Bayhorse Silver Inc · Accident type, without injuries
We intersected old workings with excessive width and encountered change or rock along with pillar damage from blast.
Bayhorse: 53 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal
Bayhorse has $29K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 1984–2017
- Latest incident
- Aug 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
53
citations
13
significant & substantial
$28,860
proposed penalties
$26,776
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,084 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2014
51
inspections on record
525
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 525 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Bayhorse has $29K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$29K
proposed penalties
$29K
current assessed
$27K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
52 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-05-03.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.25.0%
significant & substantial
3.8%
high negligence or reckless
25.0%
reasonably likely or greater
82.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 1.9% low, 94.2% moderate, 3.8% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
- Ibex Minerals Inc 1950 to 1980
- Mine Drivers Inc 1980 to 1981
- Western Land & Resources Inc 1981 to 1983
- Cash Industries Inc 1983 to 1983
- Silver King Mines Inc 1983 to 2014
- American Mining & Tunneling LLC 2014 to 2015
- HRB Mining Services LLC 2015 to 2016
- Bayhorse Silver Inc 2016 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 |
| 2025 | 6 |
| 2024 | 5 |
| 2023 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4 |
| 2021 | 10 |
| 2020 | 3 |
| 2019 | 4 |
| 2018 | 9 |
| 2017 | 10 |
| 2016 | 10 |
| 2015 | 3 |
| 2014 | 3 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Bayhorse sits in Baker County, Oregon, where the Census mining category is 0.0% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Baker County, Oregon · Population 16,796
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$57,844
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q2 | 2,251 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2026 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 Q4 | 318 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 585 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 1,075 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 1,897 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 1,597 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 370 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q2 | 649 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 544 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 Q3 | 600 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 1,827 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 1,614 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 3,319 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 4,763 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 3,234 | 2 | 1 | 618.4 |
| 2021 Q1 | 1,010 | 1 | 0 | 990.1 |
| 2020 Q4 | 467 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 204 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 540 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 1,543 | 2 | 0 | 1296.2 |
| 2019 Q4 | 999 | 2 | 0 | 2002.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 186 | 1 | 1 | 5376.3 |
| 2019 Q2 | 399 | 1 | 0 | 2506.3 |
| 2019 Q1 | 521 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 2,235 | 10 | 2 | 4474.3 |
| 2018 Q3 | 3,002 | 1 | 0 | 333.1 |
| 2018 Q2 | 4,816 | 7 | 3 | 1453.5 |
| 2018 Q1 | 5,919 | 2 | 0 | 337.9 |
| 2017 Q4 | 4,745 | 5 | 1 | 1053.7 |
| 2017 Q3 | 3,496 | 3 | 1 | 858.1 |
| 2017 Q2 | 2,894 | 8 | 1 | 2764.3 |
| 2017 Q1 | 1,500 | 4 | 1 | 2666.7 |
| 2016 Q4 | 1,587 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 565 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 438 | 1 | 0 | 2283.1 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file2017 · 1 incident
1984 · 3 incidents
Silver King Mines Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
DRILLING ROUND SLIPPED ON ROCK DRILL LANDED ON L EFT HAND. BRUISING TOP OF HAND.
Silver King Mines Inc · Struck by falling object
LOOSE ROCK IN FACE OF INCLINED RAISE PULLED MUSCLES IN LIGAMENTS
March 13, 1984
OR · Metal/Non-Metal
section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss
MACHINERY
Silver King Mines Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
MUSCLE STRAIN DUE TO AWKAWARD DRILLING POSITION.