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: 395 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Tide Creek Rock has $9K 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
60 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-11-09.
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.
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.
2citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
Settled
2 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
10%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$3K proposed, $3K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2008-06-26.
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.
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: 2021-11-09, 4 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
6
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg5
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (6)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2021-11-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cleanup Man
2014-02-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2006-02-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
1.42
0.13
Bulldozer Operator
2006-02-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-02-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2006-02-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2024
0
2023
0
2022
1
2021
4
2020
4
2016
2
2015
7
2014
5
2013
5
2012
4
2011
6
2010
4
2009
3
2008
4
2007
6
2006
6
2005
4
2000
10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Tide Creek Rock sits in Columbia County, Oregon, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Columbia County, Oregon · Population 53,178
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$86,359
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
2024 Q4
0
0
0
2024 Q3
0
0
0
2024 Q2
0
0
0
2024 Q1
0
0
0
2023 Q4
0
0
0
2023 Q3
0
0
0
2023 Q2
0
0
0
2023 Q1
0
0
0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2022 Q4
676
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
0
0
0
2022 Q2
0
0
0
2022 Q1
139
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
1,084
2
1
1845.0
2021 Q3
1,267
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
1,812
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
1,444
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
1,492
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
1,336
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
0
3
0
2016 Q2
0
0
0
2016 Q1
3,078
3
1
974.7
2015 Q4
2,874
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
3,863
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
2,218
1
0
450.9
2015 Q1
1,952
3
0
1536.9
2014 Q4
2,292
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
1,922
3
1
1560.9
2014 Q2
2,117
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
1,780
7
2
3932.6
2013 Q4
1,809
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
1,697
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
1,659
2
0
1205.5
2013 Q1
1,730
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
1,435
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
894
1
0
1118.6
2012 Q2
1,311
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
833
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
837
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
847
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
1,479
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
3,772
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
1,344
2
1
1488.1
2010 Q3
1,766
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
1,252
4
4
3194.9
2010 Q1
1,706
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
942
3
0
3184.7
2009 Q3
957
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
957
4
0
4179.7
2009 Q1
949
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
809
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
1,409
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
1,486
3
0
2018.8
2008 Q1
1,129
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
2,074
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
2,018
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
2,352
4
0
1700.7
2007 Q1
2,216
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
2,132
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
2,475
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
2,773
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
2,810
4
0
1423.5
2005 Q4
1,954
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
774
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
3,582
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
9 on file
2020 · 1 incident
August 7, 2020OR · Metal/Non-Metalcrusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/workerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WORKING ON INSIDE DUAL TRUCK TIRE-PLANT #2 STEEL RING CAME LOOSE AND SMASHED HAND. TAKEN TO HOSPITAL BY AMBULANCE.
January 19, 1999OR · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
STEPPING FROM CAB OF 4500 TO ROOF--TOK ONE STEP--BACK POPPED.
1997 · 1 incident
October 10, 1997OR · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WORKER WAS WALKING THROUGH THE ASPHALT PLANT AREA AND STEPPED ON A PIECE OF WOOD, ICE OR MUD FROM THE FLOODING WE HAD THE PREVIOUS WEEK. HE TURNED HIS ANKLE & TORE LIGAMENTS.
1995 · 1 incident
January 11, 1995OR · Metal/Non-Metalassayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer managementSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WORKER WAS IN THE PIT WORKING ON A PIT FEEDER. HE WAS INSTALLING A NEW CONVEYOR BELT. AS HE WAS CLIMBING AROUND THE BELT. HE STEPPED ON SOME MUD NAD FELL. WHEN HE FELL HE LANDED ON HIS B ACK AND HIT HIS ELBOW. HE FELL APPROX 4'.
1994 · 1 incident
September 12, 1994OR · Metal/Non-Metalmine manager, mine foreman, mine ownerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WORKER WAS WORKING UNDER A SCREEN TOWER CHANING GATES WHEN SOMETHING FELL INTO HIS EYE. APPARENTLY DIRT AND METAL PARTICLES FELL INTO HIS EYE AND SOME IMBEDDED IN THE TISSUE. HE WEN TO THE EME RGENCY ROOM LATER AND THE DR ANESTHETIZED HIS EYE AND USING A COTTON SWAB REMOVED MOST OF THE METAL FROM HIS EYE. A LIQUID DROP WAS APPLIED. THE EYE WAS NOT DAMAGED SERIOUSLY.
1991 · 1 incident
December 2, 1991OR · Metal/Non-Metalprep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
INJURED FIRST RECEIVED A HERNIA WHILE WORKING FOR PBM, SCAPPOSE, OR IN 1972. HE HAS HAD IT OPERATED ON BEFORE BUT IT HAS CONTINUED TO BOTHER HIM. IT HURTS ALL THE TIME NOW. ON 12-2-91 HE WA S CHANGING A SHAKER SCREEN AND WHILE PULLING AND LIFTING IT OUT, HE FELT THE BURNING IN HIS ABDOMEN. IT HAS BEEN DIFFICULT TO KEEP THE HERNIA PUSHED IN. HE NEEDS TO HAVE SURGERY AND HAVE IT
1987 · 1 incident
October 29, 1987OR · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS