Wrights Creek Mine has $15K 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
23
Years on record
1990–2018
Latest incident
Aug 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
75
citations
10
significant & substantial
$15,104
proposed penalties
$15,104
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
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: 978 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Wrights Creek Mine has $15K 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.
$15K
proposed penalties
$15K
current assessed
$15K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
75 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-06.
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.
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: 2017-07-19, 9 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
20
samples
6
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Cristobalite, respirable6
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz6
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz6
Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (20)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2017-07-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.36
2.28
0.16
Oiler, Greaser
2017-07-19
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.3
Supervisor, Co. Official
2012-08-01
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.39
2.09
0.19
Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-08-01
Cristobalite, respirable
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-08-01
Cristobalite, respirable
0
Bulldozer Operator
2012-08-01
Cristobalite, respirable
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2012-08-01
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.63
2.21
0.29
Laborer, Bullgang
2012-08-01
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.27
0.91
0.30
Bulldozer Operator
2011-09-15
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.23
Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-09-15
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.62
Laborer, Bullgang
2011-09-15
Cristobalite, respirable
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2011-09-15
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.38
Bobcat Operator
2011-09-15
Cristobalite, respirable
0
Bobcat Operator
2011-09-15
Cristobalite, respirable
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-07-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.44
1.98
0.22
Scraper Operator
2006-07-26
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.13
Supervisor, Co. Official
2006-07-26
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.18
Scraper Operator
2005-05-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
1.76
0.09
Bulldozer Operator
2005-05-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
2005-05-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer 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.
Wrights Creek Mine recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2022.
Injury rate, 2022
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.78 and the all-US-mining average was 2.12 cases per 100 workers.
In Idaho, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.95 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2004 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
7
2025
5
2024
8
2023
5
2022
14
2021
14
2020
9
2019
7
2018
3
2017
6
2016
7
2015
7
2014
7
2013
6
2012
5
2011
2
2010
3
2009
3
2008
7
2007
6
2006
7
2005
11
2004
11
2003
5
2002
5
2001
6
2000
8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Wrights Creek Mine sits in Oneida County, Idaho, where the Census mining category is 2.3% 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.
Oneida County, Idaho · Population 4,681
2.3%
Mining share of county employment
$72,563
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
EE was adjusting a conveyor belt with an adjustment bar when they felt a painful strain in the lower back. EE worked the rest of that day, and the next day. Back pain worsened. EE has since attended the doctor and has been prescribed muscle relaxation medication and physical therapy. EE plans to return to work on 09-04-2018 on light duty.
2012 · 1 incident
October 25, 2012ID · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
While lifting a sheet onto the roof, the sheet moved, causing loss of balance. I tried to gain my ground & catch myself, but I couldn't. I hit the ground and the 4 X 8' sheet came down on my wrist a & landed on my back.
2009 · 1 incident
March 5, 2009ID · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
While working at mine, wind blew pumice particle into eye. Did not go to doctor right away. Went to Dr. Johnson in Malad who referred him to Country Hills Eye Center in Ogden, Utah where they numbed the eye to remove the pumice particle and gave antibiotics on Dec. 9, 2008.
2005 · 3 incidents
September 7, 2005ID · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
I WAS DRIVING THE SEMI DOWN THE COUNTY ROAD. SOMETHING HAPPENED TO THE SEMI AND I LOST CONTROL AND THE SEMI ROLLED ONTO ITS SIDE. IN THE PROCESS I INJURED MY LOWER BACK.
CLIMBED ON SIDE OF TRAILER, SLIPPED OFF LADDER AND SLID DOWN ON TIRES CATCHING RIGHT FOOT AND LEG BETWEEN DRIVERS AND FELL ON BACK WITH FOOT STILL CAUGHT BETWEEN TIRES INJURING RIGHT LEG AND K NEE.
April 19, 2000ID · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
HE WAS OPERATING A SCRAPER AND HIT A HOLE IN ROAD WITH FRONT TIRE WHICH CAUSED SEVERE JARRING OF HIS BACK. PROBABLE COMPRESSION OF 1 TO 3 VERTEVBRAE IN BACK.
August 19, 1999ID · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
HE WAS PUTTING TRACK TOGETHER ON CRAWLER TRACTOR. THE CHAIN PIN BROKE ON THE COME-A-ALONG AND FELL ON HIS FOOT. IT CAUSED FRCTURES AND BRUISING OF THE TOES ON THE LEFT FOOT.
May 3, 1999ID · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSTRIKING OR BUMPING