Mining Incidents

Prime Earth Inc Metal/Non-Metal

Prime Earth Inc · Surface
Controlled by Bruce A Patterson
Boise, Ada County, ID  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1001866

Prime Earth Inc has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2000–2006
Latest incident
Mar 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
67
citations
20
significant & substantial
$6,438
proposed penalties
$5,223
paid to date
81% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,215 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
27
inspections on record
308
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: 308 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Prime Earth Inc has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
67 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-09-04.
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
2006 Q4 0 1 0
2006 Q1 2,426 4 0 1648.8
2005 Q3 4,946 8 2 1617.5
2005 Q2 4,685 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 4,321 6 2 1388.6
2004 Q3 3,897 8 4 2052.9
2004 Q2 3,919 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,410 6 1 2489.6
Show 16 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q4 3,577 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,414 1 1 292.9
2003 Q2 3,479 2 0 574.9
2003 Q1 2,384 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,191 4 1 1253.5
2002 Q3 4,636 6 2 1294.2
2002 Q2 3,844 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,503 7 3 1998.3
2001 Q4 3,259 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,583 1 1 218.2
2001 Q2 4,250 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,067 8 1 2608.4
2000 Q4 3,822 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,652 2 2 547.6
2000 Q2 4,447 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,494 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2006 · 1 incident

March 22, 2006 ID · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Prime Earth Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Not paying attention to where he was walking.

2005 · 1 incident

August 24, 2005 ID · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Prime Earth Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE HOPPED OFF FRONT TIRE SHE HAD BEEN STANDING ON TO PUT ANTIFREEE IN HER TRUCK. WHEN TOUCHING GROUND, HER BACK POPPED AND STARTED HURTING

2003 · 1 incident

December 4, 2003 ID · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Prime Earth Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PUNCHING HOLE IN A PIECE OF BELTING WITH HAMMER & HOLE PUNCH. HOLE PUNCH BOUNCED UP & CAME DOWN ON LEFT INSIDE OF HAND, BEFORE EE REALIZED IT WAS ON HIS HAND, HE HIT IT WITH THE HAMMER AGAIN, CAUSING A HOLE IN THE SIDE OF HIS HAND (LEFT).

2002 · 1 incident

November 14, 2002 ID · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Prime Earth Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GRINDING ON CRUSHER, WITH SAFETY GLASSES ON. METAL SHAVING FELL BEHIND GLASSES GETTING LODGEDIN LEFT EYE.

2000 · 1 incident

August 3, 2000 ID · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Prime Earth Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DUMPING A LOAD OF FILLDIRT, THE TRUCK WAS JACK-KNIFED AND THE LEFT REAR TRAILER TIRE WAS DOWN IN SMALL IMPRESSION. HE STARTED TO LIFT THE BED AND THE TRAILER TIPPED OVER.

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