Mining Incidents

Portable #3: 40 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Jamie H Jackson
KLAMATH FALLS, Klamath County, OR  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3503325

Portable #3 has $5K 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
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
40
citations
5
significant & substantial
$5,106
proposed penalties
$5,106
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
27
inspections on record
360
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: 360 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 #3 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
40 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-26.
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.
12.5%
significant & substantial
5.0%
high negligence or reckless
12.5%
reasonably likely or greater
62.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 12.5% low, 82.5% moderate, 5.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2025-09-17
7
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (7)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-09-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-05-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-05-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2017-03-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-06-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-06-23 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-04-23 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 Front-end Loader Operator
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. Klamath Pacific Corp 1988 to 2005
  2. Klamath Pacific Company 2005 to 2007
  3. Klamath Pacific Company 2007 to 2014
  4. Rocky Mountain Construction 2014 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 5
2025 3
2024 5
2023 4
2022 4
2019 0
2018 2
2017 1
2016 1
2015 0
2014 2
2013 2
2012 1
2011 2
2010 0
2009 3
2008 2
2007 2
2006 3
2005 5
2004 5
2003 3
2002 1
2001 1
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Portable #3 sits in Klamath 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.
Klamath County, Oregon · Population 69,812
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$59,353
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 3,294 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 2,211 3 0 1356.9
2025 Q4 1,196 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 808 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 117 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 2,344 1 0 426.6
2024 Q3 3,281 0 0 0.0
Show 78 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 2,272 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,994 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,933 2 1 681.9
2023 Q3 3,354 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 875 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 168 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 919 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 169 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 203 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 60 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 168 8 1 47619.0
2017 Q4 359 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 744 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 679 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 102 2 0 19607.8
2016 Q4 60 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 120 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 72 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 0 6 1
2014 Q2 2,339 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 294 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 538 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 42 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 52 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 239 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 296 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 85 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 120 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 130 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 669 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 533 5 0 9380.9
2009 Q1 21 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 309 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 209 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 224 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 915 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 190 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 196 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 608 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 553 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 163 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 674 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,028 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 844 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 565 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 915 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 457 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 574 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 502 3 0 5976.1
2004 Q1 2,361 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 672 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 589 2 1 3395.6
2003 Q2 424 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 339 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 114 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 175 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 231 2 0 8658.0
2002 Q1 16 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 85 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 247 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 230 3 0 13043.5
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 664 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 643 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 575 3 1 5217.4
2000 Q1 184 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.