Mining Incidents

Rock N Road Quarry LLC: 66 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Rock N Road Quarry LLC · Surface
Metolius, Jefferson County, OR  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3503702

Rock N Road Quarry LLC has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 8 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 2008
66
citations
7
significant & substantial
$12,547
proposed penalties
$6,355
paid to date
51% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,192 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
28
inspections on record
473
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: 473 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Rock N Road Quarry LLC has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 8 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
66 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
Of $11K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-22.
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.
10.6%
significant & substantial
1.5%
high negligence or reckless
10.6%
reasonably likely or greater
51.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 48.5% low, 50.0% moderate, 1.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
29 citations taken to the federal commission · 44% of citations on record
  • Settled 26 · 90%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 3 · 10%
63%
S&S designation survived the contest
Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 8 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
82%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$11K proposed, $2K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2017-05-02.
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 2009-959M Withdrawal Miller 2011 $7K → $108
WEST 2009-561M Settlement Barbour 2011 $2K → $812
WEST 2012-908M Settlement McCarthy 2013 $724 → $362
WEST 2009-562M Settlement Barbour 2011 $403 → $101
WEST 2014-0866 Settlement Barbour 2015 $300 → $200
WEST 2010-574M Settlement Miller 2011 $200 → $160
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: 2026-04-22
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
10
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz2
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (10)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-04-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Shovel Operator
2026-04-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-02-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-02-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Shovel Operator
2024-05-09 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.24 10 0.02 Shovel Operator
2024-05-09 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.34 10 0.03 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-09-14 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.23 Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-09-14 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 Crusher Oper/Worker
2013-01-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2013-01-15 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. Rock N Road Quarry 2008 to 2021
  2. Rock N Road Quarry LLC 2021 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 3
2024 3
2023 2
2022 3
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 3
2012 3
2011 3
2010 2
2009 3
2008 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Rock N Road Quarry LLC sits in Jefferson 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.
Jefferson County, Oregon · Population 24,973
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$73,051
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 652 7 0 10736.2
2026 Q1 891 1 0 1122.3
2025 Q4 412 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 571 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 396 1 0 2525.3
2025 Q1 552 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 354 2 0 5649.7
2024 Q3 338 0 0 0.0
Show 63 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 534 1 0 1872.7
2024 Q1 529 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 348 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 376 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 275 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 471 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 310 7 0 22580.6
2022 Q3 434 3 0 6912.4
2022 Q2 593 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 308 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 318 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 426 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 567 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 399 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 580 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 508 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 280 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 320 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 402 2 0 4975.1
2019 Q3 315 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 499 3 0 6012.0
2019 Q1 338 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 217 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 336 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 265 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 428 6 2 14018.7
2017 Q4 202 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 528 1 0 1893.9
2017 Q2 481 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 210 1 0 4761.9
2016 Q4 324 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 306 1 0 3268.0
2016 Q2 415 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 323 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 211 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 448 1 0 2232.1
2015 Q1 408 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 257 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 407 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 316 2 0 6329.1
2014 Q1 58 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 401 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 77 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 99 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 537 2 0 3724.4
2012 Q4 294 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 26 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 344 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 426 2 0 4694.8
2011 Q4 308 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 232 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 252 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 496 3 0 6048.4
2010 Q4 314 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 249 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 90 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 590 2 0 3389.8
2009 Q3 398 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 369 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 162 1 1 6172.8
2008 Q4 208 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 288 17 4 59027.8

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.