Mining Incidents

Dry Valley Mine Metal/Non-Metal

URS Corp · Surface
Controlled by AECOM
Soda Springs, Caribou County, ID  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1001873

Dry Valley Mine has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
39
Years on record
1993–2009
Latest incident
Jun 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
40
citations
3
significant & substantial
$4,075
proposed penalties
$4,067
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $8 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
21
inspections on record
722
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: 722 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Dry Valley Mine has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
40 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-12-29.
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
2010 Q1 2,657 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 61,185 2 0 32.7
2009 Q3 61,928 1 1 16.1
2009 Q2 59,001 7 0 118.6
2009 Q1 58,823 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 53,062 7 1 131.9
2008 Q3 64,790 3 0 46.3
2008 Q2 76,034 0 0 0.0
Show 27 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q1 68,967 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 68,493 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 68,319 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 70,707 4 0 56.6
2007 Q1 66,633 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 61,925 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 68,933 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 64,700 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 48,293 1 0 20.7
2005 Q4 43,245 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,040 1 0 961.5
2003 Q4 1,820 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,257 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,749 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 5,642 1 1 177.2
2002 Q4 14,724 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 15,170 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 16,270 2 0 122.9
2002 Q1 16,639 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 6,620 4 0 604.2
2001 Q3 22,464 2 0 89.0
2001 Q2 27,160 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 28,130 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 29,209 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 35,742 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 35,829 4 0 111.6
2000 Q1 31,968 1 0 31.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

39 on file

2009 · 3 incidents

June 14, 2009 ID · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
URS Corp · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee removed a guard from a tail pulley area to replace a grease canister while the belt was in operation. The fins on the tail pulley caught the employee's glove, pulling his left hand into the fins, resulting in lacerations and abrasions; which required stitches and a skin graft.

April 23, 2009 ID · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
URS Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

A mechanic was holding a drill steel with the deck bushing raised up on the drill steel and suspended from the jib line. The jib line broke causing the deck bushing to slide down the drill steel striking the employee's hand. The employee's left thumb was pinched causing a laceration needing ten stitches.

January 21, 2009 ID · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
URS Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Technician lifted cutting edge with bar to put crane sling under it. Cutting edge slipped crushed three fingers on technician's left hand.

2007 · 4 incidents

August 1, 2007 ID · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
URS Corp · Fall from machine

While installing top pin on a 785 haul truck the bar holding the strut slipped out causing the strut to fall. The strut knocked the employee off the ladder and to the ground. The fall was 3 feet.

June 18, 2007 ID · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
URS Corp · Struck against a moving object

Employee was riding on bus back to office at the end of his shift when bus hit a rough spot in road. The bumps caused the employee to jar his lower back. Employee felt a sharp pain in lower back but felt no medical attention was needed. On June 26th, Employee decided to visit doctor where he was examined and released to full duty.

April 28, 2007 ID · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
URS Corp · Struck against a moving object

Operator was driving haul truck down ramp when he hit a soft spot on the ramp. The soft spot caused the EE;'s seat to bottom out. This caused the EE pain in his lower back.

January 27, 2007 ID · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
URS Corp · Struck against a moving object

Employee was driving haul truck up an in pit ramp. The front of the truck lifted and returned to the ground violently injuring the employee's lower back. He was taken to the local hospital ER, examined, treated, and released to restricted duty. He is currently working with restrictions for an undetermined amount of time and is under Dr's care.

2006 · 4 incidents

December 8, 2006 ID · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
URS Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Empoyee parked haul truck inproperly causing ladder to be higher from ground. EE got off haul truck he felt a pull in his shoulder. He did not feel anything was wrong and did not want to see a dr. He went to dr. 12/12/06 for unrated reason & told dr about shoulder. X-rayed found nothing wrong. still bother him return to dr. if to going for surgery. 4/18/07 he went for medical

August 11, 2006 ID · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
URS Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Contractor employee was walking along the perimeter fence line of mine property. While walking through the tall grass, employee stepped into animal burrow hole. Employee strained right hip muscle.

July 31, 2006 ID · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
URS Corp · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee reported to fellow workers that he was having problems & suspected he was having a heart attack. The project emergency response was activated with EMT's responding with rescue equipment and vehicle. The employee was transported to local emergency hospital, then on to advanced cardiac care in SLC.

May 24, 2006 ID · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
URS Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

climbing down steep stairs frontward instead of climbing down backwards using 3 points.

2003 · 1 incident

January 24, 2003 ID · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Astaris Production Llc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME-BOTH WRISTS

2002 · 1 incident

June 3, 2002 ID · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Astaris Production Llc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPORTABLE ILLNESS, CARPAL TUNNEL.

2001 · 2 incidents

September 1, 2001 ID · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Astaris Production Llc · Fall from ladders

LADDER SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER EE

April 4, 2001 ID · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Astaris Production Llc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CARPEL TUNNEL OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS.

2000 · 4 incidents

August 23, 2000 ID · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Astaris Production Llc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING DOWN AND SLIPPED FELL 18" ONTO BACK.

April 1, 2000 ID · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Fmc Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUMULATIVE TRAUMA - CARPAL TUNNEL.

February 26, 2000 ID · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fmc Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS WALKING ON UNEVEN GROUND AND TRIPPED ON FROZEN SNOW COVERED MUD.

