Mining Incidents

Iron Creek Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Idaho Cobalt Company · Underground
Challis, Lemhi County, ID  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1002287

Iron Creek Mine has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2 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 2017
18
citations
4
significant & substantial
$2,710
proposed penalties
$2,708
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2017
13
inspections on record
233
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: 233 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Iron Creek Mine has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$2
outstanding
18 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-11-07.
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
2018 Q4 3,904 5 0 1280.7
2018 Q3 3,520 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 4,160 1 0 240.4
2018 Q1 3,216 2 0 621.9
2017 Q4 2,880 1 1 347.2
2017 Q3 2,880 3 1 1041.7
2017 Q2 1,600 6 2 3750.0

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.

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