Mining Incidents

Portable Crusher # 1 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Ronald D Braxling
Valsetz, Polk County, OR  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3503291

Portable Crusher # 1 has $36K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1989–1990
Latest incident
Jun 1990
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
113
citations
31
significant & substantial
$35,520
proposed penalties
$33,129
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,391 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
59
inspections on record
811
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: 811 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 Crusher # 1 has $36K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$36K
proposed penalties
$33K
current assessed
$33K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
109 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-01-03.
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
2025 Q4 1,758 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,917 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,874 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,182 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,932 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,517 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,920 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,155 1 0 464.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 2,351 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,108 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,686 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,536 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,844 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,863 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,732 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,570 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,837 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,784 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,935 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,734 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,660 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,948 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,540 3 0 847.5
2020 Q1 3,226 2 0 620.0
2019 Q4 2,953 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,667 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,080 1 0 324.7
2019 Q1 2,654 1 0 376.8
2018 Q4 2,823 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,938 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,678 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,128 1 0 469.9
2017 Q4 2,991 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,129 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,054 3 2 982.3
2017 Q1 2,484 1 1 402.6
2016 Q4 2,940 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,719 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,771 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,681 4 1 1492.0
2015 Q4 2,884 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,692 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,026 4 0 1321.9
2015 Q1 2,340 5 1 2136.8
2014 Q4 2,459 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,796 6 2 2145.9
2014 Q2 2,675 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,888 6 2 3178.0
2013 Q4 3,185 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,864 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,624 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,644 2 1 756.4
2012 Q4 2,419 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,002 3 0 999.3
2012 Q2 1,979 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,085 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,423 1 0 412.7
2011 Q3 2,723 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,254 3 0 1331.0
2011 Q1 2,368 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,633 2 0 759.6
2010 Q3 2,664 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,434 8 5 3286.8
2010 Q1 2,199 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,030 2 0 660.1
2009 Q3 2,878 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,744 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,626 8 4 3046.5
2008 Q4 2,761 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,211 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,556 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 3,266 2 1 612.4
2007 Q4 3,565 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,296 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,886 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,637 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,852 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,371 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,159 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,574 10 0 3885.0
2005 Q4 2,946 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,479 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,777 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,031 2 0 659.8
2004 Q4 3,061 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,205 9 3 2808.1
2004 Q2 3,268 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,939 15 8 5103.8
2003 Q4 2,980 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,316 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,105 5 0 1610.3
2003 Q1 2,940 1 0 340.1
2002 Q4 3,219 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,521 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,316 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,627 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,341 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,082 1 0 324.5
2001 Q2 2,741 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,344 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,547 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,709 1 0 369.1
2000 Q2 2,744 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,499 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1990 · 1 incident

1989 · 1 incident

August 16, 1989 OR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Braxling & Braxling Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DIGGING ROCK FROM FACE OF PIT-FACE GAVE AWAY AND ROCK CAME DOWN ON FRONT OF LOADER, BREAKING WINDOW-RESULTING IN OPERATOR GETTING A PIECE OF GLASS IN ARM.

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