Mining Incidents

Wash Plant: 38 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

NEHALEM BAY READYMIX MOHLER S&G LLC · Surface
NEHALEM, Tillamook County, OR  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3500518

Wash Plant has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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 2001
38
citations
8
significant & substantial
$4,377
proposed penalties
$4,234
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $143 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
35
inspections on record
329
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: 329 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Wash Plant has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
38 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $594 in penalties contested before the Commission, $208 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-12-14.
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.
21.1%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
21.1%
reasonably likely or greater
65.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 18.4% low, 81.6% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 8% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 33%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 33%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 33%
33%
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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
65%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$594 proposed, $208 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 2010-10-13.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST 2011-74M Dismissal Barbour 2011 $594 → $208
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2024-11-14
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-11-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-11-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
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. NEHALEM BAY READYMIX MOHLER S&G LLC 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 2
2024 2
2023 2
2022 2
2021 3
2020 4
2019 7
2018 7
2017 7
2016 6
2015 6
2014 2
2013 0
2012 1
2011 1
2010 1
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 1
2005 1
2004 2
2003 2
2002 2
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Wash Plant sits in Tillamook 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.
Tillamook County, Oregon · Population 27,471
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$66,551
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
2026 Q2 66 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 90 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 4 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 75 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 34 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 76 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 98 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 52 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 63 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 42 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 66 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 7 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 37 2 0 54054.1
2022 Q3 28 1 0 35714.3
2022 Q2 142 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 68 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 23 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 84 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 5 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 76 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 71 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 38 3 0 78947.4
2020 Q1 221 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 268 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 216 2 0 9259.3
2019 Q1 196 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 132 1 1 7575.8
2018 Q3 251 2 1 7968.1
2018 Q2 268 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 55 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 265 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 284 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 105 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 191 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 142 1 1 7042.3
2016 Q3 200 1 0 5000.0
2016 Q2 51 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 75 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 230 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 77 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 67 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 68 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 138 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 98 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 45 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 71 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 30 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 52 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 24 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 42 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q2 46 1 0 21739.1
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 53 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 0 2 1
2010 Q2 18 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 27 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 25 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 45 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 9 4 1 444444.4
2008 Q3 28 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 24 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 27 1 0 37037.0
2007 Q4 21 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 36 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 65 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 38 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 11 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 27 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 43 2 1 46511.6
2006 Q1 48 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 96 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 62 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 29 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 16 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 10 7 1 700000.0
2004 Q3 140 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 96 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 75 3 0 40000.0
2003 Q4 90 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 160 4 1 25000.0
2003 Q2 79 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 68 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 98 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 102 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 85 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 71 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 58 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 138 1 0 7246.4
2001 Q2 126 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 102 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 94 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 187 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 187 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 192 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.