Mining Incidents

WILLAMETTE PORTABLE #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Knife River Corporation
Seaside, Clatsop County, OR  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3503321

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2004–2007
Latest incident
Jun 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
74
citations
9
significant & substantial
$21,124
proposed penalties
$10,613
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 1,079 2 0 1853.6
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 234 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,524 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 3,943 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 361 1 0 2770.1
2023 Q4 312 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,223 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2007 · 1 incident

June 4, 2007 OR · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Knife River Corporation-Northwest · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was loading holes, he reached out to his right, to grab a 50# bag of ANFO and felt a sharp pain in his lower back. He strained his lower back.

2004 · 1 incident

March 2, 2004 OR · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Knife River Corporation-Northwest · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was standing still and then bent over and twisted to take a measurement off of a piece of equipment, heard a loud pop and was then in severe pain in his lower back.