Mining Incidents

Unit #3 - Portable Metal/Non-Metal

Cottonwood, Idaho County, ID  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3503259

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2011–2017
Latest incident
Apr 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
41
citations
15
significant & substantial
$18,656
proposed penalties
$14,327
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
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q2 5,797 15 3 2587.5
2017 Q1 4,349 3 1 689.8
2016 Q4 5,367 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,782 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,989 3 1 601.3
2015 Q2 4,425 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

3 on file

2017 · 1 incident

April 22, 2017 ID · Metal/Non-Metal crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Seubert Excavators Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was helping remove a rock from the jaw crusher and strained back.

2016 · 1 incident

December 13, 2016 ID · Metal/Non-Metal crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Seubert Excavators Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was helping to unclog a cone crusher when a drive belt slipped and cut the tops of the middle and ring fingers of left hand. The crusher unit was de-energized and locked out at the time of the accident. Tops of both fingers were later amputated.

2011 · 1 incident

June 29, 2011 ID · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Seubert Excavators Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was adjusting steel brace of a conveyor when part of the brace fell and smashed the individuals hand. The Employee was wearing gloves at the time of the accident, however he suffered some broken bones on his fingers.