The 2 people involved were removing a 4" piece of pipe. The pipe was inspected & thought to be secured to 2 braces by welds. There were no welds securing the pipe to the braces. The injured person was on a ladder using a saw, when the pipe was cut, the pipe struck the leg of the ladder resulting in the fall.
Owyhee Noble Mill Metal/Non-Metal
Owyhee Noble Metals LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Bill Earll
Murphy,
Owyhee County,
ID
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1002202
Owyhee Noble Mill has $49K in proposed MSHA penalties and $16K outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2021
- Latest incident
- Oct 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
71
citations
24
significant & substantial
$49,407
proposed penalties
$18,353
paid to date
37% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $31,054 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
32
inspections on record
463
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 463 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Owyhee Noble Mill has $49K in proposed MSHA penalties and $16K outstanding across 6 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.$49K
proposed penalties
$34K
current assessed
$18K
paid to date
$16K
outstanding
70 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-10-28.
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 Q2 | 259 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 115 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 403 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 412 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 540 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 919 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 932 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 2,595 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 3,702 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 2,514 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 1,890 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 1,528 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 1,671 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 1,393 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 897 | 1 | 1 | 1114.8 |
| 2021 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q2 | 1,625 | 6 | 2 | 3692.3 |
| 2014 Q4 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q2 | 611 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 728 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 1,095 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 979 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 2,614 | 4 | 0 | 1530.2 |
| 2013 Q1 | 5,165 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 7,978 | 1 | 0 | 125.3 |
| 2012 Q3 | 7,705 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 8,246 | 2 | 0 | 242.5 |
| 2012 Q1 | 6,155 | 13 | 5 | 2112.1 |
| 2011 Q4 | 8,721 | 12 | 5 | 1376.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 9,428 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 6,251 | 6 | 4 | 959.8 |
| 2011 Q1 | 5,771 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 6,420 | 21 | 7 | 3271.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 6,713 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 2,489 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file2021 · 1 incident
October 27, 2021
ID · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
MACHINERY
Owyhee Noble Metals LLC · Fall from ladders
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