Mining Incidents

Thomas Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by David Braxling
Willamina, Polk County, OR  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3503712

Thomas Pit has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 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 2009
25
citations
2
significant & substantial
$3,183
proposed penalties
$3,032
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $151 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
13
inspections on record
146
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: 146 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Thomas Pit has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
25 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-25.
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 Q3 456 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 160 1 0 6250.0
2025 Q1 288 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 368 3 0 8152.2
2024 Q2 320 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 304 0 0 0.0
Show 44 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 336 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 56 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 128 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 224 2 0 8928.6
2022 Q3 160 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 764 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 560 1 0 1785.7
2021 Q4 90 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 373 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 664 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 99 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 738 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 801 8 0 9987.5
2020 Q2 420 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 194 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 291 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,020 1 0 980.4
2019 Q2 324 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 826 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 352 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 432 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 192 1 0 5208.3
2017 Q3 440 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 334 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q2 105 1 0 9523.8
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 12 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 27 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 75 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 140 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 135 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 63 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 26 6 2 230769.2

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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