Mining Incidents

Black Cat Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Jerry D Wright
Meridian, Ada County, ID  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1000365

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2001–2006
Latest incident
May 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
127
citations
27
significant & substantial
$31,612
proposed penalties
$31,612
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
2021 Q4 1,193 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,327 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,382 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 622 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,097 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,285 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,210 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 664 3 0 4518.1
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2006 · 1 incident

May 1, 2006 ID · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C. Wright Construction Co Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A LANDSCAPE COMPANY CAME INTO THE PIT TO DUMP A LOAD. HIS TAILGATE MALFUNCTIONED AND IN THE COURSE OF TRYING TO GET TI TO WORK, HE LOST A TIP OF ONE FINGER. HE WAS NOT OUR EMPLOYEE. HE WAS A CUSTOMER.

2002 · 1 incident

July 24, 2002 ID · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
C. Wright Construction Co Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

CUSTOMERS PICKUP DIED AT THE SCALES, SO WE PRIMED THE CARBUERATOR WITH GAS AND IT BACKFIRED BURNING HIM IN THE FACE.

2001 · 2 incidents