Columbia River Carbonates operator
Controlled by
Northwest Carbonates; Bleeck Management
MSHA operator ID: L09028
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 114
- Mines on record
- 4
- Years on record
- 1993–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
284
citations
36
significant & substantial
$48,210
proposed penalties
$45,022
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,188 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
152
inspections on record
3,069
inspection hours
9.3
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.284 citations across 3,069 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$48K
proposed penalties
$45K
current assessed
$45K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
279 assessments are final orders; 9 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-08.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 40 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 22 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 12 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 11 non-fatal
- DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) 7 non-fatal
- ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES 6 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
6
2025
2
2024
5
2023
1
2022
2
2021
8
2020
4
2019
5
2018
2
2017
4
2016
3
2015
4
2014
2
2011
2
2008
6
2007
5
2006
4
2005
3
2004
6
2003
2
2002
3
2001
1
2000
2
1999
7
1998
3
1997
5
1996
3
1995
3
1994
7
1993
4
Mines on record
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