Mining Incidents

Mt Solo Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Robert W Blewett
Grangeville, Idaho County, ID  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1001911

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2002–2007
Latest incident
Jul 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
117
citations
30
significant & substantial
$79,451
proposed penalties
$39,191
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 535 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 2,876 5 1 1738.5
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q3 2,488 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 156 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
September 10, 2002 ID · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Highland Enterprises Inc · Struck against stationary object

LOST CONTROL OF DUMP TRUCK REASON IS UNKNOWN. LEFT LOADING AREA, WENT DOWN A HILL, COLLIDED WITH A TREE AND TIPPED CAB OF TRUCK OVER ON ITS SIDE.

Reportable incidents

1 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2007 · 1 incident

July 9, 2007 ID · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Highland Enterprises LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE was cutting the head off of a bolt with the cutting torch. It dropped onto the belt. Co-worker informed him that the bolt head was beside him on the belt. He rolled over onto the hot bolt & it caught his pant leg on fire. His right calf was burned. He was taken for medical attention & received a skin graft. He didn't finish treatment or come back to work with us.