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: 189 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘA Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2011-06-08.
On record since 2011.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
BBC PLANT #2 has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$17K
proposed penalties
$17K
current assessed
$17K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
19 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $9K in penalties contested before the Commission, $9K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-08.
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.
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.
7citations taken to the federal commission · 35% of citations on record
Settled
7 · 100%
100%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$9K proposed, $9K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2011-09-16.
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.
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: 2026-04-08
67%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
9
samples
6
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz74 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (9)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2019-04-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.35
0.27
1.30
Backhoe Operator
2019-04-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.51
0.27
1.89
Backhoe Operator
2011-06-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.16
1.14
1.02
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-06-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
2.3
1.19
1.93
Front-end Loader Operator
2026-04-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
Bulldozer Operator
2026-04-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2026-04-08
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.25
Shovel Operator
2019-04-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.21
0.58
0.36
Truck Driver
2011-06-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.21
1.22
0.17
Crusher Oper/Worker
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
3
2025
4
2020
0
2019
2
2018
1
2017
1
2016
0
2011
3
2010
4
2009
4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
BBC PLANT #2 sits in Wayne County, Utah, where the Census mining category is 2.9% 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.
Wayne County, Utah · Population 2,557
2.9%
Mining share of county employment
$70,074
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
36
1
0
27777.8
2026 Q1
167
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
1,325
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
48
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
0
0
0
2020 Q2
0
0
0
2020 Q1
0
0
0
2019 Q4
0
0
0
Show 20 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2019 Q2
480
3
2
6250.0
2019 Q1
90
1
0
11111.1
2018 Q4
0
0
0
2018 Q3
114
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
0
0
0
2017 Q4
160
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
400
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
50
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
0
0
0
2016 Q4
0
0
0
2011 Q3
540
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
1,140
10
9
8771.9
2011 Q1
600
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
840
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
2,040
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
720
4
0
5555.6
2010 Q1
840
1
0
1190.5
2009 Q4
440
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
930
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
1,920
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2010 · 1 incident
September 2, 2010UT · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE was injured when a 10"x10"x8' block of wood was being repositioned by a co-worker in the back of a truck. EE was exiting the truck bed and had his hand behind him on tailgate. The block of wood got away from his co-worker and crushed EE's left hand between the tailgate and the block of wood. The crew was cleaning up the site after the crusher had been relocated.
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