Mining Incidents

SQUARE CREEK QUARRY Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Michael Lee
Seaside, Clatsop County, OR  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3503324

SQUARE CREEK QUARRY has $11K 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 2000
78
citations
25
significant & substantial
$11,348
proposed penalties
$11,348
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
25
inspections on record
387
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: 387 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

SQUARE CREEK QUARRY has $11K 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
76 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-09-23.
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 Q3 184 1 1 5434.8
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 1,138 1 0 878.7
2011 Q3 373 1 0 2681.0
2011 Q2 1,666 12 3 7202.9
2011 Q1 238 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,245 0 0 0.0
Show 43 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q3 1,871 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,007 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 165 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 909 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,123 8 4 3768.3
2009 Q2 2,074 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 942 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,230 3 1 2439.0
2008 Q3 2,036 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,229 5 3 2243.2
2008 Q1 1,250 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,908 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,378 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,786 6 1 2153.6
2007 Q1 1,394 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,415 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,858 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,648 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 578 5 1 8650.5
2005 Q4 1,351 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,245 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,198 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,373 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,195 2 0 1673.6
2004 Q3 2,291 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,323 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 262 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 627 9 2 14354.1
2003 Q3 1,088 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,018 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 701 9 3 12838.8
2002 Q3 1,515 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,019 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 1,387 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,366 13 6 3862.2
2001 Q2 2,160 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 819 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,128 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,003 3 0 1497.8
2000 Q1 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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