Mining Incidents

Meckel Mining Wash Plant: 31 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Meckel Mining, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Clint Meckel
McCall, Valley County, ID  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1002002

Meckel Mining Wash Plant 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
31
citations
5
significant & substantial
$3,242
proposed penalties
$3,242
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
31
inspections on record
279
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: 279 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Meckel Mining Wash Plant 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
31 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-08-02.
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.
16.1%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
16.1%
reasonably likely or greater
74.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 3.2% low, 96.8% 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: 2019-06-12, 7 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
6
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (6)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2019-06-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-09-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 1.64 0.11 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-04-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-04-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-05-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 1.13 0.22 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-05-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.8 0.89 0.90 Front-end Loader Operator
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. Tom Meckel Sand & Gravel Inc 2001 to 2007
  2. Meckel Mining, Inc. 2007 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2023 1
2022 2
2021 2
2020 1
2019 1
2018 1
2017 2
2016 1
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 0
2011 1
2010 1
2009 1
2008 1
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 1
2003 2
2002 1
2001 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Meckel Mining Wash Plant sits in Valley 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.
Valley County, Idaho · Population 12,136
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$76,125
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
2023 Q4 229 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 613 1 0 1631.3
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 282 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 843 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 551 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
Show 83 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2021 Q4 222 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 664 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 540 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 210 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 400 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 276 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 226 1 0 4424.8
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 726 1 0 1377.4
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 143 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 318 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 547 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 359 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 743 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 552 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 481 1 0 2079.0
2015 Q2 618 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 717 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 663 2 1 3016.6
2014 Q2 183 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 400 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 17 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 365 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 3 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q2 353 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 68 4 1 58823.5
2010 Q3 232 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 8 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 201 1 0 4975.1
2009 Q3 130 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 66 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 252 1 0 3968.3
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 464 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,073 12 2 11183.6
2007 Q2 928 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 928 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,180 3 0 2542.4
2006 Q2 981 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 912 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,115 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,129 2 1 1771.5
2005 Q1 493 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,098 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,203 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 551 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 853 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,071 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 895 1 0 1117.3
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 217 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 215 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 274 1 0 3649.6
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 340 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 451 0 0 0.0

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.