Mining Incidents

Peterson Rock Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Michael Applebee
North Plains, Washington County, OR  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3503850

Peterson Rock Pit has $33K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2017
68
citations
16
significant & substantial
$33,074
proposed penalties
$27,689
paid to date
84% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,385 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
26
inspections on record
377
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: 377 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Peterson Rock Pit has $33K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$33K
proposed penalties
$28K
current assessed
$28K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
67 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-15.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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 3,664 1 0 272.9
2025 Q3 3,415 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 5,388 1 0 185.6
2025 Q1 2,895 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,342 1 0 299.2
2024 Q3 3,382 1 0 295.7
2024 Q2 4,421 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,454 3 0 1222.5
Show 30 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 3,026 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 4,409 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,554 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,223 2 0 899.7
2022 Q4 3,004 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,383 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,795 2 1 715.6
2022 Q1 1,028 1 0 972.8
2021 Q4 3,309 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 7,602 9 4 1183.9
2021 Q2 4,883 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 5,004 8 2 1598.7
2020 Q4 4,466 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 5,699 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 5,414 3 0 554.1
2020 Q1 5,234 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 6,237 3 1 481.0
2019 Q3 5,145 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,091 3 0 1434.7
2019 Q1 4,979 4 0 803.4
2018 Q4 4,152 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 4,228 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 4,425 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,372 6 0 2529.5
2017 Q4 4,006 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,376 18 8 5331.8
2017 Q2 2,636 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,575 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,360 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,880 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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