Mining Incidents

Cunningham Pit: 11 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Aztex Sand & Gravel · Surface
Controlled by Larry R Watterson
Burley, Cassia County, ID  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1002065

Cunningham Pit has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $624 outstanding across 0 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 2008
11
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,232
proposed penalties
$608
paid to date
49% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $624 gap.
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
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
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
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
  1. 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.

Cunningham Pit sits in Cassia County, Idaho, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
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
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
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
Show 1 earlier quarters
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.