Mining Incidents

Ranch Rock: 119 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Ranch Rock · Surface
Kerby, Josephine County, OR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3503544

Ranch Rock has $19K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
119
citations
42
significant & substantial
$19,286
proposed penalties
$19,286
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
28
inspections on record
495
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: 495 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Ranch Rock has $19K 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.
$19K
proposed penalties
$19K
current assessed
$19K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
117 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-10-02.
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.
35.3%
significant & substantial
7.6%
high negligence or reckless
35.3%
reasonably likely or greater
69.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 20.2% low, 72.3% moderate, 7.6% 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 2004-63-M Settlement Lesnick 2004 $3K → $3K
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: 2009-12-09, 16 years ago
1
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2009-12-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 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. Ranch Rock 2001 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2016 0
2015 0
2014 0
2013 1
2012 3
2011 3
2010 3
2009 3
2008 3
2007 4
2006 4
2005 5
2004 5
2003 5
2002 5
2001 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Ranch Rock sits in Josephine 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.
Josephine County, Oregon · Population 88,069
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$59,097
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
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
Show 51 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 27 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 48 6 3 125000.0
2012 Q3 81 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 102 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 69 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 93 5 1 53763.4
2011 Q3 90 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 73 4 1 54794.5
2011 Q1 36 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 28 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 84 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 60 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 95 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 57 11 8 192982.5
2009 Q3 84 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 103 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 72 5 4 69444.4
2008 Q4 78 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 93 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 241 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 186 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 203 4 1 19704.4
2007 Q3 122 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 167 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 355 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 512 10 4 19531.2
2006 Q3 388 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 465 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 626 6 1 9584.7
2005 Q4 931 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 510 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 235 9 3 38297.9
2005 Q1 456 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 399 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 230 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 164 1 1 6097.6
2004 Q1 168 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 262 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 405 3 2 7407.4
2003 Q2 188 5 1 26595.7
2003 Q1 64 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 268 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 518 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 343 11 3 32070.0
2002 Q1 437 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 675 39 9 57777.8
2001 Q3 735 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.