Mining Incidents

Bayer Quartzite Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Ruveon LLC · Surface
Controlled by Bayer AG
Soda Springs, Caribou County, ID  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1001735

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2001–2025
Latest incident
Apr 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
39
citations
4
significant & substantial
$4,040
proposed penalties
$3,866
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 25 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 62 1 0 16129.0
2025 Q2 74 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,559 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 0 2 0
2023 Q4 2,825 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 554 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 6,523 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2025 · 1 incident

April 10, 2025 ID · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Ruveon LLC · Struck against a moving object

While backing from the bank and preparing to load a haul truck, a ~2-ft. rock fell from the loader bucket. The operator did not see the rock, ran over it, and the loader became unstable and overturned on level ground.

2023 · 1 incident

April 17, 2023 ID · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rust Constructors Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was entering the apron feeder tunnel. Slipped on the ice and fractured leg.

2006 · 1 incident

October 23, 2006 ID · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
AECOM Energy & Construction, Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was in the process to change out steel silica fines screen. The old screen was hung-up on a mounting bolt. Employee was using a hand shovel & was attempting to brake the old screen away from the bolt. His hand slipped on the shovel handle & his finger was caught between the shovel handle & the screen edge. His finger was cut, requiring sutures to close it at the E.R.

2005 · 1 incident

June 25, 2005 ID · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
AECOM Energy & Construction, Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE IS THE CRUSHER PLANT MECHANIC. HE WAS IN PROCESS OF ADJUSTING CRUSHER CONE WHEN HE CAUGHT RIGHT RING FINGER BETWEEN CYLINDER BODY AND ADJUSTING WEDGE. LACERATED FINGER TIP REQUIRING STITCHES TO FINGER TIP

2003 · 1 incident

May 13, 2003 ID · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
AECOM Energy & Construction, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUTTING A HOSE, WITH A RETRACTABLE HOOK KNIFE - KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT INTO UPPER PART OF LEG.

2001 · 1 incident

May 14, 2001 ID · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
AECOM Energy & Construction, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING SPILLED MATERIAL FROM A PILE NEAR A CONVEYOR TAIL PULLEY. EMPLOYEE DID NOT TURE ENTIRE BODY WHILE SHOVELING AND NOTICEDA SLIGHT DISCOMFORT IN LOWER BACK.