Mining Incidents

Wise/Hellberg Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Wesley Wise
Irregon, Morrow County, OR  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3503456

Wise/Hellberg Pit has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Wise/Hellberg Pit.

Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
58
citations
12
significant & substantial
$9,445
proposed penalties
$9,445
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
49
inspections on record
404
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: 404 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Wise/Hellberg Pit has $9K 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
58 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-16.
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
2025 Q4 500 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 400 2 0 5000.0
2025 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 580 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 710 4 0 5633.8
2024 Q2 640 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 570 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 360 0 0 0.0
Show 76 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q2 320 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 640 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 200 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 270 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 250 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 576 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 400 2 0 5000.0
2019 Q3 85 4 1 47058.8
2019 Q2 250 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 300 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 320 6 2 18750.0
2018 Q2 360 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 250 1 0 4000.0
2017 Q1 200 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 260 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 160 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 200 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 320 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 160 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 200 2 1 10000.0
2011 Q4 150 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 160 4 1 25000.0
2011 Q2 220 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 120 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 240 13 4 54166.7
2010 Q1 200 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 200 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 160 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 200 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 200 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 160 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 120 7 1 58333.3
2007 Q4 200 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 160 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 200 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 180 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 192 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 240 1 0 4166.7
2005 Q3 288 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 192 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 384 1 0 2604.2
2004 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 640 2 0 3125.0
2004 Q1 320 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 200 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 160 2 0 12500.0
2003 Q2 200 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 200 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 496 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 84 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 258 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 88 1 0 11363.6
2000 Q2 8 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 170 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.

For insurers, brokers, and safety consultants

The full compliance file on Wise/Hellberg Pit

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.