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5M PIT: 222 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Donald N Stratton
Hurricane, Washington County, UT  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4201609

5M PIT has $136K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
21
Years on record
1993–2016
Latest incident
May 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
222
citations
54
significant & substantial
$136,112
proposed penalties
$123,589
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $12,523 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Interstate Rock Products Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
74
inspections on record
1,076
inspection hours
20.6
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.
222 citations across 1,076 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

5M PIT has $136K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$136K
proposed penalties
$124K
current assessed
$124K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
220 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $48K in penalties contested before the Commission, $36K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
24.3%
significant & substantial
14.4%
high negligence or reckless
24.3%
reasonably likely or greater
66.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 12.6% low, 73.0% moderate, 14.4% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
13 citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
  • Settled 12 · 92%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 8%
86%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 7 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
26%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$48K proposed, $36K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2014-09-09.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST 2014-0734 Settlement Gill 2015 $23K → $11K
WEST 2014-0996 Settlement Gill 2015 $12K → $12K
WEST 2014-0997 Settlement Gill 2015 $11K → $11K
WEST 2011-157M Dismissal Tureck 2011 $2K → $2K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2024-01-17
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
16
samples
8
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz3
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (16)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-01-17 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 10 0.01 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-01-17 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.23 10 0.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-05-24 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.25 10 0.03 Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-05-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-08-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-08-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.27 1.55 0.82 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2014-06-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.58 2.01 0.29 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2014-06-18 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 Truck Driver
2010-02-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-02-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2005-02-01 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.22 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-08-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.34 0.64 0.53 Bulldozer Operator
2003-05-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.63 0.21 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-05-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-05-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2003-05-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.9 0.14 Front-end Loader Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.

5M PIT recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Utah, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.92 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2025 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2017 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Interstate Rock Products Inc 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 14
2025 16
2024 14
2023 10
2022 9
2021 9
2020 12
2019 12
2018 10
2017 9
2016 9
2015 8
2014 8
2013 9
2012 6
2011 7
2010 7
2009 6
2008 6
2007 8
2006 11
2005 12
2004 12
2003 8
2002 7
2001 7
2000 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

5M PIT sits in Washington County, Utah, where the Census mining category is 0.2% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Washington County, Utah · Population 189,827
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$76,411
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2026 Q2 7,121 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 6,997 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 7,564 2 0 264.4
2025 Q3 7,566 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 8,506 3 0 352.7
2025 Q1 10,502 2 0 190.4
2024 Q4 7,639 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 7,631 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 7,863 4 1 508.7
2024 Q1 7,240 3 0 414.4
2023 Q4 4,691 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 5,671 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 5,510 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 5,991 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 5,779 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 5,775 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 5,047 1 0 198.1
2022 Q1 4,467 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 4,713 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,748 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,774 1 0 209.5
2021 Q1 4,115 1 0 243.0
2020 Q4 6,618 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 5,598 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 5,212 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 5,669 1 0 176.4
2019 Q4 6,203 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 6,623 1 0 151.0
2019 Q2 6,154 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 5,057 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 5,603 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 5,602 1 0 178.5
2018 Q2 4,512 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 5,436 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 4,677 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 5,949 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 5,543 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 3,945 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,931 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,923 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,743 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 3,862 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 4,366 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,412 9 2 2039.9
2015 Q2 3,135 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,888 2 0 692.5
2014 Q4 3,963 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,440 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,581 12 6 3351.0
2014 Q1 3,109 7 3 2251.5
2013 Q4 3,360 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,831 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,408 9 3 2041.7
2013 Q1 2,962 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,979 18 3 6042.3
2012 Q3 1,609 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,896 4 0 1381.2
2012 Q1 3,670 3 1 817.4
2011 Q4 2,524 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,750 1 1 266.7
2011 Q2 2,557 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,259 3 1 1328.0
2010 Q4 1,896 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,421 5 2 1461.6
2010 Q2 3,569 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,495 1 0 400.8
2009 Q4 1,996 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,814 6 2 2132.2
2009 Q2 2,968 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,933 3 0 1022.8
2008 Q4 2,184 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,058 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,155 32 3 10142.6
2008 Q1 4,857 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,861 6 0 1554.0
2007 Q3 4,633 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,978 5 2 1004.4
2007 Q1 4,803 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 5,783 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 7,592 7 6 922.0
2006 Q2 6,974 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 5,542 8 1 1443.5
2005 Q4 8,292 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 6,256 1 0 159.8
2005 Q2 6,338 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 6,170 8 3 1296.6
2004 Q4 8,683 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 6,941 9 4 1296.6
2004 Q2 7,648 2 1 261.5
2004 Q1 4,313 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,047 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,792 3 1 791.1
2003 Q2 4,995 6 0 1201.2
2003 Q1 4,444 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,190 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,995 4 1 1001.3
2002 Q2 3,154 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 4,451 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,186 6 1 1433.3
2001 Q3 4,287 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,630 11 5 2375.8
2001 Q1 4,756 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,780 8 0 2116.4
2000 Q3 4,507 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,052 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,668 1 1 272.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

21 on file

2016 · 1 incident

May 11, 2016 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Interstate Rock Products Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Crusher jaw got jammed - we de-energized, performed all log out/tag out procedures and started removing jammed rocks. Employee, while removing rocks, smashed finger when EE hit the side while holding the rock, causing laceration that required stitches.

