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Crusher 3: 53 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Summit Materials LLC
Green River, Emery County, UT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 0504593

Crusher 3 has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $150 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2002–2026
Latest incident
Feb 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
53
citations
11
significant & substantial
$7,290
proposed penalties
$7,140
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $150 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Elam Sand and Gravel's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
39
inspections on record
593
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: 593 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Crusher 3 has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $150 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
$150
outstanding
53 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-02-26.
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.
20.8%
significant & substantial
9.4%
high negligence or reckless
20.8%
reasonably likely or greater
50.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 7.5% low, 83.0% moderate, 9.4% 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: 2025-05-28
7%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
19
samples
15
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz111 over
  • Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz4
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Show the individual readings (19)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2013-04-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.63 0.56 1.13 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-05-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 0.59 0.51 Bulldozer Operator
2025-05-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.58 0.34 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-05-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-05-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.51 0.35 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-05-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.39 0.5 0.78 Laborer, Bullgang
2025-02-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.51 0.33 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-02-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-02-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-07-02 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0 10 0.00 Utility Man
2024-07-02 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.19 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-07-02 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0 10 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-07-02 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.23 10 0.02 Bulldozer Operator
2021-03-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-04-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.33 0.58 0.57 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-09-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.91 0.18 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-09-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.33 0.7 0.47 Cleanup Man
2006-08-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 0.5 0.48 Cleanup Man
2006-08-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.62 0.34 Crusher Oper/Worker

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2017-03-22, 9 years ago
4
samples
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2017-03-22 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 4.2 SF ORE TRANSFER
2017-03-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2017-03-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.51 SF ORE PROCESSING
2015-10-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 SF ACTIVE MINING
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.

Crusher 3 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ 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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Utah, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.89 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
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. Elam Sand and Gravel 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 9
2025 7
2024 7
2023 6
2022 7
2021 6
2020 9
2019 9
2018 7
2017 5
2016 6
2015 7
2014 6
2013 6
2012 4
2011 4
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 3
2006 3
2005 5
2004 5
2003 5
2002 5
2001 4
2000 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Crusher 3 sits in Emery County, Utah, where the Census mining category is 7.5% 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.
Emery County, Utah · Population 9,968
7.5%
Mining share of county employment
$69,956
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 5,115 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 4,840 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 6,653 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,338 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 5,096 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 4,468 1 0 223.8
2024 Q4 5,268 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 5,977 0 0 0.0
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 4,683 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,860 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 4,596 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 4,369 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 4,312 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,382 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,036 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 7,155 5 1 698.8
2022 Q2 5,695 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,396 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,196 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,116 5 0 1214.8
2021 Q2 3,043 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 4,131 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 3,097 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 5,956 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 5,426 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 3,984 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 4,879 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 5,201 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 5,088 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,085 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,890 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 5,588 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,749 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,802 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,544 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,576 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,300 1 0 434.8
2016 Q4 4,008 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,581 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,443 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,758 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,231 3 0 1344.7
2015 Q3 3,860 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,544 4 1 1572.3
2015 Q1 2,880 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,783 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,708 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,780 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 199 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 726 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,672 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 976 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 680 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,109 2 2 643.3
2012 Q2 653 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 201 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 162 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,634 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,704 3 0 1109.5
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 142 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 533 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 1,145 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 212 4 2 18867.9
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 897 1 0 1114.8
2008 Q2 865 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 1,109 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,452 2 1 815.7
2007 Q2 3,203 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 1,734 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,387 5 1 1476.2
2006 Q2 1,386 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 1,753 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,675 2 0 747.7
2005 Q2 2,232 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 1,724 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,699 6 0 1622.1
2004 Q2 1,688 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 2,546 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 5,824 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,633 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 3,179 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,345 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,840 6 2 1562.5
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 2,921 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,318 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,662 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 2,592 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 6,006 1 1 166.5
2000 Q2 5,584 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2026 · 1 incident

February 20, 2026 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Elam Sand and Gravel · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee slipped on snowpack, fell from same level fracturing EE's right pinky when EE landed

2011 · 1 incident

September 19, 2011 UT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Elam Sand and Gravel · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner was struck by 13 wide x 53 long x 3/16 thick steel access plate as he exited area below Mesabi vibrating screen. MRI showed normal and unremarkable. Diagnosis: neck pain similar to whiplash. Second opinion: cervical strain (sore neck).

2004 · 1 incident

September 13, 2004 UT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Elam Sand and Gravel · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Coming down ladder of loader, slipped and twisted low back

2002 · 1 incident

June 19, 2002 UT · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Elam Sand and Gravel · Struck by flying object

AN ANCHOR WAS WELDED ON A KEY PLATE IN THE JAW. THE KEY PLATE WAS TO BE REMOVED USING A CHAIN & COME-ALONG ATTACHED TO THE ANCHOR & THE CRUSHER FRAMEWORK. THE ANCHOR FAILED WHILE THE EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ABOVE THE ANCHOR POINT. THE CHAIN & HOOK RECOILED HITTING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HEAD. A CONTUSION AND CUT ABOVE THE RIGHT EYE RESULTED.