U.S. Silver-Idaho, Inc. · Struck by falling object
Employee was barring down in raise, when a slab fell and crushed employee.
U S Silver Corporation controller
MSHA controller ID: 0061031
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
585
citations
213
significant & substantial
$839,696
proposed penalties
$579,464
paid to date
69% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $260,232 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
100
inspections on record
7,551
inspection hours
7.7
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.585 citations across 7,551 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.$840K
proposed penalties
$579K
current assessed
$579K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
565 assessments are final orders; 43 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-04-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 1 fatality · 28 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 60 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 27 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 25 non-fatal
- HOISTING 22 non-fatal
- FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL 17 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2012
46
2011
34
2010
46 (1f)
2009
25
2008
33
2007
24
2006
19
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
- Galena ID
Fatalities under this controller
1 recordedFor insurers, brokers, and safety consultants
The full compliance file on U S Silver Corporation
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.