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Nyssa Pit: 84 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Nyssa, Malheur County, OR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3500501

Nyssa Pit has $11K 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
1
Years on record
1993
Latest incident
May 1993
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
84
citations
14
significant & substantial
$10,800
proposed penalties
$10,123
paid to date
94% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $677 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Clearwater Concrete, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
34
inspections on record
406
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: 406 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Nyssa Pit has $11K 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
80 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $676 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-04-10.
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.
17.5%
significant & substantial
2.5%
high negligence or reckless
17.5%
reasonably likely or greater
63.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 8.8% low, 88.8% moderate, 2.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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
WEST20020491M Settlement Melick 2003 $1K → $676
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: 2010-07-16, 16 years ago
1
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2010-07-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
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. Idaho Concrete Company Inc 1950 to 1986
  2. Oregon Concrete LLC 1986 to 2011
  3. Clearwater Concrete, Inc. 2012 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2021 0
2020 1
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 5
2010 5
2009 5
2008 5
2007 5
2006 5
2005 4
2004 4
2003 5
2002 4
2001 4
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Nyssa Pit sits in Malheur County, Oregon, where the Census mining category is 0.8% 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.
Malheur County, Oregon · Population 31,701
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$49,902
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
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 39 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 300 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 416 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 555 0 0 0.0
Show 78 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q2 953 1 0 1049.3
2019 Q1 79 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 194 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 440 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 297 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 4 2 0 500000.0
2017 Q4 133 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 283 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 224 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 32 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 48 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 106 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 140 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 123 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 247 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 324 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 90 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 217 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 247 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 207 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 85 1 1 11764.7
2013 Q4 104 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 219 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 127 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 88 2 0 22727.3
2012 Q4 273 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 264 1 0 3787.9
2012 Q2 540 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 5 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 151 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 444 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 282 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 135 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 135 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 430 12 4 27907.0
2010 Q2 380 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 239 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 245 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 412 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 397 1 0 2518.9
2009 Q1 180 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 150 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 290 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 426 5 0 11737.1
2008 Q1 298 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 430 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 765 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 511 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 362 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 471 12 2 25477.7
2006 Q3 719 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 558 15 4 26881.7
2006 Q1 538 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 410 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 570 4 1 7017.5
2005 Q2 540 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 140 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 383 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 532 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 692 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 76 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 483 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 628 1 1 1592.4
2003 Q2 482 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 146 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 360 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 570 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 360 16 0 44444.4
2002 Q1 55 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 425 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 608 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 255 9 0 35294.1
2001 Q1 25 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 215 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 447 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 448 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 150 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1993 · 1 incident

May 25, 1993 OR · Metal/Non-Metal shopman repair cars, mechanic SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Oregon Concrete LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances

HE WAS GOING TO CUT SCREEN WITH TORCH AND WHEN HE TOOK STEP HE SLIPPED AND THE TORCH WENT ACROSS HIS HAND, AND WAS BURNED.