Mining Incidents

Faust Perlite: 19 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Broken Arrow Inc · Surface
Controlled by Stephen G Bunn
Lakepoint, Tooele County, UT  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4202542

Faust Perlite has $3K 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
1
Years on record
2026
Latest incident
Jul 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
19
citations
2
significant & substantial
$2,841
proposed penalties
$2,841
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
11
inspections on record
128
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: 128 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Faust Perlite has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-25.
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.
10.5%
significant & substantial
15.8%
high negligence or reckless
10.5%
reasonably likely or greater
42.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 84.2% moderate, 15.8% 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: 2026-06-25
5
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
Show the individual readings (5)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-06-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-06-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scraper Operator
2026-06-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2023-03-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-03-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
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. McFarland & Hullinger 2010 to 2021
  2. Broken Arrow Inc 2021 to present
  3. Burningham Enterprises Inc 2023 to 2025
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 3
2024 3
2023 3
2011 0
2010 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Faust Perlite sits in Tooele County, Utah, where the Census mining category is 1.8% 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.
Tooele County, Utah · Population 76,648
1.8%
Mining share of county employment
$101,846
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 1,728 4 0 2314.8
2026 Q1 1,372 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 2,308 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,980 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,580 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,891 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,802 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,180 0 0 0.0
Show 10 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q1 1,129 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,440 3 0 2083.3
2023 Q3 2,043 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,445 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,018 1 1 982.3
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 509 1 0 1964.6
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 0 1 0
2010 Q1 985 8 0 8121.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2026 · 1 incident

July 29, 2026 UT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Broken Arrow Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

It was raining very hard and muddy. When employee stepped off step while exiting the truck their foot slid in the mud, they did the splits, and pulled a groin muscle.