Mining Incidents

Portable #2 Metal/Non-Metal

D K Quarries Inc · Surface
Controlled by Dan Kauffman
Lincoln City, Lincoln County, OR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3503416

Portable #2 has $27K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 8 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1995–2008
Latest incident
Oct 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
73
citations
19
significant & substantial
$26,921
proposed penalties
$20,325
paid to date
75% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,596 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
27
inspections on record
395
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: 395 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Portable #2 has $27K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 8 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.
$27K
proposed penalties
$20K
current assessed
$20K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
73 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-03-23.
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
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 29 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 363 1 0 2754.8
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 70 0 0 0.0
Show 36 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q2 644 10 6 15528.0
2009 Q1 1,293 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,317 13 5 9870.9
2008 Q3 1,669 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,524 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,621 5 2 3084.5
2007 Q4 1,671 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,539 7 2 4548.4
2007 Q2 1,380 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,966 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,816 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,447 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,426 13 3 5358.6
2006 Q1 1,449 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,944 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,082 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,992 14 1 4679.1
2005 Q1 1,712 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,029 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,562 1 0 640.2
2004 Q2 240 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,244 2 0 1607.7
2003 Q4 1,116 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 159 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 217 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 1,280 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 864 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,295 1 0 772.2
2002 Q1 1,085 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 477 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 537 1 0 1862.2
2000 Q4 798 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 935 5 0 5347.6
2000 Q2 1,195 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,001 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2008 · 1 incident

October 23, 2008 OR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
D K Quarries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

employee stepped off loader twisting back

1995 · 1 incident

January 28, 1995 OR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kauffman Quarries Inc · Struck against stationary object

WORKER APPLYING BELT GREASE STOOD UP INTO SCREEN GUARD WHILE CRUSHER WAS SHUT DOWN.

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