Mining Incidents

Caldwell Canyon Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Ruveon LLC · Surface
Controlled by Bayer AG
Soda Springs, Caribou County, ID  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1002337

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.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2021
10
inspections on record
164
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: 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.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-08-01.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
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 1 0 182.8
2024 Q2 1,746 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 458 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,584 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 4,218 0 0 0.0
Show 7 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
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 14 2 11945.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2023 · 4 incidents

November 7, 2023 ID · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP 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.

August 11, 2023 ID · Metal/Non-Metal welder (non-shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ruveon LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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, 2023 ID · Metal/Non-Metal steel worker, iron metal worker, iron worker MACHINERY
Ruveon LLC · Struck by falling object

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, 2023 ID · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP 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

2022 · 1 incident

August 9, 2022 ID · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ruveon LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Slipped in mud; item being carried pinched fingers.

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The full compliance file on Caldwell Canyon Mine

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.