Mining Incidents

Portable 1 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Lon A Thomas
Oakley, Cassia County, ID  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1001960

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2005–2020
Latest incident
Sep 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
49
citations
14
significant & substantial
$5,554
proposed penalties
$5,380
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 156 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 5,110 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,112 1 0 243.2
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 2,399 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 7,190 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,459 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 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

4 on file

2020 · 2 incidents

September 9, 2020 ID · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Star Stone Quarries Inc · Struck by falling object

Miner lost grip on a piece of flagstone while stacking it on a pallet causing the piece to fall and hit their leg.

August 17, 2020 ID · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Star Stone Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While stacking flagstone on a pallet miner smashed finger.

2005 · 2 incidents

September 30, 2005 ID · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Star Stone Quarries Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE NAILING BOARD TO FINISH PALLETIZING ROCK, ROCK SHIFTED AND FELL ON EMPLOYEE KNOCKING HIM OVER AND ROCK FELL ON HIS FOOT, CRUSHING HIS SECOND TOE ON HIS LEFT FOOT.

May 25, 2005 ID · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Star Stone Quarries Inc · Struck by falling object

WHEN PALLETIZING ROCK, THE ROCK SLIPPED & STRUCK HIS FOREARM WITH THE EDGE OF THE ROCK, RESULTING IN A CUT ON HIS FOREARM REQUIRING 5 STITCHES.