Mining Incidents

YOGO SAPPHIRE MINE Metal/Non-Metal

Yogold U.S.A. Corporation · Underground
Controlled by Jerod Edington
Hobson, Mt., Judith Basin County, MT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2400775

YOGO SAPPHIRE MINE has $9K 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
3
Years on record
1988–1994
Latest incident
Jul 1994
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
50
citations
5
significant & substantial
$9,085
proposed penalties
$8,785
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $300 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
25
inspections on record
492
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: 492 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

YOGO SAPPHIRE MINE has $9K 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
50 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-01-30.
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
2024 Q1 4,155 2 0 481.3
2023 Q4 5,304 7 0 1319.8
2023 Q3 5,359 4 0 746.4
2023 Q2 4,970 3 0 603.6
2023 Q1 5,002 4 0 799.7
2022 Q4 5,165 4 0 774.4
2022 Q3 3,985 1 0 250.9
2022 Q2 2,240 2 0 892.9
Show 11 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q1 2,386 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 5,541 5 0 902.4
2021 Q3 5,320 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,305 9 1 2090.6
2021 Q1 3,620 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 3,182 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,398 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 241 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 1,099 9 4 8189.3
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1994 · 1 incident

July 20, 1994 MT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Amax Exploration Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTIN GOT REMOVE AN OVERSIZE ROCK FROM GIRZZLY OVER FEED HOPPER AND PINCHE DMIDDLE FINGER, LEFT HAND, FINGER REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION (STITCHES) BUT DID NTO BREAK ANY BONES.

1988 · 2 incidents

September 28, 1988 MT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Roncor Inc · Fall onto or against objects

FELL OFF CONVEYOR PLATFORM INTO FRAME WORK OF TRAMMEL AND CONVEYOR.

August 9, 1988 MT · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Roncor Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS SUPERVBISING EXCAVATION WORK & TURNED HIS HEAD & BACK TO OPERATOR TO EXPLAIN SOMETHING TO ANOTHER EMPL. EXCATOR OPERATOR FAILED TO SEE EMPL SWUNG BUCKET HIT EMPL.

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