Mining Incidents

Bond Mine: 15 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Gold Pan Dan LLC · Underground
Controlled by Daniel K Vaughan
Pierce, Clearwater County, ID  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1002047

Bond Mine has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $462 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
15
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,705
proposed penalties
$1,243
paid to date
73% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $462 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
19
inspections on record
259
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: 259 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Bond Mine has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $462 outstanding across 1 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$462
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $100 in penalties contested before the Commission, $100 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-09-28.
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.
6.7%
significant & substantial
13.3%
high negligence or reckless
6.7%
reasonably likely or greater
53.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 6.7% low, 80.0% moderate, 13.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 7% of citations on record
  • Stood as issued 1 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$100 proposed, $100 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2008-08-01.
Contested penalties
A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST 2008-1371M Default Lesnick 2010 $100 → $100
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Gold Pan Dan's 2003 to 2011
  2. Gold Pan Dan LLC 2011 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2012 0
2011 3
2010 3
2009 2
2008 3
2007 4
2006 0
2004 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Bond Mine sits in Clearwater 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.
Clearwater County, Idaho · Population 8,921
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$57,961
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
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 2,200 4 0 1818.2
2011 Q2 360 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,300 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,000 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 180 0 0 0.0
Show 19 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q2 100 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 160 1 0 6250.0
2009 Q3 60 5 1 83333.3
2009 Q2 130 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 40 1 0 25000.0
2008 Q3 120 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,840 1 0 260.4
2008 Q1 363 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 2,970 3 0 1010.1
2007 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 40 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 40 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 40 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.