2004 · 1 incident

December 23, 2004 UT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver STRIKING OR BUMPING
Interstate Rock Products Inc · Struck against stationary object

HE HIT HIS HAND ON THE SIDE OF HIS WATER TRUCK. IT BROKE A BLOOD VESSEL.

1998 · 1 incident

January 12, 1998 UT · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Interstate Rock Products Inc · Flash burns (welding)

HE WAS WELDING ON THE CRUSHER, HE DID HAVE A WELDING HELMET ON BUT THE ARES MUST HAVE GONE UNDER THE HELMET AND BURNED HIS EYE.

1997 · 1 incident

October 6, 1997 UT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Interstate Rock Products Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THEY WERE CHANGING SCREENS ON THE CRUSHER. HE DROPPED THE SCREEN AND IT FELL ON HIS FINGER.

1996 · 3 incidents

August 1, 1996 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Interstate Rock Products Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS WALKING TOWARDS A BELT TO SHUT TO MOTOR OFF. EE STEPPED ON A ROCK AND SPRAINED HIS ANKLE.

July 12, 1996 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman FIRE
Interstate Rock Products Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

STARTING FLUID IGNITED AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS FACE.

1995 · 3 incidents

November 23, 1995 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Interstate Rock Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS CLEANING OUT THE GEAR BOX AND CUT HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

October 17, 1995 UT · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Interstate Rock Products Inc · Struck by falling object

HE WAS CHANGING A BEARING ON A ROLLER. THE ROLLER SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS RIGHT FOOT.

January 23, 1995 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Interstate Rock Products Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS DOING NORMAL REPAIR WORK AT THE PIT.HE WENT TO HIS TRUCK- OTHER EMPLOYEES FOUND HIM LYING ON THE GROUND BY HIS TRUCK. HE HAD AN HEART ATTACK.

1994 · 1 incident

September 12, 1994 UT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man ELECTRICAL
Interstate Rock Products Inc · Contact with electrical current

HE WAS DRIVING UNDER POWER LINES AND WAS ELECTRUCTED. HE STATED THAT HE HAD DRIVIN UNDER TH ESAM ELINES NUMEROUS TIME SBEFORE HIS SUPPOSITION IS THAT THE WIIND MUST HAVE BLOWN THE LINES DOW N FAR ENOUGH TO TOUCH HIS EQUIPMENT.

1993 · 10 incidents

November 18, 1993 UT · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Interstate Rock Products Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS LYING ON HIS BACK PUTING A SCREEN INTO PLACE. WHEN HE LIFTED THE SCREEN SOMETHING IN HIS SHOULDER POPPED. THE DOCTOR BELIEVES IT COULD BE A TORN ROTATOR CUP.

September 27, 1993 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Interstate Rock Products Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

HE WAS PULLING ROCKS OUT OF THE JAW THAT DAY. SOMETIME THAT DAY HE PULELD HIS LOWER BACK. HE FINISHED THAT DAY OF WORK AND THE NEXT DAY.

August 16, 1993 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Interstate Rock Products Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS CLEANING THE CONE OF ROCKS, USING A BAR. THE BAR SLIPPED AND SMASHED HIS HAND AGAINST THE SIDE.

August 12, 1993 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Interstate Rock Products Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS PULLING A RESTRICTOR PLATE OUT OF THE CONE TO CLEAN IT. THE PULLING ACTION POPPED 2 VERT EBRATES OUT IN HIS LOWER BACK.

July 21, 1993 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Interstate Rock Products Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS PATCHING A HOLE ON A CONVEYOR BELT. THE BELT GOT TURNED ON AND IT FLIPPED HIM OFF OF BELT AND ONTO THE GROUND. IT BRUISED HIS RIBS.

July 21, 1993 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Interstate Rock Products Inc · Fall from machine

HE WAS PATCHING A HOLE ON A CONVEYOR BELT BELT WAS TURNED ON & IT FLIPPED HIM OFF & ONTO THE GROUND IT BRUISED HIS SHOULDER & KNEE

May 14, 1993 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Interstate Rock Products Inc · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS SHOVELING BUILD UP OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THE CONVEYOR BELT, HE SWUNG TOO FAR AND HIT HIS HAND INTO THE BELT. THE BELT DISLOCATED HIS RIGHT MIDDLE KNUCKLE.

April 20, 1993 UT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Interstate Rock Products Inc · Struck against a moving object

FROM RUNNING A LOADER A DISC IN HIS LOWER BACK COMES OUT IT IS A LUMBAR SPRAIN AND FACET ACUTE EXACESBATION OF CHRONIC SYNDROME.

March 25, 1993 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Interstate Rock Products Inc · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS LINING UP THE HOPPER, HE WENT FOR MORE BOLTS AND SLIPPED AND FELL HITTING HIS RIGHT BACKSIDE RIBS AGAINST THE FRAME OF THE CRUSHER.