Crushing Plant #6 has $181K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2011–2024
Latest incident
Feb 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
79
citations
20
significant & substantial
$180,878
proposed penalties
$139,227
paid to date
77% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $41,651 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: 769 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: 2019-04-09.
On record since 2019.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
Crushing Plant #6 has $181K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 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.
$181K
proposed penalties
$139K
current assessed
$139K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
75 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $162K in penalties contested before the Commission, $121K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-09.
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.
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.
4citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
Settled
4 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
26%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$162K proposed, $121K 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 2012-07-06.
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.
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: 2025-05-13
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
20
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Show the individual readings (20)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2025-05-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2025-05-13
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.13
Lab Technician
2025-05-13
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.21
Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-03-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.59
Sampler, Dust
2018-03-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.49
Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-09-13
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.19
Truck Driver
2016-09-13
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.24
Front-end Loader Operator
2016-09-13
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.93
Laborer, Bullgang
2014-12-16
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.46
Truck Driver
2014-12-16
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.3
Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-12-16
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.32
Oiler, Greaser
2014-02-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.38
1.61
0.24
Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-02-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.61
1.39
0.44
Lab Technician
2014-02-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2010-10-27
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.24
Truck Driver
2010-10-27
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.25
Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-10-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2007-11-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2007-11-28
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.28
Laborer, Bullgang
2007-11-28
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.22
Crusher Oper/Worker
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.
Crushing Plant #6 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Idaho, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.26 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2025 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2024 *
6.72
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
17
2025
16
2024
15
2023
18
2022
16
2021
19
2020
20
2019
14
2018
19
2017
17
2016
17
2015
17
2014
17
2013
13
2012
17
2011
17
2010
9
2009
11
2008
11
2007
10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Crushing Plant #6 sits in Nez Perce County, Idaho, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Nez Perce County, Idaho · Population 42,477
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$71,466
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
Miner was replacing V-belts (drive belts) for a Rolls crusher drive system. While performing this operation the miner's finger became stuck in between the drive sheave and the belt while rotating the sheave to put the belt in place. This lacerated the miner's right index finger. Miner's laceration was stitched at a local ER.
Haul truck operator backed of off stockpile approx. 25ft. landed upside down. operator was not wearing seatbelt. Berm was not in place where accident occurred. Miner has head and chest trauma.