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Plant 4: 29 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Kloepfer, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Karl H Kloepfer
Paul, Minidoka County, ID  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1002189

Plant 4 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
2
Years on record
2019–2023
Latest incident
Jan 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
29
citations
1
significant & substantial
$3,436
proposed penalties
$3,436
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
17
inspections on record
249
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: 249 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 4 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
29 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-09-09.
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.
3.4%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
3.4%
reasonably likely or greater
65.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 13.8% low, 86.2% 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: 2025-09-09
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
6
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (6)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-09-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-10-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-02-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 1.61 0.12 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-02-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-02-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-02-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 1.01 0.29 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. Kloepfer, Inc. 2009 to 2024
  2. Kloepfer, Inc. 2024 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 5
2025 6
2024 5
2023 2
2022 3
2021 2
2020 2
2019 4
2018 4
2017 1
2016 2
2015 1
2013 0
2012 0
2011 3
2009 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Plant 4 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 1,853 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,586 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,321 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,209 1 0 827.1
2025 Q2 1,394 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,128 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,129 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,691 8 0 4730.9
Show 47 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 2,121 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 970 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 727 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 712 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 602 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 548 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 398 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 958 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,041 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,511 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 710 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 881 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,005 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 613 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 697 1 0 1434.7
2020 Q3 902 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 816 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,162 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 928 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,141 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,266 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,116 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 821 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 670 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,092 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,184 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 727 4 0 5502.1
2017 Q3 638 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 604 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 1,209 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 728 1 0 1373.6
2016 Q2 782 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 1,145 4 0 3493.4
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 415 2 1 4819.3
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 894 4 0 4474.3
2009 Q3 2 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2023 · 1 incident

January 25, 2023 ID · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kloepfer, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While loading the power screen EE's thumb caught between the railroad tie and the power screen. This resulted in the separation of the tip of EE's thumb.

2019 · 1 incident

May 29, 2019 ID · Metal/Non-Metal master mechanic, foreman, supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kloepfer, Inc. · Struck by flying object

The belt on the power screen was stuck. While trying to free the belt it came loose causing the fastener holding the belts together to fly free and cut employee's upper left leg.