Ames Wash Plant - UT has $726 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1994
Latest incident
Oct 1994
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2019
6
citations
0
significant & substantial
$726
proposed penalties
$726
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
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.
Rate withheld: 25 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ames Wash Plant - UT has $726 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$726
proposed penalties
$726
current assessed
$726
paid to date
$0
outstanding
6 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-06-18.
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
10
2020
6
2019
6
2018
6
2001
0
2000
5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Ames Wash Plant - UT sits in Utah 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.
Utah County, Utah · Population 683,622
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$96,877
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
4,141
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
3,599
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
1,915
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
3,493
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
1,929
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
2,703
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
2,471
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
2,830
6
0
2120.1
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2019 Q1
535
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
2,493
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
3,173
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
1,774
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
0
0
0
2000 Q4
50
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
7,655
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
0
0
0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
1994 · 1 incident
October 31, 1994UT · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanPOWERED HAULAGE
Ames Construction Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
THE EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO PLACE AN UPPER SUPPORT BEAM ON A WING WALL OF THE JAW CRUSHER.THEY USED THE BOBCAT BUCKET TO BALANCE AND WORK OUT OF.ONE FOOT ON LOWER BEAM AND ONE IN THE BUCKET.THE BOBCAT OPERATOR LIFTED THE BUCKET PUSHING THE LEG INTO THE UPPER BEAM.THIS AFFECT PUT GREAT PRESSURE ON THE LEG AND RESULTED IN A BROKEN ANKLE.