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: 62 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Hales Portable has $100 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.
$100
proposed penalties
$100
current assessed
$100
paid to date
$0
outstanding
1 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-03-11.
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.
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: 2007-02-28, 19 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (4)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2007-02-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.33
1.27
0.26
Front-end Loader Operator
2007-02-28
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.18
Front-end Loader Operator
2007-02-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.67
0.89
0.75
Laborer, Bullgang
2007-02-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.27
0.87
0.31
Crusher Oper/Worker
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
5
2025
1
2024
6
2023
6
2022
6
2021
0
2020
5
2019
2
2018
1
2013
4
2009
4
2008
9
2007
7
2006
0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Hales Portable sits in Sevier County, Utah, where the Census mining category is 3.4% 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.
Sevier County, Utah · Population 21,854
3.4%
Mining share of county employment
$73,765
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 Q1
371
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
0
0
0
2025 Q2
230
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
172
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
172
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
0
0
0
2023 Q1
283
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
156
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2021 Q2
0
0
0
2021 Q1
0
0
0
2020 Q4
0
0
0
2020 Q3
228
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
707
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
276
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
742
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
0
0
0
2019 Q2
0
0
0
2019 Q1
0
0
0
2018 Q4
0
0
0
2018 Q3
0
0
0
2018 Q2
434
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
5,235
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
413
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
974
1
0
1026.7
2008 Q4
3,836
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
5,974
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
4,689
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
5,056
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
5,872
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
6,207
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
3,279
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
2,187
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
0
0
0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2023 · 1 incident
March 27, 2023UT · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Two employees were changing blow bars. As they started IE had the tool in place but wasn't quite ready. EE noticed the Tool was in place and swung the hammer striking the handle of the tool smashing IE's finger between the tool and the Rotor head. The tool used to complete the task was engineered to eliminate injury, but it takes 1 person to place tool and 1 to strike