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: 438 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Molalla Quarries has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$21K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
55 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $16K in penalties contested before the Commission, $5K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-02-01.
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 · 9% 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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
69%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$16K proposed, $5K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2011-03-25.
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: 2003-08-14, 23 years ago
4
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz4
Show the individual readings (4)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2003-08-14
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
1.79
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-08-14
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.65
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-08-14
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
1.8
Cleanup Man
2003-08-14
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.7
Utility Man
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
2012
1
2011
3
2010
6
2009
4
2008
5
2007
7
2006
7
2005
7
2004
7
2003
6
2002
5
2001
7
2000
9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Molalla Quarries 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
EE STEPPED DOWN FROM LOADER, FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK, LATER FELT NUMBNESS IN GROIN AREA. WENT TO EMERGENCY ROOM AT HOSPITAL AFTER COMPLETING WORK SHIFT. DID NOT MISS ANY WORK SHIFTS.
2002 · 1 incident
September 5, 2002OR · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN HILL FROM FEEDER TO JAW AND CAUGHT EITHER HEEL OR TOE OF LEFT BOOT ANDFELL ON HIS LEFT SIDE. HE LANDED 5 TO 7 FEET FROM WHERE HE TRIPPED. HE STRAINED AND BRUISED HIS NECK AND BACK.
2000 · 2 incidents
May 15, 2000OR · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
CHANING BOTTOM TRACK ROLLS ON D9-2 ON D9 CATERPILLR. BRACE THAT WAS HOLDING TRACK FRAME SUSPENED BROKE, CAUSING TRACK FRAME TO DROP, PINNING RIGHT HAND UNDERNEATH AIR WRENCH. AND SMASHING HA ND.
March 1, 2000OR · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE REPORTED HE WAS CLEANING UNDER JAW CRUSHER CONVEYOR WITH HAND SHOVEL. TWISTED WRONG & FELT SHARP PAIN IN GROIN AREA. EE DID NOT REPORT INCIDENT TO SUPERVISOR UNTIL MAY 9, 2000 WHEN EE WENT TO THE DOCTOR. SEE ATTACHED.
1999 · 1 incident
January 12, 1999OR · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO FREE A ROCK STUCK IN CRUSHER JAW BY PLACING A CHAIN & HOOK AROUND IT WHEN ANOTHER ROCK FELL FROM FEEDER LANDING ON HIS LOWER BACK & HIPS. HE DID NOT WAIT UNTIL AREA & EQUI P. WAS SECURE BEFORE HIS ATTEMPT TO FREE THE ROCK.
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