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Plant #1: 103 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Silverton, Marion County, OR  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3503356

Plant #1 has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2005–2024
Latest incident
Dec 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
103
citations
29
significant & substantial
$25,508
proposed penalties
$20,052
paid to date
79% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,456 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Aggregate Resource Crushing, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
62
inspections on record
711
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: 711 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2015-09-09.
On record since 2015.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Plant #1 has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 6 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.
$26K
proposed penalties
$21K
current assessed
$20K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
102 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
Of $10K in penalties contested before the Commission, $6K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-23.
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.
28.4%
significant & substantial
8.8%
high negligence or reckless
28.4%
reasonably likely or greater
79.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 18.6% low, 72.5% moderate, 8.8% 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.
10 citations taken to the federal commission · 10% of citations on record
  • Settled 9 · 90%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 10%
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 7 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
41%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$10K proposed, $6K 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 2020-12-30.
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 2020-0261 Settlement Manning 2020 $5K → $2K
WEST 2021-0090 Default 2021 $3K → $3K
WEST 2010-873M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $1K → $459
WEST 2009-1298M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $1K → $512
WEST 2020-0260 Settlement Manning 2020 $369 → $369
WEST 2016-0441 Settlement Barbour 2016 $142 → $142
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: 2026-06-24
50%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
19
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz52 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg8
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz6
Show the individual readings (19)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2003-06-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.52 0.8 1.90 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-06-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.81 0.9 2.01 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-06-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2026-06-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2026-06-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-02-24 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 Laborer, Bullgang
2023-02-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-05-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-05-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2014-05-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-06-16 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.3 Cleanup Man
2009-06-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 1.56 0.10 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-05-25 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-05-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-05-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-06-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 1.65 0.13 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-07-02 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.37 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-07-02 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.43 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-07-02 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.66 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.

Plant #1 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2020.

Injury rate, 2020
ⓘ 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
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.77 and the all-US-mining average was 2.08 cases per 100 workers.
In Oregon, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.93 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
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2017 * 7.42 7.42 0.000
2014 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2011 * 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. B J Equipment Company LLC 1991 to 2011
  2. Aggregate Resource Crushing, LLC 2011 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 6
2025 4
2024 6
2023 6
2022 6
2021 7
2020 10
2019 10
2018 10
2017 10
2016 8
2015 6
2014 8
2013 6
2012 6
2011 7
2010 5
2009 6
2008 6
2007 6
2006 6
2005 6
2004 4
2003 3
2002 4
2001 2
2000 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Plant #1 sits in Marion 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.
Marion County, Oregon · Population 346,532
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$74,624
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 3,595 6 0 1669.0
2026 Q1 2,904 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,632 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,451 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,517 1 0 397.3
2025 Q1 2,158 1 0 463.4
2024 Q4 2,859 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,275 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 3,535 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 4,265 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,310 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,502 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,553 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 4,696 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,726 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 4,329 1 0 231.0
2022 Q2 5,312 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 3,557 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 4,926 2 1 406.0
2021 Q3 4,289 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,969 2 0 503.9
2021 Q1 3,844 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 4,698 3 1 638.6
2020 Q3 7,625 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 7,321 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 7,137 5 2 700.6
2019 Q4 6,866 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 7,226 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 7,471 1 0 133.9
2019 Q1 6,456 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 6,115 4 2 654.1
2018 Q3 7,294 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 4,978 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 4,094 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 6,381 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 8,534 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 6,051 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 5,978 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,772 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 6,393 1 0 156.4
2016 Q2 5,229 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 4,499 3 1 666.8
2015 Q4 4,311 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,387 3 2 885.7
2015 Q2 4,547 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 5,367 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 7,400 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 5,764 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 4,753 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,643 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,856 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,137 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,379 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 4,107 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,993 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,822 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,668 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 5,228 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 5,900 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 4,659 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 5,055 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 6,171 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,727 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,314 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,974 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 4,440 3 2 675.7
2009 Q4 3,836 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 4,872 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,320 2 1 463.0
2009 Q1 4,695 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 4,432 4 0 902.5
2008 Q3 4,775 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 5,108 1 0 195.8
2008 Q1 4,167 5 2 1199.9
2007 Q4 4,322 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,813 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,804 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 4,683 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,094 6 2 1465.6
2006 Q3 3,173 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,344 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,139 5 0 1592.9
2005 Q4 2,324 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,617 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,990 2 0 1005.0
2005 Q1 2,546 4 2 1571.1
2004 Q4 2,378 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,859 8 1 2798.2
2004 Q2 695 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,148 1 0 465.5
2003 Q4 2,245 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,702 3 3 1110.3
2003 Q2 744 6 1 8064.5
2003 Q1 1,058 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,955 1 0 338.4
2002 Q3 3,104 1 0 322.2
2002 Q2 2,509 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,807 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,338 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,190 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,031 6 0 2954.2
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 1,880 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,217 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,870 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,642 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2024 · 1 incident

December 22, 2024 OR · Metal/Non-Metal crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Aggregate Resource Crushing, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee's left index finger was pinched while attaching chains to a crane hook with a chain clevis.

2021 · 1 incident

December 20, 2021 OR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Aggregate Resource Crushing, LLC · Struck against a moving object

While driving a loaded articulated haul truck on a well traveled haul road during heavy rain, the back end of truck slid off maintained road onto rough terrain. EE drove truck back onto maintained road. EE complained of back and neck pain in the day following incident. Diagnosed with back sprain and placed on restricted duty.

2017 · 1 incident

2015 · 1 incident

October 2, 2015 OR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Aggregate Resource Crushing, LLC · Struck against a moving object

Loader operator hauling bucket of rock from pile to feed crusher rock fell out of bucket (L) front tire ran over rock: (R) rear tire ran over rock; operators taros whipped left to right while restrained in seatbelt operator, complained of back pain 7 days later (10-99-15) treating physician prescribed pain medicine. Operator released to return to work 10-19-15

2012 · 1 incident

October 19, 2012 OR · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Aggregate Resource Crushing, LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While cleaning mud from the back of the JCI 1400 Portable Screen chute with a 'L' shaped bar, the bar slipped when the mud released smashing 'R' index finger against the edge of the chute.

2005 · 1 incident

May 16, 2005 OR · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
B J Equipment Company LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PIECE OF METAL IN EYE - NOT SURE HOW IT GOT THERE. HAD BEEN GRINDING ON METAL WITH HAND GRINDER EARLIER IN DAY AND WAS WEARING GOGGLES WHILE GRINDING. DID NOT FEEL ANYTHING IN EYE UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON.