Mining Incidents

MILLER & SONS EXCAVATING: 61 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Miller & Sons Excavating · Surface
Controlled by Ryan L Miller
HEPPNER, Morrow County, OR  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3503534

MILLER & SONS EXCAVATING has $9K 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 2003
61
citations
11
significant & substantial
$8,794
proposed penalties
$8,794
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
33
inspections on record
417
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: 417 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

MILLER & SONS EXCAVATING has $9K 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
58 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-02-04.
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.
18.0%
significant & substantial
11.5%
high negligence or reckless
19.7%
reasonably likely or greater
60.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 13.1% low, 75.4% moderate, 11.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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: 2015-12-01, 10 years ago
7
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz4
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (7)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2015-12-01 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 Crusher Oper/Worker
2015-12-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-07-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2005-11-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-11-02 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.3 Backhoe Operator
2003-08-20 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.42 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-08-20 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.51 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.
Ownership history
  1. Miller & Sons Excavating 2001 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 0
2024 1
2023 1
2022 1
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 1
2017 3
2016 2
2015 1
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 3
2006 2
2005 5
2004 3
2003 2
2002 3
2001 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

MILLER & SONS EXCAVATING sits in Morrow County, Oregon, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Morrow County, Oregon · Population 12,249
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$70,217
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 973 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 544 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 173 6 2 34682.1
2024 Q2 0 0 0
Show 90 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 1,009 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 280 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 578 1 0 1730.1
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 350 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 859 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 544 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 243 1 0 4115.2
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 863 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 360 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 368 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 267 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 603 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 926 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 757 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 625 7 1 11200.0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 380 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 284 1 0 3521.1
2017 Q2 386 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 21 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 284 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 128 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 324 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 391 6 2 15345.3
2015 Q3 91 1 0 10989.0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 535 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 436 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 466 2 0 4291.8
2013 Q4 176 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 307 1 0 3257.3
2013 Q2 93 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 106 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 446 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 163 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 203 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 247 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 56 1 0 17857.1
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 552 2 0 3623.2
2010 Q2 77 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 119 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 382 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 274 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 44 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 31 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 17 2 0 117647.1
2007 Q4 27 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 211 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 700 3 0 4285.7
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 406 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 99 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 667 4 0 5997.0
2005 Q3 427 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 346 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 430 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 125 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 417 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 288 4 0 13888.9
2004 Q1 150 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 425 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 225 9 5 40000.0
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 25 1 0 40000.0
2002 Q4 326 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 324 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 370 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 325 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 826 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,025 0 0 0.0

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.