ROGUE PORTABLE #3 has $45K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
2009–2023
Latest incident
Nov 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
59
citations
16
significant & substantial
$45,097
proposed penalties
$36,385
paid to date
81% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $8,712 gap.
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: 706 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘA Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2013-01-22.
On record since 2013.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
ROGUE PORTABLE #3 has $45K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 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.
$45K
proposed penalties
$36K
current assessed
$36K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
57 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $36K in penalties contested before the Commission, $27K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-01.
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.
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.
6citations taken to the federal commission · 10% of citations on record
Settled
6 · 100%
83%
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 6 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
24%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$36K proposed, $27K 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 2013-06-14.
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.
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: 2025-03-27
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
14
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg5
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz4
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (14)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2025-03-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-03-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-03-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-09-21
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.13
10
0.01
Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-04-11
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.16
10
0.02
Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-04-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2016-05-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.91
2.41
0.38
Front-end Loader Operator
2016-05-11
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.18
Laborer, Bullgang
2016-02-23
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.13
Laborer, Bullgang
2016-02-23
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.17
Backhoe Operator
2016-02-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-09-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.82
1.74
0.47
Cleanup Man
2014-09-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.57
1.59
0.99
Cleanup Man
2008-04-23
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.5
Cleanup Man
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
5
2025
3
2024
4
2023
4
2022
5
2021
4
2020
4
2019
6
2018
4
2017
6
2016
5
2015
5
2014
5
2013
5
2012
6
2011
5
2010
5
2009
9
2008
7
2007
8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
ROGUE PORTABLE #3 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
4,229
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
3,801
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
2,994
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
606
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
1,331
3
0
2253.9
2025 Q1
1,645
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
2,353
1
1
425.0
2024 Q3
1,459
1
0
685.4
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
1,446
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
2,912
1
0
343.4
2023 Q4
2,182
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
1,319
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
2,655
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
2,873
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
2,422
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
3,486
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
2,762
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
2,913
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
2,368
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
1,547
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
113
2
1
17699.1
2021 Q1
2,527
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
1,476
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
2,134
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
1,494
2
0
1338.7
2020 Q1
2,486
3
0
1206.8
2019 Q4
1,267
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
2,395
3
0
1252.6
2019 Q2
2,580
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
1,209
6
0
4962.8
2018 Q4
2,042
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
2,944
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
2,638
1
1
379.1
2018 Q1
4,050
2
0
493.8
2017 Q4
3,956
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
3,358
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
2,022
1
0
494.6
2017 Q1
2,471
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
1,366
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
2,145
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
3,135
1
0
319.0
2016 Q1
4,059
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
2,908
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
1,946
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
3,239
1
0
308.7
2015 Q1
3,148
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
2,623
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
5,547
2
0
360.6
2014 Q2
2,283
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
1,214
5
2
4118.6
2013 Q4
708
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
1,306
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
2,504
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
1,899
2
1
1053.2
2012 Q4
1,053
1
0
949.7
2012 Q3
4,631
1
0
215.9
2012 Q2
5,081
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
929
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
2,003
2
1
998.5
2011 Q3
2,823
1
1
354.2
2011 Q2
2,239
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
1,627
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
3,157
3
2
950.3
2010 Q3
3,417
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
1,213
2
0
1648.8
2010 Q1
391
4
2
10230.2
2009 Q4
1,818
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
4,010
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
6,622
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
5,309
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
4,186
3
1
716.7
2008 Q3
4,934
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
2,639
1
1
378.9
2008 Q1
2,098
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
4,284
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
5,203
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
10 on file
2023 · 1 incident
November 14, 2023OR · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerPOWERED HAULAGE
WHILE PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES, PNEUMATIC HOSE ATTACHED TO IMPACT GUN SEPARATED AT UNION. COUPLER AT END OF HOSE STRUCK TM IN RIGHT CHEEK AND MOVE BETWEEN EYE AND EYE PROTECTION. TM WAS EVALUATED AND PRESCIRBED MEDICATION
2018 · 1 incident
November 26, 2018OR · Metal/Non-Metalcrusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/workerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was stockpiling in same pile with another loader. As employee rolled into the pile to dump the bucket there was an uneven layer of material the employee did not notice which caused the loader to bounce resulting in an acute cervical myofascial strain to the neck.
2014 · 3 incidents
August 13, 2014OR · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
During the lateral adjustment of a set of forks on a Cat TL1255 Telehandler, the worker cut his left pointer finger while he was pulling and another worker was pushing one of the forks. The fork suddenly slid quicker than was expected, catching his finger between one of the hooks and the bar. He was wearing gloves at the time. his finger received nine (9) stitches.
2011 · 1 incident
May 10, 2011OR · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was changing cutting edges on a CAT 980G Wheel Loader. Bolt turned and cut finger.
2009 · 1 incident
June 23, 2009OR · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSTEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT