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Plant 2: 37 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Kloepfer Inc · Surface
Controlled by Karl H Kloepfer
Acequia, Minidoka County, ID  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1002081

Plant 2 has $5K 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
1
Years on record
2019
Latest incident
Jun 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
37
citations
5
significant & substantial
$4,573
proposed penalties
$4,573
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
32
inspections on record
290
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: 290 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Plant 2 has $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
37 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-08-14.
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.
13.5%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
13.5%
reasonably likely or greater
45.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 10.8% low, 89.2% 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: 2020-11-04, 5 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
5
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (5)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2020-11-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-04-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.32 0.58 0.55 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-04-11 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-11-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-12-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant 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. Kloepfer Inc 2005 to 2024
  2. Kloepfer Inc 2024 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 4
2025 5
2024 4
2023 4
2022 3
2021 4
2020 3
2019 4
2018 4
2017 3
2016 2
2015 5
2014 2
2013 1
2012 2
2011 1
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 4
2006 1
2005 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Plant 2 sits in Minidoka County, Idaho, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Minidoka County, Idaho · Population 21,922
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$70,060
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
2026 Q2 554 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,441 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 488 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 612 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 854 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,058 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,662 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 393 1 0 2544.5
Show 72 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 224 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 394 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 165 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 607 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,516 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,099 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 803 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 833 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,087 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 545 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 67 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,030 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,107 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,998 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 516 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 713 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 713 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 644 1 0 1552.8
2019 Q3 73 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 732 1 1 1366.1
2019 Q1 967 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 10,167 2 0 196.7
2018 Q3 440 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 213 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 175 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 369 2 0 5420.1
2017 Q1 214 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 673 2 0 2971.8
2016 Q3 563 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 946 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 2,011 1 0 497.3
2015 Q3 1,743 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,540 2 0 1298.7
2015 Q1 312 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 742 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,250 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,073 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 25 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 621 3 0 4830.9
2013 Q3 857 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 826 3 0 3632.0
2013 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 698 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,008 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 565 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 375 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 518 3 0 5791.5
2011 Q3 907 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 916 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 516 2 0 3876.0
2010 Q3 539 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 831 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 224 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 631 1 0 1584.8
2009 Q3 510 3 1 5882.4
2009 Q2 431 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 298 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,268 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 716 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 993 5 3 5035.2
2008 Q1 177 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 432 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,132 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 974 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 296 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 490 1 0 2040.8
2006 Q3 667 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 78 3 0 38461.5
2006 Q1 129 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 294 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2019 · 1 incident

June 25, 2019 ID · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kloepfer Inc · Fall from machine

EE was changing screens on the power screen, lost EE's footing, fell backwards hitting the ground. EE has broken ribs, torn cartilage, and lacerations on EE's head.