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Portable Rock Crusher: 75 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Gilliam County - Or
Condon, Gilliam County, OR  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3503386

Portable Rock Crusher has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2008–2016
Latest incident
Nov 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
75
citations
16
significant & substantial
$9,668
proposed penalties
$9,668
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Gilliam County Road Department's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
35
inspections on record
655
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: 655 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 Rock Crusher has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
75 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $302 in penalties contested before the Commission, $302 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-13.
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.
21.3%
significant & substantial
5.3%
high negligence or reckless
21.3%
reasonably likely or greater
60.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 20.0% low, 74.7% moderate, 5.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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 2004-97-M Dismissal Lesnick 2004 $302 → $302
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: 2025-03-11
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
9
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz4
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (9)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-03-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-03-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-10-02 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.27 Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-10-02 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.56 Laborer, Bullgang
2019-10-02 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.84 Laborer, Bullgang
2016-09-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-09-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-07-27 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.22 Laborer, Bullgang
2005-07-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.97 2.95 0.33 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. Gilliam County Road Department 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 3
2024 3
2023 3
2022 3
2021 3
2020 3
2019 3
2018 3
2017 2
2016 3
2015 3
2014 3
2013 3
2012 3
2011 2
2010 3
2009 2
2008 3
2007 3
2006 3
2005 3
2004 3
2003 2
2002 3
2001 3
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Portable Rock Crusher sits in Gilliam 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.
Gilliam County, Oregon · Population 2,002
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$64,219
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 421 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 357 2 0 5602.2
2025 Q4 228 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 397 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 405 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 421 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 362 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 404 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 316 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 262 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 314 1 0 3184.7
2023 Q3 403 4 1 9925.6
2023 Q2 404 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 288 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 180 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 342 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 426 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 159 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 215 6 2 27907.0
2021 Q3 259 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 385 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 107 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 443 3 0 6772.0
2020 Q3 123 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 392 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 262 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 94 2 0 21276.6
2019 Q3 130 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 62 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 65 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 187 1 0 5347.6
2018 Q3 197 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 198 2 0 10101.0
2018 Q1 95 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 270 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 291 4 0 13745.7
2017 Q1 121 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 27 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 311 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 43 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 256 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 233 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 161 7 3 43478.3
2015 Q2 10 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 206 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 263 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 250 1 0 4000.0
2014 Q2 220 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 127 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 36 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 72 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 216 5 1 23148.1
2013 Q1 74 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 137 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 160 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 269 1 0 3717.5
2012 Q1 110 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 294 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 189 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 320 4 2 12500.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 42 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 131 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 293 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 193 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 198 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 317 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 158 3 1 18987.3
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 370 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 278 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 348 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 348 3 1 8620.7
2007 Q4 622 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 334 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 12 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 215 4 0 18604.7
2006 Q4 194 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 309 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 122 3 0 24590.2
2006 Q1 139 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 223 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 99 3 0 30303.0
2005 Q2 121 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 103 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 27 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 125 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 154 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 51 1 0 19607.8
2003 Q4 110 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 102 5 2 49019.6
2003 Q2 42 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 323 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 932 1 0 1073.0
2002 Q2 1,546 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 286 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 704 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 462 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 920 8 2 8695.7
2001 Q1 642 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 993 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 796 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 928 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 265 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2016 · 1 incident

November 28, 2016 OR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gilliam County Road Department · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Jaw plugged with large rocks - moving rocks hand slipped rock smashed left index fingertip.

2015 · 1 incident

April 2, 2015 OR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Gilliam County Road Department · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Setting up 25ft. conveyor-EE on belt when cord was plugged causing the belt to start pulling him off his feet and under cross bar causing broken left ribs and right scapula.

2012 · 1 incident

October 9, 2012 OR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gilliam County Road Department · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I was lifting top table liner out of impact crusher it slid over to one side and put excess strain on left arm and shoulder.

2008 · 1 incident

October 13, 2008 OR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gilliam County Road Department · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Climbed off D-8 Cat. Rock under my foot rolled and I lost my balance and footing. I put my arm our to stop my fall. When I hit the ground, I twisted my right shoulder.