Mining Incidents

STAYTON ROCK PIT: 45 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Knife River Corporation
tangent, Linn County, OR  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3500521

STAYTON ROCK PIT has $5K 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
9
Years on record
1988–2007
Latest incident
Apr 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
45
citations
1
significant & substantial
$4,698
proposed penalties
$4,698
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
43
inspections on record
480
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: 480 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

STAYTON ROCK PIT has $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
45 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $100 in penalties contested before the Commission, $100 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-02.
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.
2.2%
significant & substantial
6.7%
high negligence or reckless
2.2%
reasonably likely or greater
64.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 13.3% low, 80.0% moderate, 6.7% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
  • Stood as issued 1 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$100 proposed, $100 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 2009-03-31.
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 2009-683M Dismissal Lesnick 2010 $100 → $100
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: 2025-10-02
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
12
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg8
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (12)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-10-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-10-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-10-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-04-13 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.21 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-07-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-08-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.74 2.33 0.32 Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-08-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.74 2.08 0.36 Cleanup Man
2006-08-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-11-25 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 Laborer, Bullgang
2003-11-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-11-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-11-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
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.

STAYTON ROCK PIT recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2002.

Injury rate, 2002
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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 4.17 and the all-US-mining average was 5.05 cases per 100 workers.
In Oregon, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 4.92 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.
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. North Santiam Sand & Gravel Inc 1950 to 1987
  2. Stayton Rock Products Inc 1987 to 1994
  3. Morse Brothers Inc 1994 to 1998
  4. Knife River Corporation-Northwest 1998 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 4
2025 4
2024 4
2023 5
2022 5
2021 4
2020 5
2019 15
2018 5
2017 5
2016 4
2015 3
2014 3
2013 3
2012 3
2011 4
2010 5
2009 5
2008 6
2007 5
2006 6
2005 7
2004 8
2003 8
2002 14
2001 6
2000 8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

STAYTON ROCK PIT sits in Linn County, Oregon, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Linn County, Oregon · Population 129,794
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$73,396
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 1,042 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,062 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 734 1 0 1362.4
2025 Q3 1,104 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,191 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,777 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,388 1 0 720.5
2024 Q3 184 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 3,717 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,007 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,083 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,093 3 0 2744.7
2023 Q2 5,201 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,105 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,610 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,055 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,919 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,916 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 612 1 0 1634.0
2021 Q3 1,054 1 0 948.8
2021 Q2 895 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,170 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,116 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 984 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,977 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,743 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,041 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,671 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 5,076 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,313 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,400 2 0 1428.6
2018 Q3 1,236 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 4,874 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,638 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,341 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,892 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,179 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 878 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,523 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,808 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,296 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,381 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,652 2 0 1210.7
2015 Q3 1,575 2 0 1269.8
2015 Q2 5,231 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,244 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,314 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,690 6 1 3550.3
2014 Q2 1,593 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,003 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,760 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,626 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,445 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,449 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,300 1 0 769.2
2012 Q3 1,900 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,338 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,102 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,243 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,099 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,018 1 0 982.3
2011 Q1 1,416 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 826 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,393 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,156 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,200 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,545 1 0 647.2
2009 Q3 2,220 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,286 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,736 1 0 365.5
2008 Q4 1,828 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 6,059 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,867 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,949 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,759 1 0 568.5
2007 Q3 1,575 1 0 634.9
2007 Q2 3,152 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 4,405 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,185 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,590 12 0 7547.2
2006 Q2 3,936 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 5,489 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 4,102 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,099 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,186 3 0 716.7
2005 Q1 3,873 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,234 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,215 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,971 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 5,107 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,623 2 0 552.0
2003 Q3 2,783 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,782 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 6,978 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,381 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,027 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 9,262 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 6,460 1 0 154.8
2001 Q4 3,712 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,319 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,435 1 0 410.7
2001 Q1 2,548 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,673 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,530 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 5,380 1 0 185.9
2000 Q1 5,260 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

2007 · 1 incident

April 16, 2007 OR · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Knife River Corporation-Northwest · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was shoveling rock with a hand shovel. Employee went to lift a pile of rocks with shovel and felt a sharp pain in lower back and fell to ground.

1997 · 2 incidents

July 1, 1997 OR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Morse Brothers Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATING ROCK CRUSHER STOPPED FEEDER TO ALLOW JAW CRUSHER TO CLEANOUT AFTER JAW CLEARED EE BEGAN TO CLEAN GRIZZLY WHEN COUPLE OF ROCKS HAD FALLEN INTO THE JAW, ONE OF THEM WAS CRUSHED, IT FRACTURED, THROWING A CHUCK THROUGH THE GUARD AND HITTING EE IN THE EAR KNOCKING HIM BACK, LACERATED HIS RIGHT EAR.

June 9, 1997 OR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Morse Brothers Inc · Fall from machine

LOADING CONVEYOR BELT, TIRES & DOLLYS ONTO FLATBED. EE CLIMBED ON TOP OF BELTS AND UNHOOKED CHAINS FROM LEG AND REHOOKED AT TOP OF BUCKET. WHEN HE TURNED HIS BACK TO GET OFF, WAS HIT IN BACK W ITH WHAT HE BELEIVES TO BE THE LEGAS AND KNOCKED FROM THE TRAILER.

1994 · 1 incident

January 5, 1994 OR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Stayton Rock Products Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS REPAIRING THE ROCK GUARD ON THE JAW CRUSHER, HIS THUMB GOT SMASHED BETWEEN THE GUARD AND THE CRUSHER, BREAKING THE BONE IN HIS LEFT THUMB.

1992 · 1 incident

September 29, 1992 OR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Stayton Rock Products Inc · Fall from machine

CLIMBING DOWN OFF THE LOADER. THERE WAS SOOT AND OIL ON THE FENDER OF THE LOADER. HE SLIPPED OFF THE FENDER HITTING THE FENDER AND THEN LANDING ON THE GROUND, RESULTING IN BROKEN RIGHT WRIST A ND ELBOW.

1991 · 1 incident

July 3, 1991 OR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Stayton Rock Products Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED WAS IN A HURRY AND TRIED TO LIFT THE PLANETARY GEARS BY HIMSLEF.HE FELT SOME PAIN AND GOT HELP TO REMOVE THE OTHER GEARS.HE DID NOT REALIZE THE EXTENT OF THE INJURY UNTIL HE WENT TO TH E DOCTOR ON 07-12-91.HE FIRST TOLD ME OF HIS INJURY ON 07-08-91.

1990 · 1 incident

April 11, 1990 OR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Stayton Rock Products Inc · Struck by falling object

HE WAS WORKING ON A SCREEN WHEN A PIECE OF METAL FELL OFF THE TOP OF THE SCREEN AND STRUCK HIM BELOW THE EY.

1988 · 2 incidents

November 29, 1988 OR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Stayton Rock Products Inc · Struck by flying object

ROCK BOUNCED OUT OF IMPACT CRUSHER FEED CHUTE AND STRUCK OPERATOR ON FOREHEAD CAUSING LACERATION REQ STITCHES.