
4,608
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
4,350
12
0
2758.6
2006 Q4
5,077
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
5,675
2
0
352.4
2006 Q2
5,169
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
3,783
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
3,462
3
1
866.6
2005 Q3
3,793
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
3,075
5
1
1626.0
2005 Q1
2,379
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
3,943
2
0
507.2
2004 Q3
3,688
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
3,514
2
0
569.2
2004 Q1
3,248
1
0
307.9
2003 Q4
3,063
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
3,644
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
3,384
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
2,190
1
0
456.6
2002 Q4
3,870
4
0
1033.6
2002 Q3
4,687
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
3,787
2
0
528.1
2002 Q1
2,273
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
3,751
2
0
533.2
2001 Q3
3,968
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
3,330
6
0
1801.8
2001 Q1
2,048
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
3,712
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
3,489
3
0
859.8
2000 Q2
2,812
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
2,734
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
12 on file
2021 · 1 incident
March 26, 2021OR · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Using a bar to clean a chute, when employee felt chest pop and thought nothing of it. Moved onto next chute when employee felt chest and back pop and felt pain
2015 · 1 incident
July 24, 2015OR · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jim Turin & Sons Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Injured employee and two other workers were replacing wear iron in Canica Impact Crusher when the hydraulically raised cover which was supplemented by support from a hydraulic jack which failed and knocked out the safety bar causing the lid to drop approximately 9" and rotate pinning injured employee's thigh against hand railing.
On 6/27/14 the EE indicated that the injury occurred on 6/20/2014. He explained that they had been lying on their backs tightening an adjustment nut for the belt with a wrench. It was an awkward position as they had to pull on the wrench at the same time to get the nit to tighten properly. He felt a little pain in his groin but he said it did not hurt that bad.
2011 · 1 incident
March 24, 2011OR · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE was lifting a screen which weighed approx. 50-60 lbs. up into the back of a pickup truck. As he was lifting the screen he felt his elbow tear. After about three days he noticed a significant amount of bruising in and around his right elbow. EE went to see his doctor Monday March 28th, and they set up an MRI and a follow up appt. for Friday April 1.
2007 · 1 incident
March 7, 2007OR · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee reported some pain & discomfort in his left abdomen. We discussed it & we decided to rest his side after a weekend & see if the pain went away. The pain did subside. Then a couple of weeks later, he said the pain was back. He went to see the Dr. The Dr. put him on restricted.
2006 · 1 incident
June 6, 2006OR · Metal/Non-Metaldriller, highwall operator, highwall drill operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee lifted a bucket of dirt to carry to his drill. When he turned he felt pain in his stomach muscles. He reported to me that he had a surgery to fix a hernia on 2-9-07 so this was the first time I verified that injury required surgery.
2004 · 1 incident
January 21, 2004OR · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
HE STOOD UP AND HIT HIS HEAD ON A CONVEYOR THAT WAS REMOVED OUT OF THE PLANT TO BE REPAIRED. THE IMPACT TO HIS SCALP CAUSED A CUT THAT REQUIRED THREE STITCHES.
EE WAS RUNNING AN AIR TRACK DRILL. HE WAS BRING HIS STEEL UP OUT OF THE ROCK, AS HE WAS BRINGIN HIS SECOND STEEL OUT, THE STEEL HUNG UP A LITTLE AND THE HAMMER RATTLE AGAINST THE COLLAR. A SMA LL PIECE OF STEEL FLEW OFF THE COLLAR AND PENETRATED EE'S LEFT SHOULDER. THE DR. ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE IT.
1995 · 1 incident
April 20, 1995OR · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanPOWERED HAULAGE
HE WAS DISCONNECTING A CHAIN FROM A PIECE OF STEEL. THE CHAIN WAS HANGING DOWN FROM LOADER BUCKET, AS THE LOADER BACKED AWAY THE CHAIN HOOKED THE PIECE OF STEEL AND DRUG IT ACROSS HIS SHIN. HE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL DOCTOR AND STITCHED UP. THE CUT WAS APPROX. 1 1/2" LONG ON THE FRONT OF HIS SHIN 20 STITCHES.