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Big Mac: 43 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by CRH PLC
Bear Lake, Bear Lake County, ID  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4202082

Big Mac has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2023
Latest incident
Jul 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
43
citations
8
significant & substantial
$9,766
proposed penalties
$9,766
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Staker & Parson Companies's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
34
inspections on record
474
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 474 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2017-07-11.
On record since 2017.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Big Mac has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
ⓘ Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
41 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-12-11.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
19.0%
significant & substantial
7.1%
high negligence or reckless
19.0%
reasonably likely or greater
76.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 92.9% moderate, 7.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2026-03-31
9%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
19
samples
11
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz111 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg8
Show the individual readings (19)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2011-05-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 2.31 1.11 2.08 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-03-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.25 0.76 Utility Man
2026-03-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-03-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.37 0.38 Crusher Oper/Worker
2026-03-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.3 0.67 Utility Man
2023-06-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-06-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.28 0.57 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2020-04-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-04-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 0.32 0.91 Crusher Oper/Worker
2020-04-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2020-04-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2014-12-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-12-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-11-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.38 0.34 Crusher Oper/Worker
2013-11-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-05-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 1.11 0.17 Mechanic
2009-12-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.32 0.34 0.94 Laborer, Bullgang
2009-12-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 0.28 0.89 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-12-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.34 1.23 0.28 Front-end Loader Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Custom Crushing Inc 1993 to 2008
  2. Tru Crushing Inc 2008 to 2010
  3. Staker & Parson Companies 2011 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 8
2024 1
2023 7
2022 7
2021 2
2020 8
2019 0
2018 14
2017 9
2016 9
2015 7
2014 8
2013 9
2012 7
2011 3
2010 7
2009 9
2008 7
2003 0
2002 3
2001 1
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Big Mac sits in Bear Lake County, Idaho, where the Census mining category is 4.7% 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.
Bear Lake County, Idaho · Population 6,552
4.7%
Mining share of county employment
$67,304
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘ 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 4,213 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 578 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 138 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,549 1 0 392.3
2023 Q3 3,547 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,133 0 0 0.0
Show 68 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q1 2,105 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,362 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,778 5 1 2812.1
2022 Q2 2,116 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 3,233 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 425 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 539 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 587 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 503 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,089 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,566 1 0 389.7
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 3,219 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 4,197 1 0 238.3
2017 Q4 3,934 1 0 254.2
2017 Q3 4,665 4 1 857.4
2017 Q2 4,340 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 4,094 1 0 244.3
2016 Q4 2,975 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,611 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,981 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 3,713 1 0 269.3
2015 Q4 2,946 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,075 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,590 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 3,014 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,923 1 1 342.1
2014 Q3 3,311 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,857 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 3,656 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 4,091 1 0 244.4
2013 Q3 4,923 1 0 203.1
2013 Q2 4,891 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,170 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,627 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,782 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 849 2 1 2355.7
2011 Q4 1,118 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,694 4 0 2361.3
2011 Q2 2,425 11 2 4536.1
2011 Q1 864 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,631 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,409 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,633 1 0 379.8
2010 Q1 2,957 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,795 1 0 263.5
2009 Q3 4,167 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,944 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 5,204 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,096 2 0 646.0
2008 Q3 4,916 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,818 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 1,952 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,041 1 1 490.0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 1,560 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 0 0 0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 6,235 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2023 · 1 incident

July 17, 2023 ID · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Staker & Parson Companies · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cutting flashing in the Jaw, so they could drop it down on the conveyor belt. Employee slipped with the knife EE was using a cut EE's leg.