Mining Incidents

Bullhead Sand & Gravel, Inc.: 38 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Bullhead Sand & Gravel, Inc. · Surface
Boulder, Garfield County, UT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4202461

Bullhead Sand & Gravel, Inc. has $5K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
38
citations
5
significant & substantial
$5,206
proposed penalties
$5,206
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
25
inspections on record
295
inspection hours
n/a
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: 295 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Bullhead Sand & Gravel, Inc. has $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
38 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-29.
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.
13.2%
significant & substantial
31.6%
high negligence or reckless
13.2%
reasonably likely or greater
47.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.3% low, 63.2% moderate, 31.6% high, 0.0% reckless.
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: 2025-12-09
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
8
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Cristobalite, respirable2
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (8)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-12-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2025-12-09 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 Mechanic
2018-12-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-12-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-05-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.56 1.63 0.34 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-05-07 Cristobalite, respirable 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-05-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.51 2.27 0.22 Crusher Oper/Worker
2013-05-07 Cristobalite, respirable 0 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.
Ownership history
  1. Jackson Excavation, Inc. 2007 to 2014
  2. Bullhead Sand & Gravel, Inc. 2015 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 14
2025 17
2024 14
2023 7
2022 9
2021 4
2020 6
2019 8
2018 3
2017 3
2016 4
2015 3
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Bullhead Sand & Gravel, Inc. sits in Garfield County, Utah, where the Census mining category is 2.3% 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.
Garfield County, Utah · Population 5,170
2.3%
Mining share of county employment
$61,688
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 890 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 630 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 279 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 770 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 975 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 547 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 808 1 0 1237.6
2024 Q2 223 0 0 0.0
Show 67 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q1 1,410 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 547 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 639 5 0 7824.7
2023 Q2 180 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,825 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 841 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,357 4 0 2947.7
2022 Q2 411 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,504 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 145 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 122 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3 8 0 2666666.7
2021 Q1 1,233 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 620 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 656 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 410 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 702 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 412 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 702 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 991 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 231 1 0 4329.0
2018 Q3 350 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 320 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 537 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 562 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 338 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 405 1 0 2469.1
2017 Q1 297 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,008 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 480 1 0 2083.3
2016 Q2 323 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 344 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 880 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 505 5 3 9901.0
2015 Q1 120 1 0 8333.3
2014 Q4 176 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 803 2 1 2490.7
2014 Q2 103 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 33 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 744 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,174 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 755 1 0 1324.5
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 46 1 0 21739.1
2012 Q1 587 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 198 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 4 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 325 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 561 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 739 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 204 1 0 4902.0
2010 Q2 49 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 258 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 310 4 1 12903.2
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 409 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 55 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 214 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 452 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 770 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 91 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 375 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.