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MURPHY CREEK Metal/Non-Metal

MURPHY, Josephine County, OR  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3502875

MURPHY CREEK has $99K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1983–1988
Latest incident
Jul 1988
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
182
citations
42
significant & substantial
$98,614
proposed penalties
$58,628
paid to date
59% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $39,986 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
52
inspections on record
800
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: 800 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

MURPHY CREEK has $99K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 5 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.
$99K
proposed penalties
$59K
current assessed
$59K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
182 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-25.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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 Q4 2,888 1 0 346.3
2025 Q3 2,880 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,952 1 0 338.8
2025 Q1 2,443 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,697 2 0 741.6
2024 Q3 3,071 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,971 2 0 673.2
2024 Q1 3,219 0 0 0.0
Show 65 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 3,171 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,160 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,602 2 0 555.2
2023 Q1 3,752 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,439 4 1 1163.1
2022 Q3 2,595 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,323 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,597 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,186 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,029 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,576 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 4,819 3 0 622.5
2020 Q4 3,313 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,735 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 750 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 5,273 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,083 5 1 2400.4
2011 Q3 3,339 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 681 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,294 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,968 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,976 27 12 9072.6
2010 Q2 2,975 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 3,452 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,186 4 1 1829.8
2009 Q3 3,406 2 0 587.2
2009 Q2 5,552 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 4,128 14 5 3391.5
2008 Q4 2,629 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,861 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,730 28 6 5919.7
2008 Q1 4,867 12 2 2465.6
2007 Q4 4,363 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 6,242 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 5,207 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 4,866 14 7 2877.1
2006 Q4 6,276 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 6,585 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 6,869 9 1 1310.2
2006 Q1 6,524 9 2 1379.5
2005 Q4 5,702 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 8,113 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 7,250 7 0 965.5
2005 Q1 5,166 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 5,874 3 0 510.7
2004 Q3 6,865 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 7,671 1 0 130.4
2004 Q1 5,106 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 11,172 2 0 179.0
2003 Q3 14,462 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 13,133 4 0 304.6
2003 Q1 10,636 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 11,386 2 0 175.7
2002 Q3 12,052 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 12,639 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 11,473 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 12,081 1 0 82.8
2001 Q3 14,213 5 0 351.8
2001 Q2 13,701 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 12,004 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 13,386 9 2 672.3
2000 Q3 13,057 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 14,361 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 13,849 9 2 649.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1988 · 1 incident

July 13, 1988 OR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Copeland Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLING ON V-BELT TO FREE PLUGGED CONVEYOR BELT-IT FREED UP AND CAUGHT END OF LITTLE FINGER.

1983 · 1 incident

April 11, 1983 OR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Applegate Aggregates Inc · Fall from machine

CLIMBED OUT ON BOOM ATTACHED TO LOADER BUCKET TO UNHOOK CHAIN,FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL AND HEEL CAUGHT EDGE OF BUCKET LIP AND TURNED HIM UPSIDE DOWN,FELL ON HIS SHOULDER.

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