Mining Incidents

Owyhee Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Gary De Boer
Melba, Owyhee County, ID  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1002138

Owyhee Pit has $443 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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 2008
3
citations
1
significant & substantial
$443
proposed penalties
$300
paid to date
68% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $143 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
28
inspections on record
139
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: 139 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 Pit has $443 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$443
proposed penalties
$300
current assessed
$300
paid to date
$0
outstanding
3 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-08-05.
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 6 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 6 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 7 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 5 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 6 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 12 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 11 0 0 0.0
Show 65 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 5 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 8 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 8 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 7 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 17 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 14 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 17 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 9 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 15 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 14 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 16 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 42 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 23 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 37 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 35 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 37 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 36 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 35 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 43 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 34 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 47 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 53 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 96 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 32 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 30 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 61 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 57 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 13 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 28 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 54 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 50 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 46 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 44 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 53 1 1 18867.9
2015 Q2 61 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 53 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 52 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 40 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 34 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 61 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 49 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 45 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 64 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 66 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 62 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 51 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 84 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 60 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 86 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 69 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 69 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 44 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 8 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 31 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 61 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 57 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 13 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 12 1 0 83333.3
2009 Q2 23 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 22 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 77 1 0 12987.0
2008 Q2 71 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 48 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 120 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.

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