Mining Incidents

CRUSHING & SAMPLING UNIT Metal/Non-Metal

Tooele, Tooele County, UT  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4201247

CRUSHING & SAMPLING UNIT has $139K in proposed MSHA penalties and $981 outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2001–2011
Latest incident
Feb 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
133
citations
32
significant & substantial
$139,362
proposed penalties
$86,672
paid to date
62% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $52,690 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
70
inspections on record
1,189
inspection hours
11.2
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.
133 citations across 1,189 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

CRUSHING & SAMPLING UNIT has $139K in proposed MSHA penalties and $981 outstanding across 6 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.
$139K
proposed penalties
$88K
current assessed
$87K
paid to date
$981
outstanding
125 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-17.
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 7,766 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 7,593 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,721 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 4,110 2 0 486.6
2024 Q4 3,949 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,012 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 639 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 924 0 0 0.0
Show 91 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 4,473 3 0 670.7
2023 Q3 805 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,294 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,365 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 4,036 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,959 1 1 338.0
2022 Q2 1,349 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 660 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 900 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,417 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 4,704 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,526 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,533 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 4,651 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,186 3 0 2529.5
2019 Q4 2,016 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,224 9 1 7352.9
2019 Q2 1,804 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,476 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 902 6 3 6651.9
2018 Q2 852 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,173 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 444 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 456 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,503 2 0 799.0
2016 Q4 2,755 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,417 4 1 1654.9
2016 Q2 1,755 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,954 3 0 1535.3
2015 Q4 2,661 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,485 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,260 2 1 1587.3
2015 Q1 1,650 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,279 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 523 2 0 3824.1
2014 Q2 1,989 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,953 1 0 338.6
2013 Q4 2,530 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,616 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,939 1 0 340.3
2013 Q1 2,273 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,842 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,796 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,115 3 1 1418.4
2012 Q1 4,044 3 0 741.8
2011 Q4 5,188 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 4,350 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,297 1 1 303.3
2011 Q1 3,884 28 16 7209.1
2010 Q4 3,748 3 1 800.4
2010 Q3 3,555 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,685 3 2 1117.3
2010 Q1 2,627 1 0 380.7
2009 Q4 3,924 1 0 254.8
2009 Q3 5,890 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,344 4 0 1706.5
2009 Q1 2,250 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 10,375 6 0 578.3
2008 Q1 3,454 2 0 579.0
2007 Q4 2,811 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,247 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,256 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,425 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,010 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,285 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,380 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,820 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,665 1 0 272.9
2005 Q3 1,716 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,261 5 1 2211.4
2005 Q1 1,632 3 0 1838.2
2004 Q4 917 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,114 2 1 1795.3
2004 Q2 155 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,304 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,120 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,372 4 0 914.9
2003 Q2 3,759 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 4,636 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,690 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,008 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,571 7 1 1960.2
2002 Q1 2,594 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,184 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,284 1 0 437.8
2001 Q2 5,084 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 4,965 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,990 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,652 5 0 1885.4
2000 Q2 2,877 5 0 1737.9
2000 Q1 5,343 0 0 0.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
February 24, 2011 UT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Bolinder Resources LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Had just finished up workplace exam and shimming the cone, done pre-shift inspection and had blown horn for start up and around 8:19 am. Co-worker saw EE lying on conveyor belt with his legs under the magnet. He immediately notified the crusher operator and he immediately shut off the operation.

Reportable incidents

2 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2003 · 1 incident

June 4, 2003 UT · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mc Farland & Hullinger · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REACHING FOR A PIECE OF DRILL STEEL AND TRIPPED OVER A ROCK TWISTING HIS LEFT ANKLE AND LEG.

2001 · 1 incident

January 19, 2001 UT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mc Farland & Hullinger · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING UNDER CONVEYER BELT (NOT RUNNING) AND SLIPPED ON ICE FALLING AGAINST BELT FRAME AND THEN FALLING ONTO THE CONCRETE PAD.

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