Mining Incidents

Traprock Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Seaside, Clatsop County, OR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3500630

Traprock Quarry has $39K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2000–2003
Latest incident
Sep 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
134
citations
35
significant & substantial
$38,576
proposed penalties
$27,685
paid to date
72% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $10,891 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
30
inspections on record
413
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: 413 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Traprock Quarry has $39K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 4 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.
$39K
proposed penalties
$32K
current assessed
$28K
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
133 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-05-16.
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
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 2,747 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,068 9 1 8427.0
2006 Q1 403 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,587 16 2 10081.9
2005 Q3 2,861 6 2 2097.2
Show 22 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q2 2,537 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,670 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,775 8 0 2882.9
2004 Q3 3,041 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,089 13 10 4208.5
2004 Q1 2,139 1 0 467.5
2003 Q4 2,266 12 1 5295.7
2003 Q3 4,099 2 0 487.9
2003 Q2 3,844 24 6 6243.5
2003 Q1 2,912 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,500 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,782 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,607 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,381 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,055 1 0 486.6
2001 Q3 2,825 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,535 22 7 4851.2
2001 Q1 2,299 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,317 8 3 3452.7
2000 Q3 2,550 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,504 1 0 664.9
2000 Q1 4,902 11 3 2244.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2003 · 1 incident

September 16, 2003 OR · Metal/Non-Metal

EE WAS WALKING ON AN AREA IN WHICH A LONG & NARROW PIECE OF PLYWOOD WAS PLACED TO "LEVEL OUT" OR COVER LARGE ROCKS. THIS MORNING WAS THE FIRST RAIN AFTER A LONG PERIOD WITHOUT ANY RAIN. THE PL YWOOD WAS EXTREMELY SLIPPERY. EE DISLOCATED HIS SHOULDER WHEN HE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF FROM THE FALL.

2000 · 1 incident

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