Scott Simplot safety activity
MSHA violations, accident reports and inspections across the current mine portfolio.
Safety activity
Handling of materials
Simplot Mill & Pit #1 · 2600390Days away from work only
Accident narrative
Employee was repairing a swamp cooler when EE injured EE's left-hand pinky finger needing stitches.
Impoundment Spot Inspection
Smoky Canyon Mine · 10015902.0 on-site hours reported
Inspection and cover plates.
Smoky Canyon Mine · 100159030 CFR 56.12032 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Other
Simplot Mill & Pit #1 · 2600390Days away from work only
Accident narrative
Employee was starting the shift and was participating in a stretch and flex program when EE felt a pop in EE's lower back leading to pain and discomfort.
Inspection and cover plates.
Smoky Canyon Mine · 100159030 CFR 56.12032 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Safety defects; examination, correction and records.
Smoky Canyon Mine · 100159030 CFR 56.14100(b) · $313.00 proposed penalty
Safety defects; examination, correction and records.
Smoky Canyon Mine · 100159030 CFR 56.14100(c) · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $592.00 proposed penalty
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
Smoky Canyon Mine · 100159053.0 on-site hours reported
Slip or fall of person
Smoky Canyon Mine · 1001590No dys awy frm wrk,no rstr act
Accident narrative
blaster was loading a shot and stepped in a drill hole causing EE to lacerate EE's shin, the laceration required 3 stitches
Slip or fall of person
Smoky Canyon Mine · 1001590No dys awy frm wrk,no rstr act
Accident narrative
Employee was walking the drill pad prior to doing EE's pre shift on the drill. it had snowed 3 inches that evening and EE stepped on the edge of a tire track that caused EE to slip/Trip and fall to EE's knee. when EE came down, EE came in contact with a sharp-edged rock on EE's shin just below the knee cap. we took EE to urgent care where they gave EE 4 Stiches. same day.
Handling of materials
Vernal Pit & Mill · 4200998Days away from work only
Accident narrative
While cleaning the floor in the SAG mil, employee attempted to throw a 5-inch grinding ball into an elevated ball bin. The ball came back down & struck employee's left middle finger as the were holding onto the lower part of the structure. Impact caught the finger between the grinding ball & the structure resulting in a laceration requiring stitches and a fracture of the finger.
Impoundment Spot Inspection
Smoky Canyon Mine · 10015905.5 on-site hours reported
Horns and backup alarms.
Simplot Mill & Pit #1 · 260039030 CFR 56.14132(a) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Moving machine parts.
Simplot Mill & Pit #1 · 260039030 CFR 56.14107(a) · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $165.00 proposed penalty
Moving machine parts.
Simplot Mill & Pit #1 · 260039030 CFR 56.14107(a) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Parking procedures for unattended equipment.
Simplot Mill & Pit #1 · 260039030 CFR 56.14207 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
Simplot Mill & Pit #1 · 260039029.3 on-site hours reported
Brakes.
Smoky Canyon Mine · 100159030 CFR 56.14101(a)(2) · $398.00 proposed penalty
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
Smoky Canyon Mine · 100159034.0 on-site hours reported
Identification of power switches.
Vernal Pit & Mill · 420099830 CFR 56.12018 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
Vernal Pit & Mill · 420099885.5 on-site hours reported
Impoundment Spot Inspection
Smoky Canyon Mine · 10015905.3 on-site hours reported
Impoundment Spot Inspection
Simplot Mill & Pit #1 · 26003902.5 on-site hours reported
Handling of materials
Smoky Canyon Mine · 1001590No dys awy frm wrk,no rstr act
Accident narrative
Employee was doing a brake inspection of a Trailer when EE was measuring the slack adjuster a small chunk of dirt fell between EE's safety glasses and EE's eye causing scratches on EE's eye. we took EE to urgent care where the prescribed EE antibiotics.
Handling of materials
Smoky Canyon Mine · 1001590No dys awy frm wrk,no rstr act
Accident narrative
EMPLOYEE WAS WIPING DOWN HUB SURFACE OF THE LEFT FRONT BRAKE ON 13060. ANOTHER EMPLYOEE WAS REMOVING DUO-CONE SEAL AT THE SAME TIME. THE DAMAGED METAL RING SPUNG FORWARD AND HIT THE EMPLOYEE IN THE RIGHT THUMB KNUCKLE CUTTING IT OPEN, RESULTING IN STITCHES.
Sources and definitions
MSHA Violations (issue date), Accidents (accident date) and Inspections (begin date).
Violation titles use current CFR headings to identify the cited rule; they are not the inspector’s account of what happened.
Status is from the current MSHA Mines snapshot, not the selected reporting period. Closed records can retain their last reported controller/operator.
Counts describe published rows, including contractor records; accident records are not distinct incidents or numbers of people injured.
Zero means no matching records in the imported sources, not proof of no events. Historical coverage differs by source; absence before a source begins reporting is not a zero incident rate. Invalid or absent dates and records after the snapshot are excluded.
S&S means SIG_SUB=Y. Fatality records use DEGREE_INJURY_CD=01. Proposed penalties are not final assessed or paid amounts; missing dollar values are omitted.
Inspection hours are SUM_TOTAL_ON_SITE_HOURS attributed to the inspection start date, without supervisor/trainee hours. Missing hours are omitted; a started inspection may still be open.
Portfolio totals use current mine membership, including events before the current owner or operator's tenure.