Mining Incidents

FRIDAY MINE Metal/Non-Metal

Elk Range Minerals, LLC · Underground
Controlled by Elk Range Mining Pty Ltd
Oro Grande, Idaho County, ID  ·  NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 1002265

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2019–2025
Latest incident
Jul 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
29
citations
1
significant & substantial
$3,694
proposed penalties
$3,346
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 958 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,290 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,617 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,585 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,497 1 0 668.0
2024 Q3 1,710 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,591 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,542 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

3 on file

2025 · 1 incident

July 2, 2025 ID · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Endomines Idaho LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

While walking to another area to weed eat around tank house they slipped on loose dirt & spread eagled legs on either side of the berm causing them to fall forward and hit their face shield & hard hat on the ground causing their neck to pop backwards as well as their groin to hit the rocks/gravel on the berm. It was hot and dry conditions that day.

2022 · 1 incident

June 9, 2022 ID · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Endomines Idaho LLC · Struck against stationary object

EE & co-worker were fixing a fence, co-worker was holding the star picket post with foot & EE was hitting the post with a 20lb hammer. EE misjudged where the post was and skimmed right hand against the top of the post. The sharpness of the metal post & the momentum of EE's swing compounded the severity of the wound.

2019 · 1 incident

September 23, 2019 ID · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Endomines Idaho LLC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

While cutting board with skilsaw the saw kicked back and made contact with the employee's left thumb causing a laceration. Employee was transported to hospital and laceration was treated with sutures and employee was released to normal duty.