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Orland Plant: 47 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Knife River Const · Surface
Controlled by Knife River Corporation
Orland, Glenn County, CA  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 0405156

Orland Plant has $4K 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
11
Years on record
1993–2008
Latest incident
Jul 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
47
citations
7
significant & substantial
$4,476
proposed penalties
$4,476
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Knife River Const's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
48
inspections on record
689
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: 689 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Orland Plant has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
47 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $734 in penalties contested before the Commission, $317 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-14.
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.
14.9%
significant & substantial
2.1%
high negligence or reckless
14.9%
reasonably likely or greater
48.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 38.3% low, 59.6% moderate, 2.1% 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.
7 citations taken to the federal commission · 15% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 43%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 4 · 57%
0%
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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
57%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$734 proposed, $317 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 2011-07-15.
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 2011-1243M Settlement Miller 2012 $634 → $317
WEST 2010-395M Withdrawal Lesnick 2011 $100 → $0
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: 2025-04-15
25%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
19
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz51 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg14
Show the individual readings (19)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2003-08-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.89 0.69 1.29 Cleanup Man
2025-04-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2021-01-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-01-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2018-04-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2018-04-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dragline Operator
2018-04-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 Mechanic
2014-10-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2014-10-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-10-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2009-10-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2009-10-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2009-10-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dragline Operator
2005-04-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-04-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 0.56 0.41 Washer Operator
2005-04-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-04-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2004-07-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 0.62 0.40 Cleanup Man
2003-08-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.64 0.23 Crusher Oper/Worker
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.

Orland Plant recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In California, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.42 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2025 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2007 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Jaxon Enterprises 1991 to 1997
  2. Knife River Const 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 12
2025 15
2024 14
2023 14
2022 12
2021 13
2020 12
2019 13
2018 11
2017 11
2016 10
2015 11
2014 9
2013 10
2012 10
2011 9
2010 10
2009 7
2008 8
2007 12
2006 12
2005 13
2004 13
2003 11
2002 12
2001 13
2000 12
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Orland Plant sits in Glenn County, California, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Glenn County, California · Population 28,623
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$70,487
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 5,873 1 0 170.3
2026 Q1 2,864 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 6,860 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 9,867 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 7,147 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 4,506 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 5,838 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 9,086 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 7,191 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 4,264 1 0 234.5
2023 Q4 5,846 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 9,169 2 0 218.1
2023 Q2 6,939 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 4,010 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 4,011 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 8,142 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 8,010 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 4,701 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 4,505 1 0 222.0
2021 Q3 8,776 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 5,415 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 3,890 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 4,301 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 7,420 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 5,285 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 4,288 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 8,014 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 8,802 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 4,676 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,848 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,318 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 4,144 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 4,076 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 3,174 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 4,454 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 5,596 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,903 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,148 1 0 465.5
2016 Q4 2,976 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,581 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,625 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,577 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,109 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,641 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,857 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,653 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,650 1 0 377.4
2014 Q3 3,524 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,428 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,928 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,392 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,144 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,662 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,892 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,757 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,100 2 0 487.8
2012 Q2 2,383 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,054 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,039 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 5,648 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,656 7 1 2635.5
2011 Q1 1,722 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,358 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 5,319 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,870 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,483 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,749 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,930 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,710 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,036 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,785 1 0 359.1
2008 Q3 3,983 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,600 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,298 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,911 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 5,678 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,848 5 0 1299.4
2007 Q1 6,616 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,892 3 0 770.8
2006 Q3 4,927 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 6,703 5 3 745.9
2006 Q1 3,044 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 5,094 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 7,661 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 5,327 1 0 187.7
2005 Q1 3,436 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,728 1 0 268.2
2004 Q3 6,261 4 1 638.9
2004 Q2 5,217 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,735 3 0 1096.9
2003 Q4 3,450 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,694 4 1 852.2
2003 Q2 3,356 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,824 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,726 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,585 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 7,741 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,102 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,629 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 6,462 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 8,027 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,159 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,710 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 5,523 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 5,573 3 0 538.3
2000 Q1 2,173 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

2008 · 1 incident

July 28, 2008 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Knife River Const · Struck by flying object

Employee grinding when a small piece of metal got into the eye.

1999 · 1 incident

September 24, 1999 CA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Knife River Const · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A ROCK FROM BETWEEN DUAL WHEELS ON TRAILER. THE TIRE POPPED AND BLEW THE EMPLOYEE BACKWARDS RESULTING IN ABRASIONS TO HIS FACE AND EYES. TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, ONLY TEMPORARY DAMAGE IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

1998 · 1 incident

November 9, 1998 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Knife River Const · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WAS SHOVELING MATERIAL, CLAIMS LOWER BACK STRAIN.

1997 · 1 incident

August 18, 1997 CA · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Knife River Const · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING 20 LB HAMMER TO LOOSEN CONTROL LEVEL ON CRUSHER, MISSED AND HIT RING FINGER ON LEFT HAND.

1994 · 1 incident

June 13, 1994 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman STRIKING OR BUMPING
Jaxon Enterprises · Struck against stationary object

HAD REMOVED WELDING HOOD & FAILED TO PUT HARD HAT BACK ON WAS MOVING AWAY FROM OTHER WELDER WITH HEAD TURN TO AVOID EYE CONTACT & CUT HIS HEAD ON A SHARP EDGE ABOVE HIM

1993 · 6 incidents

December 21, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jaxon Enterprises · Struck against stationary object

EE ATTEMPING TO OPEN GATE HANDLE POPPED BACK AND SCRAPED KNUCKLES RIGHT HAND.

November 15, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Jaxon Enterprises · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO GRAB A STICK PROTRUDING FROM CONE CRUSHER AND AS A RESULT HIS FINGER WAS PUSHED INTO THE METAL.

October 21, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jaxon Enterprises · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STEPPED OFF LOADER & FELT PAIN IN RIGHT HEEL. HE REFUSED MEDICAL ATTENTION AND REMAINED AT WORK. WE WERE NOITFIED ON NOV. 11, 1993 THAT HE WENT TO SEE A DOCTOR LATER.

September 21, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Jaxon Enterprises · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE DRIVING WATER TRUCK AND WAS HIT BY SCRAPER MACHINE.

August 23, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jaxon Enterprises · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A BELT, CLAMP SLIPPED & HIT LEFT HAND.

May 4, 1993 CA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Jaxon Enterprises · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A BARREL AND STRAINED HIS BACK.