Husky 1, North Dry Ridge has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1999–2024
Latest incident
Sep 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
27
citations
1
significant & substantial
$10,106
proposed penalties
$4,022
paid to date
40% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,084 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: 630 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Husky 1, North Dry Ridge has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$5K
outstanding
19 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $4K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-04.
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.
2citations taken to the federal commission · 7% of citations on record
Settled
2 · 100%
34%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$4K proposed, $3K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2025-07-10.
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: 2026-08-18
8
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg8
Show the individual readings (8)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2026-08-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2026-08-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Shovel Operator
2026-08-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2010-03-31
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2010-03-31
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2010-03-31
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-04-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Lab Technician
2006-01-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Supervisor, Co. Official
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.
Husky 1, North Dry Ridge recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2011.
Injury rate, 2011
ⓘ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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.56 and the all-US-mining average was 3.08 cases per 100 workers.
In Idaho, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 4.20 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
2011 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2010 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2009 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2008 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2007 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2006 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2003 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2002 *
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
18
2025
16
2024
6
2023
6
2012
10
2011
12
2010
19
2009
19
2008
19
2007
15
2006
12
2005
11
2004
12
2003
13
2002
11
2001
11
2000
12
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Husky 1, North Dry Ridge sits in Caribou County, Idaho, where the Census mining category is 7.3% 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.
Caribou County, Idaho · Population 7,118
7.3%
Mining share of county employment
$66,653
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
Carpenter installing taper ties; hardhat brushed against planks, causing debris to fall onto EE's hardhat and forehead. EE removed EE's safety glasses to brush the debris from EE's face at which time a small piece landed in EE's left eye. After flushing the eye with no relief, EE was transported to medical facility where a doctor flushed and wiped the eye clean.
2010 · 1 incident
September 23, 2010ID · Metal/Non-Metalwelder (shop)MACHINERY
Employee was welding and grinding on the 5230 shovel. At the end of the shift the employee noticed he had something in his eye. He thought it was only dirt and assumed it would work it's way out. The next morning he reported an irritation to his eye and was taken to an eye doctor who removed a small piece of metal from his right eye.
2002 · 1 incident
April 15, 2002ID · Metal/Non-Metalassayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer managementHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS HELPING TO MOVE 4" IRRIGATION PIPE. WHEN THIS WAS COMPLETED HE COMPLAINED OF BEING VERY TIRED AND WEAK. HE CALLED IN SICK THE FOLLOWING TWO DAYS. ON 4/18 HE WAS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITA L. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH KIDNEY FAILURE. HIS DR.CONCLUDED THAT THIS WAS DUE TO OVER-EXERTION OF HIS MUSCLES ON 4/15/02.
MOVING DRILL BIT HAMMER ON RIG WHEN LEFT FOOT SLIPPED OFF CAT-WALK AND HE FELL WITH HAMMER IN LEFT HAND PINNING LEFT ARM BETWEEN CAT-WALK AND HAMMER. FRACTURED LEFT ARM, FIVE-INCHES ABOVE WRIS T. REQUIRED SURGERY.
1999 · 1 incident
June 5, 1999ID · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS