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Apple Pit: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Lotridge Fred
Ada County, ID  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1001715

MSHA record for Apple Pit (mine ID 1001715). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1987–1992
Latest incident
Nov 1992
Ownership history
  1. Boise Paving & Asphalt Company 1986 to 1994
  2. Boise Paving & Asphalt Company 1994 to present
  3. Turner Sand & Gravel Inc 1994 to 1995
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Apple Pit sits in Ada County, Idaho, where the Census mining category is 0.1% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Ada County, Idaho · Population 508,052
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$88,907
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1992 · 1 incident

November 14, 1992 ID · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Boise Paving & Asphalt Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

FOREMAN WAS REPLACING CUTTING EDGES ON DOZER AND WHILE LIFTING THE CUTTING EDGES FELT STRAIN IN LOWER BACK.

1987 · 2 incidents

April 23, 1987 ID · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Boise Paving & Asphalt Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS JAW PLATE F2R BETTER FIT ELECTRIC CORD WAS IN FRONT OF ME AND KEPT GETTING IN THE WAY STEPPED OVER AND MOMENTION OF NEW GRINDER WHEEL PENETRATED MY PANTS CAUSING A CUT IN MY KNEE CAP.

February 19, 1987 ID · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Boise Paving & Asphalt Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

FOUR MEN WERE P6LLING ON ELEC CABLE TO HOOK UP TO GENERATOR DURING CRUSHER MOVE WHEN TWO OF THE MEN FELL DOWN. THE MAN INJURED WAS THE THIRD MAN IN LINE. HE HAD HIS HEAD TURNED LOOKJNG BACK. H TURNED AROUND I3 TIME TO SEE THE TWO MEN IN FRONT OF HIM FALLING. HE THEN LET GO OF THE CABLE AND AT THAT TIME HE FELT BACK STRAIN