Mona: 14 MSHA citations
Metal/Non-Metal
Mona,
Salt Lake County,
UT
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4201545
Mona has $94K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 1990–2009
- Latest incident
- Jan 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
6
significant & substantial
$93,985
proposed penalties
84% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $14,900 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 117 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Mona has $94K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
13 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $85K in penalties contested before the Commission, $70K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-04-15.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
46.2%
significant & substantial
38.5%
high negligence or reckless
46.2%
reasonably likely or greater
84.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 7.7% low, 53.8% moderate, 30.8% high, 7.7% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
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Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
1
citations taken to the federal commission · 7% of citations on record
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
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Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
18%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$85K proposed, $70K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2009-05-11.
Contested penalties
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A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
| Docket |
Decision |
Judge |
Year |
Proposed / upheld |
| WEST 2009-845M |
Settlement |
Manning |
2010 |
$85K → $70K |
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Mona recorded 9.40 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2009.
Injury rate, 2009
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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.
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.82 and the all-US-mining average was 3.36 cases per 100 workers.
In Utah, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.21 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.
Workforce and production
| Year |
Employees |
| 2010 |
0 |
| 2009 |
14 |
| 2008 |
4 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Mona sits in Salt Lake County, Utah, where the Census mining category is 0.4% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.
Salt Lake County, Utah · Population 1,184,689
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$94,658
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
| 2010 Q2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2010 Q1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2009 Q4 |
526 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 |
4,662 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 |
11,807 |
3 |
0 |
254.1 |
| 2009 Q1 |
4,278 |
11 |
6 |
2571.3 |
| 2008 Q4 |
1,195 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 |
2,277 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
2009 · 1 incident
January 31, 2009
UT · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
MACHINERY
Harper Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by flying object
Employee #1 was clearing frozen material from the road runner feed hopper. Still not understand the grizzly on the end of the feeder began lowering. Two employee who were just a few feet away, immediatly warned the grizzly. Both ee stated that #1 ee wouldn't respond or react 10 to 20 second. he was pinned by the grizzly. due to his injuries. the investigation is ongoing.
1990 · 1 incident
August 28, 1990
UT · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
OTHER
Harper Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by flying object
DUST BLOWING-PARTICLE ENTERED WORKERS EYE