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METRO PORTABLE #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Knife River Corporation
Deer Island, Columbia County, OR  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3503558

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2005–2021
Latest incident
Sep 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
155
citations
57
significant & substantial
$44,418
proposed penalties
$41,431
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 2,162 1 0 462.5
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q1 2,680 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,899 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 800 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 3,043 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,528 1 0 283.4
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2021 · 2 incidents

September 27, 2021 OR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Knife River Corporation-Northwest · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Prior to the beginning of Team Members regular shift, they experienced a non-work related acute on-set medical event that resulted in their death. This is an immediately reportable accident not a work related injury or illness.

April 1, 2021 OR · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Knife River Corporation-Northwest · Struck by flying object

WHILE PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ACITVITIES ON A CONVEYOR, EE DISLODGED MATERIAL THAT WENT BETWEEN THEIR FACE AND SAFETY GLASSES CONTACTING THEIR LEFT EYE. EE WAS EVALUATED AS HAVING A CORNEAL ABRASION AND PRESCRIBED EYE DROPS.

2018 · 1 incident

July 12, 2018 OR · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Knife River Corporation-Northwest · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Miner was removing a rock from a conveyor. When they stepped back, they tripped over a rock and jammed their left thumb while trying to catch themselves.

2016 · 2 incidents

2011 · 1 incident

August 31, 2011 OR · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Teevin & Fischer Quarry LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Smashed foot changing return roll.

2005 · 1 incident

May 6, 2005 OR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
H. E. Johnson & Sons Const. Co. Inc. · Struck by flying object

A rock came out of crusher and hit his right arm.