Mining Incidents

Walker Sand & Gravel: 69 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Summit Materials LLC
Bellevue, Blaine County, ID  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1002021

Walker Sand & Gravel has $24K 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 2002
69
citations
20
significant & substantial
$23,725
proposed penalties
$20,382
paid to date
86% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,343 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
28
inspections on record
329
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: 329 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Walker Sand & Gravel has $24K 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.
$24K
proposed penalties
$20K
current assessed
$20K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
68 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $16K in penalties contested before the Commission, $13K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-08-11.
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.
29.4%
significant & substantial
2.9%
high negligence or reckless
29.4%
reasonably likely or greater
61.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 13.2% low, 83.8% moderate, 2.9% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
8 citations taken to the federal commission · 12% of citations on record
  • Settled 6 · 75%
  • Stood as issued 2 · 25%
83%
S&S designation survived the contest
Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 6 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
20%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$16K proposed, $13K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2009-12-28.
Contested penalties
A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST 2010-441M Settlement McCarthy 2011 $16K → $13K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2017-05-25, 9 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
7
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (7)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2017-05-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-09-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2013-09-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-06-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 0.45 0.84 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-07-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.33 0.55 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-07-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 0.29 0.83 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-07-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.76 1.49 0.51 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. Anderson Asphalt Paving 2002 to 2011
  2. Anderson Asphalt Paving, Inc. 2011 to 2023
  3. Kilgore Companies LLC dba Walker Sand and Gravel 2023 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2022 4
2021 3
2020 3
2019 3
2018 3
2017 3
2016 3
2015 3
2014 3
2013 3
2012 3
2011 3
2010 3
2009 3
2008 3
2007 3
2006 2
2005 3
2004 3
2003 2
2002 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Walker Sand & Gravel sits in Blaine County, Idaho, where the Census mining category is 0.9% 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.
Blaine County, Idaho · Population 24,579
0.9%
Mining share of county employment
$84,470
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
2022 Q2 2,740 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 708 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 850 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,503 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 428 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,045 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,560 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,236 0 0 0.0
Show 69 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q4 1,182 4 2 3384.1
2019 Q3 1,490 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,435 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,124 2 1 1779.4
2018 Q3 1,402 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,202 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,379 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,390 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,348 3 0 2225.5
2017 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 982 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,310 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,380 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 921 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,207 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,302 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,200 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 865 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,179 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,283 2 0 1558.8
2014 Q2 1,687 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 682 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 979 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,202 2 0 1663.9
2013 Q2 1,522 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 713 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,027 1 0 973.7
2012 Q3 1,135 2 0 1762.1
2012 Q2 1,705 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,098 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 148 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 562 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 722 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 962 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,015 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 134 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 982 8 5 8146.6
2009 Q3 1,302 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,333 1 0 750.2
2009 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,002 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,711 12 6 7013.4
2008 Q2 1,670 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,020 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,462 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,510 7 0 4635.8
2007 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,405 5 0 3558.7
2006 Q2 1,460 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,120 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,720 6 2 3488.4
2005 Q2 1,460 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,040 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,650 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,415 2 1 1413.4
2004 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 642 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 600 2 1 3333.3
2003 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 780 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 160 5 2 31250.0
2002 Q2 765 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.