Highland Enterprises Inc · Struck against stationary object
LOST CONTROL OF DUMP TRUCK REASON IS UNKNOWN. LEFT LOADING AREA, WENT DOWN A HILL, COLLIDED WITH A TREE AND TIPPED CAB OF TRUCK OVER ON ITS SIDE.
Mt Solo Pit Metal/Non-Metal
Highland Enterprises LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Robert W Blewett
Grangeville,
Idaho County,
ID
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1001911
Mt Solo Pit has $79K in proposed MSHA penalties and $391 outstanding across 16 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 2002–2007
- Latest incident
- Jul 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
117
citations
30
significant & substantial
$79,451
proposed penalties
$39,191
paid to date
49% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $40,260 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
43
inspections on record
822
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: 822 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Mt Solo Pit has $79K in proposed MSHA penalties and $391 outstanding across 16 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.$79K
proposed penalties
$40K
current assessed
$39K
paid to date
$391
outstanding
114 assessments are final orders; 16 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 535 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 2,522 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 2,876 | 5 | 1 | 1738.5 |
| 2025 Q1 | 1,900 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 1,895 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 2,488 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 2,077 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 156 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 3,498 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 5,751 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 1,197 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 399 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 2,011 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 328 | 1 | 0 | 3048.8 |
| 2022 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q4 | 518 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 1,239 | 1 | 0 | 807.1 |
| 2021 Q2 | 1,184 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q3 | 923 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 471 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 244 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 788 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 1,731 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 1,474 | 6 | 0 | 4070.6 |
| 2019 Q1 | 173 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 622 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 2,153 | 2 | 0 | 928.9 |
| 2018 Q2 | 1,368 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q3 | 244 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q4 | 372 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 591 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 1,229 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 915 | 2 | 0 | 2185.8 |
| 2015 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 Q3 | 1,881 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 1,211 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 533 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 1,511 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 1,677 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 1,981 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 1,646 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 1,578 | 7 | 5 | 4436.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 2,922 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 2,608 | 3 | 0 | 1150.3 |
| 2013 Q1 | 617 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 1,347 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 2,322 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 515 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 1,390 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 382 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 2,212 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 1,502 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 273 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 728 | 3 | 1 | 4120.9 |
| 2010 Q3 | 1,131 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 1,409 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 1,660 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 1,460 | 16 | 3 | 10958.9 |
| 2009 Q3 | 967 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 777 | 7 | 3 | 9009.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 323 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 1,935 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 2,513 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 747 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 1,860 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 2,749 | 10 | 1 | 3637.7 |
| 2007 Q3 | 3,279 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 2,874 | 11 | 2 | 3827.4 |
| 2007 Q1 | 465 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 1,288 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 298 | 1 | 0 | 3355.7 |
| 2006 Q2 | 2,269 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2005 Q4 | 2,793 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 2,850 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 2,769 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 847 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 2,238 | 4 | 3 | 1787.3 |
| 2004 Q3 | 2,843 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 4,192 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q1 | 896 | 5 | 0 | 5580.4 |
| 2003 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q3 | 2,824 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q2 | 2,370 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 1,279 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q4 | 1,248 | 4 | 1 | 3205.1 |
| 2002 Q3 | 4,809 | 24 | 10 | 4990.6 |
| 2002 Q2 | 2,708 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 2,281 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q4 | 2,067 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q3 | 2,496 | 4 | 0 | 1602.6 |
| 2001 Q2 | 1,380 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 1,928 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 | 3,160 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 3,243 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 3,279 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 | 1,474 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedReportable incidents
1 on file (excluding fatalities above)2007 · 1 incident
July 9, 2007
ID · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
MACHINERY
Highland Enterprises LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances
EE was cutting the head off of a bolt with the cutting torch. It dropped onto the belt. Co-worker informed him that the bolt head was beside him on the belt. He rolled over onto the hot bolt & it caught his pant leg on fire. His right calf was burned. He was taken for medical attention & received a skin graft. He didn't finish treatment or come back to work with us.
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The full compliance file on Mt Solo Pit
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