Mining Incidents

FRIDAY MINE Metal/Non-Metal

Elk Range Minerals, LLC · Underground
Controlled by Elk Range Mining Pty Ltd
Oro Grande, Idaho County, ID  ·  NonProducing
MSHA Mine ID: 1002265

FRIDAY MINE has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $348 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2019–2025
Latest incident
Jul 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
29
citations
1
significant & substantial
$3,694
proposed penalties
$3,346
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $348 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
42
inspections on record
732
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: 732 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

FRIDAY MINE has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $348 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$348
outstanding
29 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-10-16.
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 Q4 958 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,290 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,617 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,585 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,497 1 0 668.0
2024 Q3 1,710 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,591 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,542 0 0 0.0
Show 27 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,590 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,542 1 0 648.5
2023 Q2 1,669 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,913 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,915 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,995 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,709 2 0 1170.3
2022 Q1 6,902 1 0 144.9
2021 Q4 10,325 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 8,550 1 0 117.0
2021 Q2 6,010 1 0 166.4
2021 Q1 3,510 1 0 284.9
2020 Q4 3,414 2 0 585.8
2020 Q3 5,385 2 0 371.4
2020 Q2 7,067 1 1 141.5
2020 Q1 9,737 2 0 205.4
2019 Q4 2,997 4 0 1334.7
2019 Q3 1,710 2 0 1169.6
2019 Q2 1,011 3 0 2967.4
2019 Q1 1,408 1 0 710.2
2018 Q4 1,208 1 0 827.8
2018 Q3 1,180 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 200 3 0 15000.0
2016 Q3 680 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,648 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 628 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2025 · 1 incident

July 2, 2025 ID · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Endomines Idaho LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

While walking to another area to weed eat around tank house they slipped on loose dirt & spread eagled legs on either side of the berm causing them to fall forward and hit their face shield & hard hat on the ground causing their neck to pop backwards as well as their groin to hit the rocks/gravel on the berm. It was hot and dry conditions that day.

2022 · 1 incident

June 9, 2022 ID · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Endomines Idaho LLC · Struck against stationary object

EE & co-worker were fixing a fence, co-worker was holding the star picket post with foot & EE was hitting the post with a 20lb hammer. EE misjudged where the post was and skimmed right hand against the top of the post. The sharpness of the metal post & the momentum of EE's swing compounded the severity of the wound.

2019 · 1 incident

September 23, 2019 ID · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Endomines Idaho LLC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

While cutting board with skilsaw the saw kicked back and made contact with the employee's left thumb causing a laceration. Employee was transported to hospital and laceration was treated with sutures and employee was released to normal duty.

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