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Comstock/Mountain Lion: 7 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

CML Metals · Facility
Cedar City, Iron County, UT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4202624

Comstock/Mountain Lion has $700 in proposed MSHA penalties and $100 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
2014
Latest incident
Sep 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
7
citations
0
significant & substantial
$700
proposed penalties
$600
paid to date
86% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $100 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See CML Metals's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2014
6
inspections on record
105
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: 105 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Comstock/Mountain Lion has $700 in proposed MSHA penalties and $100 outstanding across 1 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.
$700
proposed penalties
$700
current assessed
$600
paid to date
$100
outstanding
7 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $100 in penalties contested before the Commission, $100 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-12-16.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
71.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 28.6% low, 71.4% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 14% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$100 proposed, $100 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 2014-06-03.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST 2014-0743 Settlement Lesnick 2014 $100 → $100
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.

Comstock/Mountain Lion recorded 10.15 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2014.

Injury rate, 2014
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
10.15
total case rate
3.38
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.39 and the all-US-mining average was 2.93 cases per 100 workers.
In Utah, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.51 cases per 100 workers that year.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. CML Metals 2014 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2014 104
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Comstock/Mountain Lion sits in Iron County, Utah, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Iron County, Utah · Population 60,201
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$65,527
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
2014 Q4 13,746 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 49,338 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 56,849 5 0 88.0
2014 Q1 57,464 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

2014 · 9 incidents

September 15, 2014 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
CML Metals · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cleaning a hopper when he cut his left 4th finger on wire mesh, he was taken to the clinic where he received stitches.

August 13, 2014 UT · Metal/Non-Metal brakeman, roperider, car runner, spotterman, snapper, trip rider, car rider, flagman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
CML Metals · Fall onto or against objects

Employee mentioned he was feeling light headed, he was advised by supervisor and crew member to get water and take a break. Crew members saw the employee walking next to rail drinking water, then a crew member noticed he had fallen, hit his head on the rail line and was seizing. Emergency services and MSHA were notified & the employee was transported by ambulance to the hospital.

August 8, 2014 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
CML Metals · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While clearing a PVC pipeline with air the PVC pipe blew apart cutting the employee on his elbow.

August 8, 2014 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
CML Metals · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While clearing a PVC Pipeline with air the pipeline blew apart, fragments from the pipeline cut the employees left arm, resulting in stitches.

July 11, 2014 UT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
CML Metals · Struck against stationary object

Employee was cutting the metal cage on a tote when he cut into a piece that was broken, and cut his arm on the cage.

May 18, 2014 UT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
CML Metals · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cleaning a Discharge shoot when some material fell behind him, causing him to twist his knee.

May 2, 2014 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
CML Metals · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was changing wheels on a rail car, the crew lifted the car with the forklift and placed a stand under the rail car. While lifting the stand into place the employee felt a sharp, burning, pain in his groin area. Which lead to a hernia in the right side of his groin.

April 11, 2014 UT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
CML Metals · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee lost his footing while repairing a pump, he reached out to catch himself then cut his left hand on the sharp edge of a rain gutter.

March 5, 2014 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
CML Metals · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

An employee walking from the security van to the mill slipped and strained his knee. The employee was able to return to work on the same day at full capacity, but had to schedule surgery for a later date. The date of the accident marks the surgery date because until the surgery the event did not meet the criteria of a reportable accident.