Mining Incidents

Sunstone Butte Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Tamera S Moreau
Burns, Harney County, OR  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3503801

Sunstone Butte Mine has $223 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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 2014
2
citations
1
significant & substantial
$223
proposed penalties
$223
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2014
13
inspections on record
142
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: 142 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Sunstone Butte Mine has $223 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$223
proposed penalties
$223
current assessed
$223
paid to date
$0
outstanding
2 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-07-27.
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 0 0 0
2025 Q2 112 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 42 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 225 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 126 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 38 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 250 0 0 0.0
Show 36 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q2 44 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q3 160 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 116 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 85 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 110 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 32 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 36 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 110 1 0 9090.9
2020 Q2 86 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 280 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 190 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 126 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 525 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 42 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 200 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 400 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 840 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 670 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 180 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 718 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 680 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 48 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 180 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,060 1 1 943.4
2014 Q2 280 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 520 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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