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WILLAMETTE PORTABLE #2: 23 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Knife River Corporation
Myrtle Creek, Douglas County, OR  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3503594

WILLAMETTE PORTABLE #2 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2015
Latest incident
Apr 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
23
citations
2
significant & substantial
$3,889
proposed penalties
$3,738
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $151 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Knife River Corporation-Northwest's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
25
inspections on record
234
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: 234 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2019-10-01.
On record since 2019.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

WILLAMETTE PORTABLE #2 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 3 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
$151
outstanding
21 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-07-01.
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.
9.1%
significant & substantial
9.1%
high negligence or reckless
9.1%
reasonably likely or greater
50.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 31.8% low, 59.1% moderate, 9.1% 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 · 13% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 33%
  • Stood as issued 2 · 67%
67%
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%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $2K 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 2019-12-31.
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 2020-0135 Default 2020 $1K → $1K
WEST 2020-0103 Default 2020 $527 → $527
WEST 2016-0408 Settlement Miller 2016 $176 → $176
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: 2024-11-26
6
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (6)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-11-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-01-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-01-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-05-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-05-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2006-04-11 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.32 Front-end Loader Operator
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. Knife River Corporation-Northwest 2004 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 1
2024 1
2023 2
2022 2
2021 2
2020 3
2019 5
2018 3
2017 2
2016 4
2015 2
2014 2
2013 3
2012 1
2011 2
2010 1
2009 1
2008 1
2007 1
2006 2
2005 0
2004 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

WILLAMETTE PORTABLE #2 sits in Douglas 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.
Douglas County, Oregon · Population 111,807
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$58,983
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 0 0 0
2026 Q1 96 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 84 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 406 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 66 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 347 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 0 1 0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
Show 78 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 1,173 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 188 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 752 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 419 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 25 1 0 40000.0
2022 Q3 436 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 468 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 627 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,310 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 43 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 47 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,491 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,861 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 35 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 670 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 220 8 2 36363.6
2019 Q3 3,239 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 100 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 968 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 140 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,349 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 511 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 341 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 265 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 396 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 46 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 284 1 0 3521.1
2016 Q3 3,539 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 315 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 852 2 0 2347.4
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 243 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 404 1 0 2475.2
2015 Q1 246 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 113 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 248 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 512 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 528 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 671 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,574 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 377 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 517 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 2 0
2011 Q4 82 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 0 1 0
2011 Q2 880 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 105 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 100 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 303 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 163 1 0 6135.0
2008 Q4 268 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 97 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 179 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 425 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 580 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 378 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,467 3 0 2045.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 60 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,200 1 0 833.3
2004 Q3 449 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2015 · 1 incident

April 6, 2015 OR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Knife River Corporation-Northwest · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was walking towards a conveyor on uneven ground and lost balance, causing him to fall and twist ankle.