Mining Incidents

RiverBend Materials RiverBend West Metal/Non-Metal

River Bend Mtls · Surface
Controlled by CRH PLC
Salem, Marion County, OR  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3503596

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2007–2025
Latest incident
Sep 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
85
citations
15
significant & substantial
$13,778
proposed penalties
$13,778
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 3,028 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 7,032 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 7,638 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,469 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 7,811 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 9,068 1 0 110.3
2024 Q2 893 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 11,053 1 0 90.5
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2025 · 1 incident

September 10, 2025 OR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
River Bend Mtls · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Lifting a Poly Deck.

2017 · 1 incident

September 18, 2017 OR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
River Bend Mtls · Struck by falling object

Mechanic was working on a loader when an accumulator fell and smashed left middle finger resulting in fracture and 12 stitches. Received antibiotic, full duty release.

2016 · 1 incident

April 28, 2016 OR · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
River Bend Mtls · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MSHA Recordable Standard Threshold Shift

2014 · 1 incident

May 6, 2014 OR · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
River Bend Mtls · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was going to check and/or change some screen panels and got stuck under the shaft tube and had to force his way out and injured his rib in doing so.

2011 · 1 incident

September 6, 2011 OR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cemex · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS LOADING EQUIPMENT PARTS ON A FLATBED TRAILER WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE EDGE OF THE TRAILER DECK CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND BRUISE HIS RIBS.

2007 · 1 incident

May 16, 2007 OR · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Salem Black Top & Asphalt Paving · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While replacing hydraulic pump at drive over, when tapping on wrench to loosen fitting, finger was pinched between pump and concrete block, resulting in laceration to left ring finger.