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ROGUE PORTABLE #1: 88 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Knife River Corporation
Ashland, Jackson County, OR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3503496

ROGUE PORTABLE #1 has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2001–2017
Latest incident
Aug 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
88
citations
11
significant & substantial
$15,597
proposed penalties
$12,300
paid to date
79% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,297 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Knife River Corporation-Northwest's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
45
inspections on record
711
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: 711 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

ROGUE PORTABLE #1 has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$16K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
87 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $7K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-02-08.
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.
12.6%
significant & substantial
5.7%
high negligence or reckless
12.6%
reasonably likely or greater
59.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 21.8% low, 72.4% moderate, 5.7% 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.
10 citations taken to the federal commission · 11% of citations on record
  • Settled 9 · 90%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 10%
67%
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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
50%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$7K proposed, $3K 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 2017-02-28.
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 2007-511M Settlement Zielinski 2008 $6K → $3K
WEST 2017-0267 Settlement Miller 2017 $330 → $228
WEST 2007-146M Settlement Manning 2008 $300 → $240
WEST 2007-180M Settlement Zielinski 2008 $60 → $60
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: 2024-10-31
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
13
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg7
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (13)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-10-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-09-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.49 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-09-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.58 Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-01-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-01-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-05-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-05-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.62 0.71 0.87 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-12-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-12-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-12-07 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-04-07 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.22 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-04-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 2.25 0.16 Cleanup Man
2004-04-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 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.

ROGUE PORTABLE #1 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2007.

Injury rate, 2007
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.30 and the all-US-mining average was 3.77 cases per 100 workers.
In Oregon, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.66 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2007 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2006 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2005 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2004 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2003 * 7.15 0.00 0.000
2002 * 7.89 7.89 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Rogue Aggregates Inc 2000 to 2010
  2. Knife River Corporation-Northwest 2010 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 0
2025 1
2024 4
2023 4
2022 3
2021 4
2020 5
2019 5
2018 3
2017 4
2016 5
2015 4
2014 4
2013 4
2012 5
2011 4
2010 2
2009 4
2008 5
2007 11
2006 11
2005 11
2004 11
2003 11
2002 10
2001 4
2000 12
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

ROGUE PORTABLE #1 sits in Jackson 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.
Jackson County, Oregon · Population 222,563
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$71,443
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 0 0 0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 125 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 726 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,425 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,567 0 0 0.0
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 2,630 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,196 1 0 836.1
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 3,030 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,233 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,353 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,044 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 395 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,856 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,992 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 712 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,636 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,781 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,986 2 0 1007.0
2020 Q4 1,380 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,269 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,869 6 0 2091.3
2020 Q1 4,824 4 1 829.2
2019 Q4 2,143 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,649 3 0 1132.5
2019 Q2 2,084 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,534 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 787 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,301 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,199 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,798 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 520 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,486 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,941 1 1 515.2
2017 Q1 2,360 1 1 423.7
2016 Q4 2,353 6 0 2549.9
2016 Q3 734 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,310 1 0 432.9
2016 Q1 1,887 1 0 529.9
2015 Q4 1,625 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,106 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,161 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,234 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,995 3 0 1503.8
2014 Q3 1,098 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,281 3 0 1315.2
2014 Q1 1,675 1 0 597.0
2013 Q4 931 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,745 4 1 2292.3
2013 Q2 1,200 1 0 833.3
2013 Q1 1,622 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,228 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,819 3 0 785.5
2012 Q2 2,592 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,004 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,493 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,890 7 1 1799.5
2011 Q2 2,319 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 379 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 419 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 328 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 1,110 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,084 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,623 1 0 616.1
2009 Q1 1,456 5 2 3434.1
2008 Q4 1,310 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,189 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,904 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 3,999 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,754 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,339 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 7,128 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 6,728 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 8,507 6 2 705.3
2006 Q3 5,253 4 0 761.5
2006 Q2 6,999 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 4,432 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,879 3 0 773.4
2005 Q3 7,729 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 10,645 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 6,139 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 5,391 3 0 556.5
2004 Q3 5,136 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 8,393 1 0 119.1
2004 Q1 4,272 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,825 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 8,013 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 7,757 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 7,377 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 7,115 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 8,278 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 5,472 4 0 731.0
2002 Q1 4,489 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 6,082 4 0 657.7
2001 Q3 2,443 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,181 3 0 1375.5
2001 Q1 2,024 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 11,204 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 8,075 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 5,767 4 1 693.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2017 · 1 incident

August 10, 2017 OR · Metal/Non-Metal crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker OTHER
Knife River Corporation-Northwest · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner was experiencing shortness of breath and chest pains while operating loader. After notifying tower operator of symptoms, miner drove themselves to hospital where they were admitted and treated for a heart attack resulting from 95% blockage in one of the main arteries related to personal medical condition.

2012 · 2 incidents

April 2, 2012 OR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Knife River Corporation-Northwest · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was walking out of switch van after putting harness on. He started to slip on the top step, but caught himself on hand rail, straining his back.

2003 · 1 incident

June 24, 2003 OR · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Rogue Aggregates Inc · Struck against a moving object

WORKER WAS TRAVELING TOO FAST DOWN AN INCLINE. HE ATTEMPTED TO MAKE AN "S" TURN AND ROLLED THE BOX OF HIS TRUCK 360' AND LAY THE CAB ON ITS SIDE. HIS THIGH HIT THE STEERING WHEEL BRUISE IT.

2002 · 1 incident

January 14, 2002 OR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rogue Aggregates Inc · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF PICKING A CONTROL TOWER OFF OF A STAND, THE WORKER GOT BUMPED WHILE ON THE ROOF OF THE TOWER, LOST BALANCE AND FELL 3' TO A VAN ROOF STRIKING A RAILING ON THE WAY DOWN. LANDED ON HIS RIGHT HIP AND BRUISING IT.

2001 · 1 incident

December 21, 2001 OR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Rogue Aggregates Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS OPERATING A LOADER ON ROUGH GROUND; STRAINED HIS BACK.