Mining Incidents

Landon Excavating Plant #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Verle Landon
Idaho Falls, Bonneville County, ID  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1002106

Landon Excavating Plant #1 has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 7 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2010–2020
Latest incident
Oct 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
54
citations
12
significant & substantial
$10,742
proposed penalties
$9,864
paid to date
92% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $878 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
28
inspections on record
359
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: 359 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Landon Excavating Plant #1 has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 7 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
54 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-18.
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 1,052 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,140 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,105 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 575 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,026 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,136 2 0 1760.6
2024 Q2 1,096 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 540 0 0 0.0
Show 68 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 947 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,094 3 1 2742.2
2023 Q2 1,151 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 278 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 915 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,206 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,402 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 308 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,389 3 1 2159.8
2021 Q3 1,576 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,541 1 0 648.9
2021 Q1 281 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 718 1 0 1392.8
2020 Q3 1,182 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,235 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 404 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,122 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,160 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,189 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 585 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,079 1 0 926.8
2018 Q3 1,194 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,160 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 310 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 896 2 1 2232.1
2017 Q3 818 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,186 1 0 843.2
2017 Q1 309 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 866 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,111 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,070 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 219 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 950 1 0 1052.6
2015 Q3 1,087 3 1 2759.9
2015 Q2 1,105 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 491 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 652 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,074 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,062 2 1 1883.2
2014 Q1 124 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 832 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,048 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,030 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 69 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 954 4 1 4192.9
2012 Q3 873 1 1 1145.5
2012 Q2 476 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 516 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,079 8 1 7414.3
2011 Q2 631 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 13 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 327 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 290 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 722 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 723 4 1 5532.5
2009 Q3 1,152 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 362 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 32 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 917 2 0 2181.0
2008 Q3 976 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,000 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 68 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 957 7 1 7314.5
2007 Q3 1,095 2 1 1826.5
2007 Q2 1,070 1 0 934.6
2007 Q1 484 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2020 · 1 incident

October 8, 2020 ID · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Landon Excavating Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Walking around the crusher to get a tool from the truck and stepped in a hole. Hyper extended right knee.

2019 · 1 incident

October 11, 2019 ID · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Landon Excavating Inc · Struck by falling object

Repair and reassembling Cone on Crusher when they dropped a air impact wrench on their left foot and toes.

2014 · 2 incidents

October 1, 2014 ID · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Landon Excavating Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Loading fence posts in the loader bucket, bounced back and stabbed barbed wire into my right hand.

May 5, 2014 ID · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Landon Excavating Inc · Struck against stationary object

While all equipment was shut down he was shoveling out the cone and caught the edge of the guard with his left hand while shoveling. In doing this he cut his left hand.

2012 · 1 incident

September 10, 2012 ID · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Landon Excavating Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Walking to the front of the loader to put a chain in the bucket and turned to get something else and the corner of the bucket on the loader came down on his foot.

2010 · 1 incident

June 24, 2010 ID · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Landon Excavating Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

The employee was lifting a Metal Screen, when he took a step over some wood and his back started to hurt.

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