Sunshine Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Agee Construction Company · Surface

Controlled by Gilbert C Agee

Roseburg, Douglas County, OR · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 3503684

MSHA record for Sunshine Pit (mine ID 3503684). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 0
Years on record: —
Latest incident: —

Inspection activity

MSHA inspections since 2008

inspections on record

inspection hours

n/a

citations per 100 inspection hours

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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.

Rate withheld: 42 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.

Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

When citations were contested

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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.

2 citations taken to the federal commission

Vacated or withdrawn 2 · 100%

100%

Penalty reduction in decided contests

$200 proposed, $0 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2011-03-29.

Contested penalties

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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 2010-193M	Withdrawal	Barbour	2011	$100 → $0
WEST 2011-809M	Withdrawal	Barbour	2013	$100 → $0

Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.

Ownership history

Agee Construction Company 2008 to present

Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Workforce and production

Year	Employees
2011	2
2010	2
2009	2
2008	2

Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Local economic context

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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.

Douglas County, Oregon · Population 111,807

0.4%

Mining share of county employment

$58,983

Median household income

Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

Quarterly safety rates

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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
2011 Q2	69	0	0	0.0
2011 Q1	244	0	0	0.0
2010 Q4	139	0	0	0.0
2010 Q3	152	0	0	0.0
2010 Q2	18	0	0	0.0
2010 Q1	55	0	0	0.0
2009 Q4	233	0	0	0.0
2009 Q3	13	0	0	0.0

Show 6 earlier quarters

Quarter	Hours worked	Per 1M hrs
2009 Q2	183	0.0
2009 Q1	18	0.0
2008 Q4	2	0.0
2008 Q3	0
2008 Q2	11	0.0
2008 Q1	67	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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Sunshine Pit sits in Douglas County, Oregon, where the Census mining category is 0.4% of county employment.

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