Mining Incidents

Washington County: 38 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Washington County Road & Bridge Dept · Surface
Controlled by Washington County-ID
WEISER, ID, Washington County, ID  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1001758

Washington County has $4K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
38
citations
9
significant & substantial
$4,302
proposed penalties
$4,302
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
44
inspections on record
466
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: 466 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Washington County has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
38 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-09-05.
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.
23.7%
significant & substantial
2.6%
high negligence or reckless
23.7%
reasonably likely or greater
60.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 2.6% none, 10.5% low, 84.2% moderate, 2.6% 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: 2020-09-23, 5 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
10
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz6
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (10)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2020-09-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2020-09-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2018-06-12 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.22 Bulldozer Operator
2018-06-12 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.24 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-08-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-08-21 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 Bulldozer Operator
2005-06-21 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-06-21 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-09-22 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Bulldozer Operator
2004-09-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 1.22 0.20 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. Washington County Road & Bridge Dept 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 0
2025 3
2024 2
2023 2
2022 3
2021 3
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 1
2016 2
2015 2
2014 1
2013 1
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 1
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 2
2003 2
2002 3
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Washington County sits in Washington County, Idaho, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Washington County, Idaho · Population 10,866
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$53,608
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 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 721 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 242 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 530 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 478 2 1 4184.1
2024 Q2 367 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 89 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 238 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 394 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 280 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 515 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 280 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 737 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 784 2 2 2551.0
2021 Q1 60 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 287 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 751 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 156 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q3 553 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 514 1 0 1945.5
2018 Q4 290 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 514 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 535 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 200 3 0 15000.0
2017 Q2 604 3 0 4966.9
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 473 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 716 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 748 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 64 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 251 2 1 7968.1
2015 Q2 736 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 206 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 628 1 0 1592.4
2013 Q4 319 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 607 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 536 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 652 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 327 2 0 6116.2
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 396 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 686 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 410 2 1 4878.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 308 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 738 1 0 1355.0
2010 Q2 359 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 339 1 0 2949.9
2009 Q2 434 2 0 4608.3
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 418 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 695 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 501 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 297 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 649 2 0 3081.7
2007 Q2 656 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 292 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 74 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 790 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 393 1 0 2544.5
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 297 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 793 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 337 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 130 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 625 3 1 4800.0
2004 Q2 1,410 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 271 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 981 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 660 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 373 2 0 5361.9
2002 Q3 1,081 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 820 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 220 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 300 1 0 3333.3
2001 Q3 1,240 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 486 2 1 4115.2
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 242 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 463 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 483 4 2 8281.6
2000 Q1 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.