Mining Incidents

WATTERS PIT Metal/Non-Metal

Morse Brothers Inc · Surface
Controlled by Knife River Corporation
St. Helens, Columbia County, OR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3500138

WATTERS PIT has $466 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1996–2001
Latest incident
Feb 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
6
citations
2
significant & substantial
$466
proposed penalties
$466
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
5
inspections on record
52
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: 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.
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
Show 2 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q2 3,133 3 2 957.5
2000 Q1 2,666 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2001 · 1 incident

February 16, 2001 OR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED 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, 1996 OR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Morse Brothers Inc · Struck by flying object

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.

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