Mining Incidents

Plant 4 Metal/Non-Metal

Kloepfer, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Karl H Kloepfer
Paul, Minidoka County, ID  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1002189

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Plant 4.

Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2019–2023
Latest incident
Jan 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
29
citations
1
significant & substantial
$3,436
proposed penalties
$3,436
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 1,321 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,209 1 0 827.1
2025 Q2 1,394 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,128 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,129 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,691 8 0 4730.9
2024 Q2 2,121 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 970 0 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

2 on file

2023 · 1 incident

January 25, 2023 ID · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kloepfer, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While loading the power screen EE's thumb caught between the railroad tie and the power screen. This resulted in the separation of the tip of EE's thumb.

2019 · 1 incident

May 29, 2019 ID · Metal/Non-Metal master mechanic, foreman, supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kloepfer, Inc. · Struck by flying object

The belt on the power screen was stuck. While trying to free the belt it came loose causing the fastener holding the belts together to fly free and cut employee's upper left leg.