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Portable #2: 73 MSHA citations 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.
See D K Quarries Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
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.
Of $21K in penalties contested before the Commission, $14K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-03-23.
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.
26.0%
significant & substantial
16.4%
high negligence or reckless
23.3%
reasonably likely or greater
74.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 17.8% low, 65.8% moderate, 16.4% 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.
34 citations taken to the federal commission · 47% of citations on record
  • Settled 32 · 94%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 2 · 6%
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 13 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
32%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$21K proposed, $14K 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 2010-05-26.
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 2009-1044M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $12K → $10K
WEST 2009-1045M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $5K → $2K
WEST 2009-674M Settlement 2011 $1K → $576
WEST 2007-723M Settlement Barbour 2008 $878 → $713
WEST 2008-193M Settlement Barbour 2008 $734 → $734
WEST 2009-673M Settlement Barbour 2011 $363 → $182
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: 2010-03-24, 16 years ago
9
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz5
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Show the individual readings (9)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2010-03-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-03-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2010-03-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2005-06-02 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 Cleanup Man
2005-05-10 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.35 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-05-10 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 Cleanup Man
2005-05-10 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.31 Truck Driver
2001-02-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-02-22 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 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.
Ownership history
  1. Kauffman Quarries Inc 1994 to 2001
  2. D K Quarries Inc 2001 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2011 0
2010 3
2009 4
2008 6
2007 7
2006 6
2005 8
2004 6
2003 2
2002 6
2001 5
2000 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Portable #2 sits in Lincoln County, Oregon, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Lincoln County, Oregon · Population 50,632
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$61,314
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 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.