Caldwell Canyon Mine has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2022–2023
Latest incident
Nov 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2021
15
citations
2
significant & substantial
$3,342
proposed penalties
$3,342
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
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: 164 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Caldwell Canyon Mine has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $4K in penalties contested before the Commission, $4K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-08-01.
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.
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
3
2025
6
2024
13
2023
16
2022
17
2021
12
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Caldwell Canyon Mine sits in Caribou County, Idaho, where the Census mining category is 7.3% 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.
Caribou County, Idaho · Population 7,118
7.3%
Mining share of county employment
$66,653
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
820
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
231
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
607
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
2,021
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
5,470
0
0
0.0
2024 Q2
1,746
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
458
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
2,584
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3
4,218
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
4,217
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
4,601
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
4,275
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
5,465
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
3,763
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
73
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
1,172
3
0
2559.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file
2023 · 4 incidents
November 7, 2023ID · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ruveon LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface
Employee tripped over a piece of dunnage under structural steel they were covering with plastic concrete blankets and fell to ground at the same level. The right distal radial bone at the wrist was fractured.
New construction, and addition of a metal flat strap piece was in process of installing. Employee had one end of an 8 inch by 20 ft piece of flat strap clamped and attempted to position the piece in place. The clamp came loose, and the flat metal strap struck EE above EE's left eyebrow. Took employee to the local Dr. Six stitches required and released to full duty.
July 26, 2023ID · Metal/Non-Metalsteel worker, iron metal worker, iron workerMACHINERY
Employee working on the steel structure of the Sizing Tower tightening bolts on the cross member. The employee was working from a scissor lift to impact bolts with an impact, and sustained debris in their right eye.
January 19, 2023ID · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ruveon LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface
Employee had feet slip out from under employee in snowy / icy conditions landing on tail bone area