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.
97 citations across 1,089 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
WATERVIEW has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $165 outstanding across 5 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.
$15K
proposed penalties
$15K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$165
outstanding
96 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $4K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-10.
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.
7citations taken to the federal commission · 7% of citations on record
Settled
6 · 86%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 14%
60%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 5 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
62%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$4K proposed, $1K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2010-06-24.
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: 2026-06-11
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
23
samples
7
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz10
Respirable dust, <.1mg8
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz5
Show the individual readings (23)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2026-06-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2026-06-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-10-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2024-10-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.21
Laborer, Bullgang
2024-10-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.25
Laborer, Bullgang
2021-10-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.82
1.82
0.45
Cleanup Man
2018-08-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-08-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.02
1.42
0.72
Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-08-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
2.03
2.36
0.86
Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-05-03
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.12
Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-05-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-07-27
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.3
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-10-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cleanup Man
2014-10-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cleanup Man
2010-01-27
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.2
Laborer, Bullgang
2010-01-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2010-01-27
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.77
Laborer, Bullgang
2010-01-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-06-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.6
3.17
0.50
Cleanup Man
2005-06-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
1.74
0.13
Cleanup Man
2005-01-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.71
1.73
0.41
Cleanup Man
2005-01-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.34
1.42
0.24
Cleanup Man
2005-01-20
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.18
Cleanup 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.
WATERVIEW recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Oregon, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.35 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2025 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2024 *
3.92
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
3.70
0.00
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
5.19
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
11
2025
10
2024
13
2023
13
2022
11
2021
11
2020
17
2019
24
2018
13
2017
12
2016
13
2015
11
2014
9
2013
7
2012
6
2011
9
2010
10
2009
10
2008
13
2007
14
2006
17
2005
13
2004
10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
WATERVIEW 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
Team member was removing washer bearing from back of log washing machine. While pushing the bearing flange through the wall, their finger was pinched between the wall and the flange causing a laceration to pinky finger which required stitches.
2020 · 1 incident
June 23, 2020OR · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Miner was operating long stick excavator over a period of time and felt weakness, muscle burning and loss of feeling in right shoulder and arm. Miner lists the date of injury as early September but did not report it to employer until 12/05/2018 and first sought medical treatment on 12/15/2018. Attending physician has listed injury as right arm pain and hand numbness.
2017 · 1 incident
August 25, 2017OR · Metal/Non-Metalcrusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/workerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON