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: 524 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Black Cat Pit has $32K 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.
$32K
proposed penalties
$32K
current assessed
$32K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
127 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-03-31.
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.
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: 2013-02-21, 13 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
12
samples
8
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz8
Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (12)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2013-02-21
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.16
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-11-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-08-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.47
1.63
0.29
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-08-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.25
1.22
0.20
Bulldozer Operator
2005-08-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.28
0.84
0.33
Truck Driver
2003-11-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.39
0.74
0.53
Laborer, Bullgang
2003-01-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.81
2.12
0.38
Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-03-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
0.51
0.25
Bulldozer Operator
2002-03-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.43
1.34
0.32
Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-03-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-03-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.5
0.9
0.56
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-03-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2021
2
2020
2
2019
2
2018
3
2017
3
2016
2
2015
0
2014
1
2013
2
2012
3
2011
4
2010
2
2009
2
2008
3
2007
6
2006
6
2005
5
2004
4
2003
4
2002
6
2001
10
2000
12
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Black Cat 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.
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
A LANDSCAPE COMPANY CAME INTO THE PIT TO DUMP A LOAD. HIS TAILGATE MALFUNCTIONED AND IN THE COURSE OF TRYING TO GET TI TO WORK, HE LOST A TIP OF ONE FINGER. HE WAS NOT OUR EMPLOYEE. HE WAS A CUSTOMER.
2002 · 1 incident
July 24, 2002ID · Metal/Non-Metalmine manager, mine foreman, mine ownerHANDLING OF MATERIALS