Mining Incidents

Mobile Crusher #2: 75 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Knife River Corporation
Coos Bay, Coos County, OR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3503505

Mobile Crusher #2 has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2002–2014
Latest incident
Jul 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
75
citations
18
significant & substantial
$12,781
proposed penalties
$12,781
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
38
inspections on record
550
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: 550 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Mobile Crusher #2 has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
74 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $300 in penalties contested before the Commission, $200 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-07-24.
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.
24.0%
significant & substantial
9.3%
high negligence or reckless
22.7%
reasonably likely or greater
52.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 18.7% low, 72.0% moderate, 9.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 67%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 33%
33%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$300 proposed, $200 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 2014-10-22.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST 2015-0075 Settlement Barbour 2015 $300 → $200
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2022-09-22, 3 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
13
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg7
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (13)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2022-09-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-09-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Shovel Operator
2018-05-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2018-05-31 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-08-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-10-15 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-06-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 0.63 0.56 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-06-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2005-06-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.8 0.19 Truck Driver
2000-10-18 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 10 0.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
2000-10-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2000-10-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2000-10-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.5 1.94 0.26 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. Bracelin-Yeager Umpqua River Navigation 2000 to 2007
  2. Knife River Materials 2007 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2025 0
2024 3
2023 1
2022 3
2021 4
2020 0
2019 2
2018 3
2017 1
2016 4
2015 3
2014 2
2013 3
2012 2
2011 3
2010 0
2009 1
2008 3
2007 4
2006 3
2005 4
2004 3
2003 4
2002 2
2001 1
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Mobile Crusher #2 sits in Coos 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.
Coos County, Oregon · Population 64,832
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$60,313
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
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 33 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,396 1 0 417.4
2024 Q2 72 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 31 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
Show 89 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 1,497 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,367 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 864 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,012 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 441 1 0 2267.6
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 1,191 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,031 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 93 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,064 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,115 1 0 472.8
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 497 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 470 1 0 2127.7
2017 Q1 942 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 548 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,030 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,035 1 0 966.2
2016 Q1 423 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 854 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 779 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 633 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 32 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 934 1 0 1070.7
2014 Q3 1,222 5 2 4091.7
2014 Q2 527 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 334 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,635 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 314 1 0 3184.7
2013 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 1,616 2 0 1237.6
2012 Q2 988 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 978 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,253 2 0 1596.2
2011 Q1 156 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 319 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 328 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 353 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,246 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 586 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 569 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 671 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,342 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,038 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 629 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,187 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,304 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 228 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 2,248 4 0 1779.4
2005 Q3 2,152 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,274 7 2 3078.3
2005 Q1 678 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 656 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,575 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,013 11 1 10858.8
2004 Q1 236 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 820 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,265 3 1 2371.5
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 666 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 804 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,169 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 663 2 0 3016.6
2002 Q1 0 1 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 2,880 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 1,126 15 5 13321.5
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2014 · 1 incident

July 15, 2014 OR · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Knife River Materials · Struck against a moving object

Vehicle incident

2002 · 1 incident

June 25, 2002 OR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Bracelin-Yeager Umpqua River Navigation · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS MOVING SHOVEL DOWN AN INCLINE & WAS BRACING HIMSELF WITH HIS LEFT HAND ON THE DOOR POST. THE DOOR SWUNG SHUT ON HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER.