Ida-Ore Mining, LLC · Struck by powered moving object
Employee failed to follow policy and entered a restricted area during truck loading by forklift. They walked into the path of a forklift and was struck. They broke their right leg.
Ida-Ore: 80 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal
Ida-Ore has $163K in proposed MSHA penalties and $124K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2025
- Latest incident
- Jan 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2021
80
citations
19
significant & substantial
$163,267
proposed penalties
$39,628
paid to date
24% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $123,639 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
22
inspections on record
360
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: 360 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ida-Ore has $163K in proposed MSHA penalties and $124K 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.$163K
proposed penalties
$163K
current assessed
$40K
paid to date
$124K
outstanding
80 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-13.
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.23.8%
significant & substantial
21.2%
high negligence or reckless
23.8%
reasonably likely or greater
53.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 13.8% low, 65.0% moderate, 21.2% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
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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)
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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: 2024-09-24
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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.54%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
36
samples
28
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
- Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz1813 over
- Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz102 over
- Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz8
Show the individual readings (36)
| Date | Contaminant | Concentration | Limit | Conc / limit | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-23 | Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz | 14.73 | 10 | 1.47 | Bagging Operator |
| 2024-04-23 | Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz | 17.88 | 10 | 1.79 | Bagging Operator |
| 2024-04-23 | Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz | 10.76 | 10 | 1.08 | Crusher Oper/Worker |
| 2024-04-23 | Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz | 22.08 | 10 | 2.21 | Bagging Operator |
| 2024-04-23 | Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz | 17.94 | 10 | 1.79 | Bagging Operator |
| 2024-02-21 | Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz | 61.21 | 10 | 6.12 | Crusher Oper/Worker |
| 2024-02-21 | Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz | 12.9 | 10 | 1.29 | Bagging Operator |
| 2024-02-21 | Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz | 17.83 | 10 | 1.78 | Crusher Oper/Worker |
| 2024-02-21 | Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz | 17.25 | 10 | 1.73 | Crusher Oper/Worker |
| 2024-02-21 | Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz | 96.29 | 10 | 9.63 | Crusher Oper/Worker |
| 2024-02-21 | Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz | 27.26 | 10 | 2.73 | Bagging Operator |
| 2023-10-11 | Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz | 18.75 | 10 | 1.88 | Crusher Oper/Worker |
| 2023-10-11 | Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz | 42.02 | 10 | 4.20 | Bagging Operator |
| 2023-10-11 | Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz | 178.11 | 10 | 17.81 | Crusher Oper/Worker |
| 2022-09-28 | Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz | 15.21 | 10 | 1.52 | Hammer Mill Operator |
| 2024-09-24 | Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz | 0.26 | Bagging Operator | ||
| 2024-09-24 | Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz | 0 | Bagging Operator | ||
| 2024-09-24 | Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz | 0.33 | Bagging Operator | ||
| 2024-09-24 | Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz | 0.42 | Bagging Operator | ||
| 2024-07-01 | Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz | 8.06 | Bagging Operator | ||
| 2024-07-01 | Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz | 9.17 | Bagging Operator | ||
| 2024-07-01 | Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz | 12.33 | Bagging Operator | ||
| 2024-07-01 | Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz | 13.14 | Bagging Operator | ||
| 2024-04-23 | Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz | 8.76 | 10 | 0.88 | Crusher Oper/Worker |
| 2024-04-23 | Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz | 7.21 | 10 | 0.72 | Crusher Oper/Worker |
| 2024-04-23 | Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz | 9.19 | 10 | 0.92 | Crusher Oper/Worker |
| 2024-02-21 | Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz | 7.96 | 10 | 0.80 | Bagging Operator |
| 2024-02-21 | Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz | 6.4 | 10 | 0.64 | Bagging Operator |
| 2023-10-11 | Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz | 5.82 | 10 | 0.58 | Bagging Operator |
| 2023-10-11 | Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz | 3.31 | 10 | 0.33 | Crusher Oper/Worker |
| 2023-10-11 | Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz | 2.37 | 10 | 0.24 | Crusher Oper/Worker |
| 2023-10-11 | Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz | 5.68 | 10 | 0.57 | Crusher Oper/Worker |
| 2023-10-11 | Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz | 2.21 | 10 | 0.22 | Bagging Operator |
| 2023-10-11 | Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz | 1.29 | 10 | 0.13 | Bagging Operator |
| 2023-10-11 | Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz | 2.32 | 10 | 0.23 | Bagging Operator |
| 2022-09-28 | Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz | 8.21 | 10 | 0.82 | Front-end Loader Operator |
Area samples (mill and shop air)
Last sampled: 2023-10-129
samples
Show the individual readings (19)
| Date | Contaminant | Concentration | Limit | Conc / limit | Area sampled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-10-12 | Nickel dust & salts | 0 | MP DRY SCREENING | ||
| 2023-10-12 | Vanadium dust | 0 | MP DRY SCREENING | ||
| 2023-10-12 | Arsenic dust | 0 | MP DRY SCREENING | ||
| 2023-10-12 | Beryllium dust | 0 | MP DRY SCREENING | ||
| 2023-10-12 | Cadmium dust & salts | 0 | MP DRY SCREENING | ||
| 2023-10-12 | Chromium, soluble | 0 | MP DRY SCREENING | ||
| 2023-10-12 | Cobalt dust | 0 | MP DRY SCREENING | ||
| 2023-10-12 | Copper dust and mist | 0 | MP DRY SCREENING | ||
| 2023-10-12 | Lead, inorganic dust | 3 | MP DRY SCREENING | ||
| 2023-10-12 | Manganese dust | 0.02 | MP DRY SCREENING | ||
| 2023-10-12 | Molybdenum dust | 0 | MP DRY SCREENING | ||
| 2023-10-11 | ASBESTOS BULK, ALL FORMS | 0 | MP DRY SCREENING | ||
| 2023-10-11 | Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz | 180.21 | MP DRY SCREENING | ||
| 2023-10-11 | Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz | 23.85 | MP DRY SCREENING | ||
| 2023-10-11 | ANALYZED BULK DUST MASS | 0 | MP BAGGING/PACKAGING | ||
| 2023-10-11 | QUARTZ (BULK DUST) | 0 | MP BAGGING/PACKAGING | ||
| 2023-10-11 | ASBESTOS BULK, ALL FORMS | 0 | MP SHOP | ||
| 2023-09-22 | Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz | 10.01 | SF ORE PROCESSING | ||
| 2023-09-22 | Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz | 71.81 | SF ORE PROCESSING |
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.
Ida-Ore recorded 5.70 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
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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.5.70
total case rate
5.70
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Idaho, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 * | 5.70 | 5.70 | 0.000 |
| 2024 * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2023 * | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.000 |
| 2022 * | 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.
Ownership history
- Ida-Ore Mining, LLC 2015 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 17 |
| 2025 | 17 |
| 2024 | 17 |
| 2023 | 15 |
| 2022 | 12 |
| 2021 | 11 |
| 2018 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 |
| 2016 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Ida-Ore sits in Jerome County, Idaho, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.Jerome County, Idaho · Population 24,788
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$69,338
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, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q2 | 6,900 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2026 Q1 | 7,965 | 2 | 0 | 251.1 |
| 2025 Q4 | 8,633 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 10,287 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 9,128 | 13 | 5 | 1424.2 |
| 2025 Q1 | 7,010 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 7,899 | 7 | 1 | 886.2 |
| 2024 Q3 | 8,337 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q2 | 9,021 | 8 | 1 | 886.8 |
| 2024 Q1 | 7,248 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q4 | 10,764 | 18 | 2 | 1672.2 |
| 2023 Q3 | 7,481 | 13 | 3 | 1737.7 |
| 2023 Q2 | 7,959 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 5,130 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 6,975 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 5,210 | 7 | 1 | 1343.6 |
| 2022 Q2 | 4,762 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 4,546 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 5,897 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 5,023 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 5,488 | 12 | 6 | 2186.6 |
| 2018 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q4 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q4 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.