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PC-200: 95 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Brookings, Curry County, OR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3503350

PC-200 has $30K 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
2008
Latest incident
May 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
95
citations
24
significant & substantial
$30,310
proposed penalties
$29,572
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $738 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Tidewater Contractors, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
25
inspections on record
290
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: 290 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

PC-200 has $30K 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.
$30K
proposed penalties
$30K
current assessed
$30K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
94 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $7K in penalties contested before the Commission, $7K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-04-07.
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.
25.5%
significant & substantial
2.1%
high negligence or reckless
25.5%
reasonably likely or greater
66.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 9.6% low, 88.3% 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.
18 citations taken to the federal commission · 19% of citations on record
  • Settled 18 · 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 6 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
10%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$7K proposed, $7K 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 2006-03-09.
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 2006-283M Settlement Lesnick 2006 $7K → $7K
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: 2006-03-23, 20 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
3
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2006-03-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.72 0.18 Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-03-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.81 1 0.81 Cleanup Man
2006-03-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 1.18 0.32 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. Tidewater Contractors, Inc. 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2011 0
2010 2
2009 0
2008 4
2007 5
2006 2
2005 6
2004 6
2003 4
2002 5
2001 5
2000 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

PC-200 sits in Curry County, Oregon, 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.
Curry County, Oregon · Population 23,463
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$64,769
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
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 84 1 0 11904.8
2010 Q1 301 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
Show 36 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 344 5 2 14534.9
2008 Q2 1,504 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,137 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 803 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,404 10 1 2270.7
2007 Q2 1,332 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,754 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 0 0 0
2006 Q2 52 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,021 21 11 10390.9
2005 Q4 1,625 1 0 615.4
2005 Q3 2,157 18 6 8344.9
2005 Q2 1,897 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,768 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,608 9 0 5597.0
2004 Q3 459 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,033 11 3 10648.6
2004 Q1 783 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,520 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,059 1 0 944.3
2003 Q1 147 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 764 6 1 7853.4
2002 Q3 1,128 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,090 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 783 2 0 2554.3
2001 Q4 1,523 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,410 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,667 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,600 5 0 3125.0
2000 Q4 412 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 860 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,032 5 0 1240.1
2000 Q1 2,112 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2008 · 1 incident

May 8, 2008 OR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tidewater Contractors, Inc. · Fall from machine

Employee was doing maintenance on crusher and was climbing down when he slipped and fell a few feet to the ground, landing on his back against a steel rail.