Mining Incidents

CHICKEN CREEK GYPSUM MINE Metal/Non-Metal

Levan, Juab County, UT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4202293

CHICKEN CREEK GYPSUM MINE has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2000–2004
Latest incident
Apr 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
52
citations
17
significant & substantial
$7,357
proposed penalties
$7,353
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
36
inspections on record
504
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: 504 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

CHICKEN CREEK GYPSUM MINE has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$4
outstanding
50 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-06-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 2,342 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,383 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,535 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,671 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,887 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,700 1 0 588.2
2023 Q4 3,584 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 4,256 0 0 0.0
Show 66 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q2 1,423 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,475 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,590 1 0 278.6
2022 Q2 1,593 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,223 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,499 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 335 1 0 2985.1
2020 Q4 2,780 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4,785 2 0 418.0
2020 Q2 2,205 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,691 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,700 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 830 2 0 2409.6
2018 Q4 4,867 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,638 3 3 824.6
2017 Q4 3,662 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,881 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,127 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 5,093 2 1 392.7
2016 Q2 1,389 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 415 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,446 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,682 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,678 4 2 2383.8
2014 Q3 3,245 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,377 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 314 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,258 3 2 920.8
2013 Q3 1,851 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 5,291 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 763 1 0 1310.6
2008 Q3 1,430 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,481 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,248 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,645 3 2 1134.2
2007 Q3 2,244 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,560 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,024 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,830 3 0 621.1
2006 Q3 5,474 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,232 4 0 3246.8
2006 Q1 2,415 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 4,245 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,823 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,140 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 542 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,865 6 2 3217.2
2004 Q3 4,160 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,532 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 486 3 0 6172.8
2003 Q4 695 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 934 2 0 2141.3
2003 Q2 1,060 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 3,171 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 0 1 0
2000 Q3 2,556 10 5 3912.4
2000 Q2 2,338 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2004 · 1 incident

April 2, 2004 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
H E Davis Construction Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE, A CRUSHER OPERATOR, WAS CLEANING UP AT THE END OF THE SHIFT. HE WENT INTO A RESTRICTED AREA BELOW THE FEED CHAIN WHILE IN OPERATION TO CLEAN THE WALKWAY OF DEBRIS. WITH HIS BACK TO THE FEED CHAIN, A GYPSUM ROCK CAME OVER THE EDGE AND STRUCK HIM. THE ROCK CAUSED EE TO STRIKE HIS CHIN ON THE END OF THE CHIPPING BAR HE WAS USING TO CLEAN. SUFFERED A CUT ON THE CHIN.

2000 · 1 incident

June 1, 2000 UT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Geneva Rock Products Inc · Struck against a moving object

TRACKHOE AT GYPSUM MINE MOVING LARGE MATERIAL, BOUNCED; EMPLOYEE FEELS THIS IS WHAT CAUSED PAIN.

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