Portable 2 Metal/Non-Metal
Merchen & Reed Gravel Co., Inc.
· Surface
Controlled by
Ramsey Bushnell; Mitch Bushnell; Mickey Bushnell
Myrtle Point,
Coos County,
OR
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Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3503860
Portable 2 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2018
17
citations
1
significant & substantial
$2,263
proposed penalties
$2,263
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2018
11
inspections on record
157
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 157 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 $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 919 | 4 | 0 | 4352.6 |
| 2025 Q3 | 661 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 855 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 1,145 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 1,145 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 539 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 651 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 1,395 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 1,359 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 938 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 302 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 956 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 484 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 714 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 646 | 1 | 0 | 1548.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 1,006 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q2 | 508 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 407 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 761 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 669 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 604 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 390 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 594 | 1 | 0 | 1683.5 |
| 2019 Q1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 486 | 6 | 0 | 12345.7 |
| 2018 Q3 | 281 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 563 | 4 | 1 | 7104.8 |
| 2018 Q1 | 679 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 318 | 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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A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.