Cunningham Pit: 11 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal
Cunningham Pit has no reportable incidents on file with MSHA. MSHA has proposed $1K in penalties since 2008, with $624 outstanding.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
11
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,232
proposed penalties
$608
paid to date
49% of proposed penalties paid to date. The remaining $624 was reduced, settled, contested or is still owed.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
3
inspections on record
25
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 25 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Cunningham Pit has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $624 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$608
paid to date
$624
outstanding
11 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-07-29.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.18.2%
significant & substantial
27.3%
high negligence or reckless
18.2%
reasonably likely or greater
54.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 72.7% moderate, 27.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
- Aztex Sand & Gravel 2005 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2009 | 3 |
| 2008 | 2 |
| 2007 | 3 |
| 2005 | 2 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.
Cunningham Pit sits in Cassia County, Idaho, where the Census mining category is 0.5% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Cassia County, Idaho · Population 25,165
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$67,042
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Q3 | 55 | 5 | 1 | 90909.1 |
| 2009 Q2 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q2 | 175 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 60 | 6 | 1 | 100000.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 Q2 | 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.