Mining Incidents

KW Crushing: 27 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

KW Crushing · Surface
Controlled by Keven Williams
Avalon, Uintah County, UT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4202468

KW Crushing has $5K 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
2
Years on record
2011–2026
Latest incident
Aug 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
27
citations
4
significant & substantial
$5,187
proposed penalties
$5,187
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
21
inspections on record
290
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: 290 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

KW Crushing has $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
27 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-03-13.
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.
14.8%
significant & substantial
7.4%
high negligence or reckless
14.8%
reasonably likely or greater
85.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 7.4% low, 85.2% moderate, 7.4% 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: 2023-06-21, 3 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
8
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Show the individual readings (8)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-06-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-12-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.51 0.33 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-12-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.33 0.45 Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-12-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2011-12-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.67 0.27 Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-12-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-04-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.55 0.29 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-04-08 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. KW Crushing 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 2
2024 3
2023 2
2022 2
2021 2
2020 2
2019 3
2018 4
2017 4
2016 3
2015 4
2014 4
2013 4
2012 4
2011 4
2010 5
2009 5
2008 4
2007 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

KW Crushing sits in Uintah County, Utah, where the Census mining category is 12.5% 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.
Uintah County, Utah · Population 36,458
12.5%
Mining share of county employment
$69,861
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 640 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,845 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,374 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 531 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 405 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,355 9 4 6642.1
2024 Q4 1,318 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,535 0 0 0.0
Show 65 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 101 1 0 9901.0
2024 Q1 552 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 407 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 329 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 565 2 0 3539.8
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 554 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 443 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 95 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 257 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 650 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 42 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 601 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 359 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 224 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 104 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 66 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 97 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 273 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 569 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 746 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,150 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,266 2 0 1579.8
2017 Q3 689 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 375 2 0 5333.3
2017 Q1 1,068 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 826 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 162 1 0 6172.8
2016 Q2 282 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 530 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 971 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 540 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,322 1 0 756.4
2015 Q1 1,388 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,484 2 0 1347.7
2014 Q3 1,046 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,447 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,403 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,709 2 0 1170.3
2013 Q3 2,433 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,198 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,669 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,261 1 0 442.3
2012 Q3 1,931 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,134 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,609 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 893 2 0 2239.6
2011 Q3 905 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,691 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,726 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,127 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,247 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,256 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,086 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,311 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,121 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,930 2 0 1036.3
2009 Q1 2,406 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,122 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,176 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2026 · 1 incident

August 17, 2026 UT · Metal/Non-Metal forklift operator POWERED HAULAGE
KW Crushing · Struck against a moving object

Employee was operating Gehl Forklift to move crushing equipment at the Pit when forklift tipped onto side. Window broke, causing a cut to the employee's hand

2011 · 1 incident

April 25, 2011 UT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
KW Crushing · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

He was working to put a drive belt back on a motor and said he was pulling on the motor to get a bolt in place when he hurt his arm/tore a muscle. A re-injury to the same arm from 2 years prior that was done on personal time.