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Swisshome Rock Quarry: 96 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Lloyd S Hockema Inc · Surface
Controlled by Lloyd S Hockema
Swisshome, Lane County, OR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3502548

Swisshome Rock Quarry has $22K 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
1
Years on record
1994
Latest incident
Dec 1994
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
96
citations
23
significant & substantial
$22,145
proposed penalties
$22,145
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Lloyd S Hockema Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
26
inspections on record
396
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: 396 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Swisshome Rock Quarry has $22K 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.
$22K
proposed penalties
$22K
current assessed
$22K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
95 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-04-23.
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.
24.2%
significant & substantial
14.7%
high negligence or reckless
24.2%
reasonably likely or greater
85.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 3.2% low, 82.1% moderate, 14.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2005-07-14, 21 years ago
22%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
15
samples
9
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz92 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (15)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2004-07-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.94 0.88 2.20 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-03-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.9 1.32 1.44 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-07-14 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.52 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-07-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 2.17 0.13 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-08-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.87 2.62 0.33 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-08-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 1.3 0.16 Backhoe Operator
2004-08-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 1.5 0.15 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-07-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.51 1.15 0.44 Backhoe Operator
2004-07-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 1.63 0.23 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-06-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-06-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2002-06-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.48 2.48 0.19 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-03-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-03-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-03-20 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.
Ownership history
  1. Hardrock Quarry Inc 1950 to 1985
  2. Ferguson Logging Company 1985 to 1987
  3. S2-F Corp 1987 to 1990
  4. Lloyd S Hockema Inc 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2008 3
2007 11
2006 11
2005 12
2004 13
2003 11
2002 11
2001 8
2000 9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Swisshome Rock Quarry sits in Lane County, Oregon, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Lane County, Oregon · Population 382,628
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$69,311
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
2008 Q2 0 1 0
2008 Q1 1,397 1 1 715.8
2007 Q4 3,680 7 2 1902.2
2007 Q3 3,819 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,725 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 5,314 11 2 2070.0
2006 Q4 4,880 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,250 0 0 0.0
Show 26 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2006 Q2 4,245 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 4,217 9 2 2134.2
2005 Q4 5,298 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,245 24 6 5653.7
2005 Q2 4,245 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 5,298 8 1 1510.0
2004 Q4 4,952 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,425 4 2 904.0
2004 Q2 5,544 5 1 901.9
2004 Q1 4,217 7 1 1659.9
2003 Q4 2,788 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,646 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,018 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,542 2 0 564.7
2002 Q4 3,680 6 1 1630.4
2002 Q3 3,275 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,113 1 1 321.2
2002 Q1 3,639 8 3 2198.4
2001 Q4 3,244 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,452 2 0 579.4
2001 Q2 2,332 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,994 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,173 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,625 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,804 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,514 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1994 · 1 incident

December 12, 1994 OR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Lloyd S Hockema Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING GREASE FITTING HE DIDNT RELEASE PRESSURE FIRST AND THE FITTING HIT HIME FOLLOWED BY GREASE AT HIGHT PRESSURE. CUT UNDER LEFT EYE AND GREASE WENT BEHIND EYE BALL.