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: 52 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
WATTERS PIT has $466 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$466
proposed penalties
$466
current assessed
$466
paid to date
$0
outstanding
5 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-12-05.
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 controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2002
5
2001
3
2000
5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
WATTERS PIT 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
2002 Q4
1,351
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
1,847
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
0
0
0
2001 Q3
755
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
966
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
3,333
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
1,895
3
0
1583.1
2000 Q3
1,359
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2000 Q2
3,133
2
1
638.4
2000 Q1
2,666
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
2001 · 1 incident
February 16, 2001OR · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
Morse Brothers Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects
CLEANING THROUGH ROLL WITH HAMMER. HAMMER SLIPPED AND WENT THROUGH ROLL. ARM WAS STUCK BETWEEN BELT TROUGHING ROLL.
1996 · 1 incident
August 2, 1996OR · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
ON CATWALK ON JAW PLANT BETWEEN THE JAW AND THE FEEDER. FEEDING COLUMNAR ROCK AND VERY BONEY, BIG BASALT. A LARGE ROCK APX. 18"X18" FLEW OUT OF THE CRUSHER AND LANDED ON HIS LEFT FOOT.