1999 · 1 incident

August 11, 1999 ID · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Fmc Corp · Flash burns (welding)

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING WITH HIS WELDING HOODIN THE UP POSITION, HE INADVERTANTLY STRUCK AN ARC AND IT FLASHED INTO HIS EYES.

1998 · 5 incidents

December 9, 1998 ID · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Fmc Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OCCUPATIONAL INJURY CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.

September 3, 1998 ID · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fmc Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE LIFTED A 175 LB DRILL BIT AND INJURED A DISC IN HIS BACK.

July 30, 1998 ID · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fmc Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

DOOR SLAMMED ON LEFT MIDDLE FINGER - OPERATOR WAS ENTERING CAB OF 785 CAT HAUL TRUCK.

April 5, 1998 ID · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fmc Corp · Struck by flying object

EE WAS USING A PORTA-POWER TO REMOVE A BUSHING THE BUSTLINE BROKE AND A PIECE HIT THE EE IN THE CHIN RESULTING IN A LACERATION.

March 15, 1998 ID · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Fmc Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WELDING AND THINKS HE GOT WELDING SPATTER UNDER HIS FOOD, INTO HIS EYE.

1997 · 3 incidents

December 12, 1997 ID · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Fmc Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OCCUPATIONAL INJURY CARPEL TUNNEL SYDNROME.

April 9, 1997 ID · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Fmc Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME.

January 30, 1997 ID · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fmc Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REMOVING INSULATION FROM WIRE WITH UTILITY KNIFE. THE KNIFE SLIPPED & CUT LEFT MIDDLE FINGER

1996 · 3 incidents

October 20, 1996 ID · Metal/Non-Metal FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
Fmc Corp · Accident type, without injuries

APPR 40-50K YARDS OF BACKWALL SLID INTO PIT AREA CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO 106 PALT SHOVEL AND 606 LUBE TRUCK.

August 7, 1996 ID · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fmc Corp · Struck by falling object

WHILE CHANGING RAMS ON P&H 2250, A PIN FELL STRIKING EE ON LEFT SHOULDER.

June 20, 1996 ID · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Fmc Corp · Flash burns (welding)

EE WAS HOLDING THE BAR WHICH ANOTHER EE WAS CUTTING AND BURNED HIS LEFT EYE.

1995 · 2 incidents

December 10, 1995 ID · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fmc Corp · Fall from machine

SLICK, MUDDY CONDITIONS - SLIPPED AND FELL FROM LADDER AND LANDED ON TRACK BELOW.

May 13, 1995 ID · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Fmc Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REMOVING AN OIL FILTER ON CAT 777 TRUCK &AS HE BEGAN TO REMOVE THE FILTER HE TURNED TO REPOSTION HIS BODY & FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LEFT UPPER BACK.

1994 · 3 incidents

December 6, 1994 ID · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fmc Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS STANDING AT BASE OF TOWER GETTING THE CORE TUBE WE WERE DRILLING A 45DEG ANGLE HOLE & HE SLIPPED & TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE THERE WAS VERY LITTLE BOOM TO STAND ON & THE SNOW MADE IT VERY SLIPPERY

August 27, 1994 ID · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fmc Corp · Fall onto or against objects

HE WAS LIFTING A PART ONTO A SHELF IN THE WAREHOUSE. HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL, HITTING HIS HEAD ON A SHELF.

April 3, 1994 ID · Metal/Non-Metal rock driller SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fmc Corp · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS LUBING EQUIPMENT. HE STEPPED UP ON BACK OF THE TRUCK & THE STEP FAILED. AS HE FELL HIS RIGHT LOWER ABDOMEN CAME IN CONTACT WITH A METAL HOOK. THE HOOK ENTERED HIS SKIN (RIGHT ABDOMIN AL AREA).

1993 · 3 incidents

December 28, 1993 ID · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fmc Corp · Struck by flying object

INJURED WAS HOLDING A CABLE PUNCH TO REMOVE A PIN. WHEN THE PUNCH WAS STRUCK A PIECE OF STEEL CAME OFF SPLINTER AND STRUCK HIM IN THE LEFT MIDDLE FIGNER RESULTING IN AN INJURY WHICH REQUIRED THREE SUTURES TO CLOSE.

July 15, 1993 ID · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper MACHINERY
Fmc Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WINCHING A STABILIZER INTO THE MAST OF A DRILL RIG. STABILIZER BECAME HUNG-UP. WHEN IT CAME LOOSE IT HIT THE MAST OF DRILL RIG. HELPER WAS HOLDING ONTO THE MAST WHERE STABILIZER HIT. IT SM ASHED & TORE 3/4 OF THE FIRST JOINT OF LEFT THUMB.

April 28, 1993 ID · Metal/Non-Metal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fmc Corp · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE SWEEPING THE SHOP FLOOR. HE REACHED UNDER THE STEAM CLEANER TO REMOVE DIRT AND DEBRIS AND HIS LEFT HAND SCRAPPED THE TOP OF A PIECE OF WOOD ATTACHED TO THE CLEANER. THE RESULT IS A SP LINTER PENETRATED HIS FIFTH FINGER BETWEEN THE FIRST KNUCKLE TO SECOND KNUCKLE AT THE HAND. THE DOCTOR REMOVED THE SPLINTER BUT THE WOUND DID REQUIRE 1 SUTURE.

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