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Oregon Quarry Portable: 49 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Martin and Company · Surface
Controlled by Gerald A Martin
Oregon, Ogle County, IL  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1100158

Oregon Quarry Portable has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1991–2010
Latest incident
Apr 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
49
citations
7
significant & substantial
$8,481
proposed penalties
$8,195
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $286 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Martin and Company's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
27
inspections on record
305
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: 305 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Oregon Quarry Portable has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
49 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-03-18.
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.
14.3%
significant & substantial
6.1%
high negligence or reckless
14.3%
reasonably likely or greater
49.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 30.6% low, 63.3% moderate, 6.1% 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.
12 citations taken to the federal commission · 24% of citations on record
  • Settled 11 · 92%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 8%
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 5 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
13%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$3K proposed, $3K 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 2011-12-08.
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
LAKE 2012-207M Settlement Lesnick 2013 $2K → $2K
LAKE 2010-900M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $929 → $643
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: 2026-03-12
5
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
Show the individual readings (5)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-03-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-03-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2010-06-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-06-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-06-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 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. Oregon Stone Quarries Inc 1950 to 1986
  2. Oregon Stone Inc 1986 to 2009
  3. Martin and Company Excavating 2009 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 8
2025 8
2024 6
2023 7
2022 5
2021 8
2020 7
2019 6
2018 8
2017 8
2016 4
2015 7
2014 5
2013 4
2012 7
2011 5
2010 4
2009 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Oregon Quarry Portable sits in Ogle County, Illinois, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Ogle County, Illinois · Population 51,536
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$79,244
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 1,000 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 457 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,092 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,400 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,160 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 287 1 0 3484.3
2024 Q4 430 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 922 0 0 0.0
Show 61 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,219 2 0 1640.7
2024 Q1 376 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,240 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 519 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 650 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 13 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 678 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 610 2 0 3278.7
2022 Q2 747 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 391 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 468 2 0 4273.5
2021 Q2 718 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 668 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 700 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,082 1 0 924.2
2020 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 554 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 845 8 0 9467.5
2019 Q2 755 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 55 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 587 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 662 2 0 3021.1
2018 Q2 471 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 402 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 452 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 692 2 1 2890.2
2017 Q2 343 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 430 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 125 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 34 1 0 29411.8
2016 Q2 298 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 114 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 267 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 722 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 96 2 0 20833.3
2014 Q4 165 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 567 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 853 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 223 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 900 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 507 4 0 7889.5
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 751 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,355 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 947 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 42 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,247 6 2 4811.5
2011 Q3 1,991 5 0 2511.3
2011 Q2 973 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 578 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,171 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,041 10 4 9606.1
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 200 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 728 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 472 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2010 · 1 incident

April 28, 2010 IL · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Martin and Company Excavating · Fall from machine

Employee was exiting the bed of service vehicle when he lost his footing. He fell to the quarry floor. A witness asked him if he was injured. He complained his neck & back were hurt. The witness called for help & asked injured to remain still until paramedics arrived. X-rays/MRIs negative & he was back that evening at 6:00PM. He was told to relax the next day anad returned to work

1991 · 2 incidents

November 25, 1991 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Oregon Stone Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TRIED TO BAR OVER CONVEYOR BELT- SPLICE CAUGHT BAR AND PINCHED HAND BETWEEN BAR AND CONVEYOR FRAME.

March 19, 1991 IL · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Oregon Stone Inc · Fall down stairs

COMING DOWN STEPS SLIPPED & FELL TWISTING KNEE STEPS HAD HEAVY FROST