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: 544 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Bauer Pit has $8K 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
60 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-09.
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 violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2025-04-08
20%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
21
samples
10
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz102 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg10
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (21)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2025-04-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.33
0.31
1.06
Bobcat Operator
2005-03-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.29
0.23
1.26
Cleanup Man
2025-04-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
0.23
0.78
Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-04-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2022-10-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
0.38
0.34
Front-end Loader Operator
2022-10-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
0.42
0.43
Laborer, Bullgang
2019-03-27
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.14
Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-03-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-03-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2019-03-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
0.48
0.27
Oiler, Greaser
2017-09-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2017-09-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-09-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
1.12
0.14
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-09-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.12
0.5
0.24
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-09-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
0.37
0.41
Laborer, Bullgang
2011-11-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-11-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-11-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-11-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Oiler, Greaser
2005-04-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.29
0.35
0.83
Cleanup Man
2005-03-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
6
2025
6
2024
6
2023
13
2022
11
2021
8
2020
4
2019
5
2018
7
2017
2
2016
2
2015
6
2014
6
2013
6
2012
4
2011
6
2010
0
2009
0
2008
3
2007
4
2006
6
2005
3
2004
2
2003
4
2002
4
2001
5
2000
7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Bauer Pit sits in Tooele County, Utah, where the Census mining category is 1.8% 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.
Tooele County, Utah · Population 76,648
1.8%
Mining share of county employment
$101,846
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
EE asked to borrow supervisors phone to make an urgent call regarding medical condition of daughter. His phone was dead. Supervisor asked him to step clear of the vehicle to make call. Stepped to side and back of supervisors pickup and made call. He turned his back to the truck. Supervisor began to back up striking EE knocking him to the ground. Bruised leg.
2005 · 1 incident
August 26, 2005UT · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS