Mining Incidents

Kelley's Gravel Inc: 30 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

S&R Dirt Works · Surface
Controlled by Dusty Smith
Idaho Falls, Bingham County, ID  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1001730

Kelley's Gravel Inc has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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
1998
Latest incident
Oct 1998
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
30
citations
6
significant & substantial
$3,449
proposed penalties
$3,449
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
27
inspections on record
268
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: 268 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Kelley's Gravel Inc has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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
$0
outstanding
28 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-20.
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.
21.4%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
21.4%
reasonably likely or greater
57.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 3.6% low, 96.4% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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: 2000-07-26, 26 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
1
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2000-07-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.27 0.78 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.
Ownership history
  1. K & G Contractors Inc 1986 to 1994
  2. Kelley's Gravel Inc 1994 to 2025
  3. S&R Dirt Works 2025 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2011 0
2010 1
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 3
2004 4
2003 4
2002 4
2001 3
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Kelley's Gravel Inc sits in Bingham County, Idaho, where the Census mining category is 0.8% 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.
Bingham County, Idaho · Population 48,993
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$76,842
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
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q2 0 1 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 10 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 10 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 10 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 10 2 0 200000.0
2009 Q2 15 0 0 0.0
Show 37 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 60 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 54 10 4 185185.2
2008 Q2 398 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 9 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 12 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 21 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 45 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 51 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 279 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 496 1 0 2016.1
2006 Q2 504 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 82 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 510 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 872 1 0 1146.8
2005 Q2 848 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 148 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 652 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,110 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 820 5 2 6097.6
2004 Q1 244 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 732 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,076 1 0 929.4
2003 Q2 628 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 280 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 560 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 904 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 648 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 324 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 582 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 900 1 0 1111.1
2001 Q2 946 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 516 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,156 2 0 1730.1
2000 Q2 966 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 302 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1998 · 1 incident

October 26, 1998 ID · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman FIRE
Kelley's Gravel Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

GETTING GAS IN A 5 GAL PLASTIC JUG. FINISHED, SHUT THINGS OFF. HE THREW HIS CIGARETTE, THE WIND BLEW IT BACK BY HIM. HE CAUGHT ON FIR, BURNING BACK SIDE OF RIGHT LEG.