Mining Incidents

Royal Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Royal Rock · Surface
Controlled by Phil S Hickman
Union, Union County, OR  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3503550

Royal Pit has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 0 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 2002
49
citations
7
significant & substantial
$5,517
proposed penalties
$3,943
paid to date
71% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,574 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
33
inspections on record
462
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: 462 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Royal Pit has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 0 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
48 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 225 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 219 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 315 2 1 6349.2
2025 Q1 264 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 431 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 326 7 3 21472.4
2024 Q2 360 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 282 0 0 0.0
Show 87 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 284 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 332 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 321 1 0 3115.3
2023 Q1 335 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 248 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 220 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 343 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 185 1 0 5405.4
2021 Q4 284 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 237 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 305 3 0 9836.1
2021 Q1 218 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 127 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 336 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 162 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 1 0
2019 Q4 183 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 332 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 117 1 0 8547.0
2019 Q1 27 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 172 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 302 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 401 5 0 12468.8
2018 Q1 93 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 180 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 426 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 282 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 66 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 538 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 121 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 369 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 238 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 324 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 416 1 0 2403.8
2013 Q3 272 4 1 14705.9
2013 Q2 313 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,819 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 192 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 608 2 0 3289.5
2012 Q2 432 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 860 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 416 1 0 2403.8
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 260 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,004 3 0 2988.0
2010 Q2 920 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 295 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 493 2 0 4056.8
2009 Q2 804 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 190 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 469 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 56 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 336 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 740 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,056 1 0 947.0
2007 Q3 1,784 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,217 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 148 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 437 2 0 4576.7
2006 Q3 1,316 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 404 3 0 7425.7
2006 Q1 528 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 476 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 92 3 0 32608.7
2005 Q2 386 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 96 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 680 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 556 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 397 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 408 2 1 4902.0
2003 Q4 271 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 430 1 0 2325.6
2003 Q2 469 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 323 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 371 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 298 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 369 2 1 5420.1
2002 Q1 555 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.

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